RT Article
T1 Dealing More Effectively with Problematic Substance Use and Crime
JF Crime and justice
VO 46
IS 1
SP 159
OP 200
A1 Pollack, Harold A.
LA English
YR 2017
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1743529813
AB From the late 1960s to the mid-1990s, the basic drug-crime policy challenge was to manage social harms associated with the heroin and cocaine epidemics. As they ebbed, the crime-drug policy challenges changed. Alcohol receives greater attention as the leading criminogenic substance. Efforts are under way to improve and expand substance use disorder (SUD) treatment for criminally active populations. Model nontreatment interventions seek to monitor and deter use among individuals whose use endangers others. Two key issues are the continuing high rate of alcohol-related crime and violence and opportunities to expand SUD treatment for criminally active populations under the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Alcohol taxes, regulation of alcohol venues, and model programs such as Dakota 24/7 are promising paths to reduced alcohol-related crime. Problem-solving courts can be made more pertinent to the broad range of drug-involved offenders. Existing treatment systems face many challenges in providing mental and behavioral health services mandated under the ACA. Properly implemented, ACA offers many opportunities to prevent offending through provision of appropriate services
K1 Drug policy
K1 USA
K1 United States
K1 Affordable Care Act
K1 ACA
K1 Drug-crime policy
K1 Substance use disorder
K1 Drug offenders
DO 10.1086/688459