PSYC 3403 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Oxycodone, List Of Fables Characters, Therapeutic Jurisprudence

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 3403
• Professor: John Weekes

Document Summary

Part 1: alcohol and other drug use by ofenders. Tradiional perspecives on substance abuse treatment in correcions (john"s bias) Ofenders are in a state of denial . Canadian, uk, and us data conirm that between 70-80% of ofenders have substance abuse problems. More than 50% of ofenders acknowledge substance abuse somehow related to ofending56% consumed alcohol or other drugs on current sentence. 56% of ofenders indicate that alcohol and other drugs is related (directly or indirectly) to at least one crime on their current sentence. Severity levels high security prisons (naional ofender management services) Insituional behaviour: disciplinary charges placement in segregaion release from custody any return to custody days to return. 1990s virtual explosion in theory, research, and program development (much of this provided by canadian researchers carleton university and unb in paricular) Provided clear direcion regarding the characterisics of efecive correcional intervenion and services. Program integrity based on conceptual model/delivered consistently according to design.