Training Probation and Parole Officers to Provide Substance Abuse Treatment: A Field Test.

Cunningham, John A.; Herie, Marilyn; Martin, Garth; Turner, Bonnie J.

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ERIC Number: EJ571601

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1998

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Training Probation and Parole Officers to Provide Substance Abuse Treatment: A Field Test.

Cunningham, John A.; Herie, Marilyn; Martin, Garth; Turner, Bonnie J.

Journal of Offender Rehabilitation, v27 n1-2 p167-77 1998

The results of field-testing a substance-abuse treatment protocol are reported. Ten probation and parole officers were trained in Structured Relapse Prevention, and 55 clients were treated. Incentives and barriers to treatment are highlighted. The use of this type of field test as a dissemination technique is discussed. (EMK)

Descriptors: Adults, Correctional Rehabilitation, Counseling Techniques, Criminals, Field Tests, Parole Officers, Prevention, Probation Officers, Program Evaluation, Substance Abuse

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative

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Language: English

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