| Economic Evaluation of a Pre-Release Substance Abuse Treatment Program for Repeat Criminal Offenders
By Michael T. French, PhD, Hai Fang, PhD, Ralph Fretz, PhD The Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 2009
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Abstract
The paper conducted one of the few comprehensive economic evaluations of pre-release substance abuse treatment to determine whether CEC's programs in New Jersey generated positive outcomes, significant economic benefits, and positive net benefits.
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| Halfway Back: An Alternative to Revocation for Technical Parole Violators
By Michael D White, Ph.D. (corresponding author), Jeff Mellow, Ph.D., Kristin Englander, Marc Ruffinengo
Accepted for publication in the Criminal Justice Policy Review Journal in 2010.
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Abstract
This paper examines a therapeutic technical violator program in the state of New Jersey called Halfway Back. Using a quasi-experimental, retrospective matched groups design, the study explores the impact of the program through a comparison of recidivism and incarceration costs among random samples of program participants and non-participants. Results suggest that program participants experienced modest though statistically significant reductions in new arrests over the 18-month follow-up period.
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