What should substance abuse treatment for individuals under criminal justice supervision address?
Treatment should address issues of motivation, problem solving, and skill-building for resisting drug use and criminal behavior. Lessons aimed at supplanting drug use and criminal activities with constructive activities and at understanding the consequences of one’s behavior are also important to include. Treatment and criminal justice personnel should work together on treatment planning—including implementation of screening, placement, drug testing, monitoring, and supervision—as well as on the systematic use of sanctions and rewards. Research demonstrates that effective treatment and supervision models integrate criminal justice and addiction treatment systems and services. Examples of evidence-based practices in treating individuals with substance use disorder in criminal justice settings are listed below. • Research has demonstrated that motivational interviewing and motivational enhancement therapies§ are associated with greater participation in treatment and better treatment outc
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