Helps paraprofessional counselors work with criminal offenders and inmates who are addicted to alcohol and/or drugs. Gives counseling basics, group therapy session outlines, and tips for helping offenders use the relapse prevention workbook (included).

Offers policymakers and program planners guidelines for planning comprehensive substance abuse treatment programs for women offenders, whether incarcerated or in the community

Identification of the target population for diversion is one of the essential ingredients for a successful jail diversion program.

This publication discusses the history of the drug court model and provides examples of successful diversion programs.

This publications discusses how jail detainees with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders who maintain their Medicaid benefits helps, to cut cost to local city, county and state agencies.

Many offenders—both youth and adult—whose misdemeanor offenses are related more to the symptoms of mental illness and substance use than to truly criminal behavior are poorly served in a criminal justice system that offers little in the way of structured treatment.

The criminal justice system has experienced substantial growth over the past decade. Currently, over 1.9 million individuals are incarcerated in our nation’s jails and prisons.

This TIP provides guidelines to criminal justice and substance abuse treatment personnel on effective procedures and instruments to ensure appropriate program referral, treatment, and enhanced outcomes.

This TIP provides information about the management and treatment of offenders with AOD problems through the use of intermediate sanctions with an AOD treatment component.

This TIP presents guidelines to help bring the criminal justice and AOD systems closer together, to more systematically promote the acceptance of AOD treatment for criminal offenders, and to enhance the effectiveness of that treatment.