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Results for drug abuse treatment (u.k.)
4 results foundAuthor: Kirby, Amy Title: Engaging Substance Misusing Offenders: A Rapid Review of the Substance Misuse Treatment Literature Summary: The Offender Engagement Programme (OEP) seeks to investigate the hypothesis that one-to-one work with those under probation supervision can be a powerful vehicle for facilitating behavioural change. By establishing what supports effective engagement and better understanding how to overcome the barriers which hinder these processes, the aim of the OEP is to better enable practitioners to reduce reoffending and change probationers’ lives through their one-to-one engagement with them. Here we report findings of a rapid review about engagement in the substance misuse treatment and criminogenic literature. Details: London: Institute for Criminal Policy Research, 2011. 65p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed September 7, 2011 at: http://www.icpr.org.uk/media/31487/Rapid%20review%20-%20engaging%20and%20retaining%20substance%20users%20final.pdf Year: 2011 Country: United Kingdom URL: http://www.icpr.org.uk/media/31487/Rapid%20review%20-%20engaging%20and%20retaining%20substance%20users%20final.pdf Shelf Number: 122676 Keywords: Drug Abuse and CrimeDrug Abuse Treatment (U.K.)Drug OffendersProbationers |
Author: Barnard, Matt Title: The Drug Treatment Outcomes Research Study (DTORS): Qualitative Study Summary: The DTORS qualitative research involved in-depth interviews with both service providers and service users. Qualitative research is a key means of carrying out research in sensitive areas and is a way of collecting data that are capable of centralising the participants own experiences, being responsive to participants and remaining flexible and reflexive. Participation in the research was voluntary. Participants' were initially identified and invited to participate in the research using purposive sampling methods. In all elements of the qualitative research, this means that samples were designed to include range and diversity in all the dimensions likely to affect experiences, behaviour and attitudes, and to include all key sub-groups and constituencies. Research interviews lasted for approximately 1.5hrs and were carried out using topic guides. The data was analysed using the Framework method of analysis (Ritchie & Lewis, 2003). The qualitative research provided a rich understanding of participants' experiences and perceptions of treatment and the decisions they made about remaining in or leaving it. In the broadest terms, the research also explored: service users' pathways into treatment; service providers' experiences and views of treatment services; the factors perceived to influence service users' different pathways through treatment; and to understand the wider range of personal and social factors that may impact on different treatment outcomes for service users. Research with service providers and service users took place in 2006/07. Details: London: Home Office, 2009. 25p. Source: Internet Resource: Homes Office Research Reprot 26: Accessed April 11, 2012 at: http://www.dtors.org.uk/reports/DTORS_Qualitative_Main.pdf Year: 2009 Country: United Kingdom URL: http://www.dtors.org.uk/reports/DTORS_Qualitative_Main.pdf Shelf Number: 124933 Keywords: Drug Abuse and AddictionDrug Abuse Treatment (U.K.)Drug Offenders |
Author: Davies, Linda Title: The Drug Treatment Outcomes Research Study (DTORS): Cost-effectiveness Analysis Summary: The objectives of the CBA were to: estimate the costs of treatment; descriptively compare the costs and outcomes of drug treatment overall and by treatment centre; estimate the monetary value of the outcomes measured by the DTORS and the overall net benefit of treatment. The economic evaluation used cost consequences analysis to descriptively compare the costs and outcomes of drug treatment. Cost benefit analysis was used to estimate the net benefit (cost) of drug treatment. The cost estimates included the fixed and variable costs of the treatment centres, the costs of services accessed or used by service users and families as part of treatment or as a consequence of treatment. These data were collected from a review of centre accounting and information systems, service user records (where these existed) and interviews and questionnaires completed by care and support staff and service users. The outcomes included: •Quality adjusted life years; •Engagement in drug related behaviours; •Severity of drug dependence; •Offending behaviour; •Employment. Details: London: Home Office, 2009. 21p. Source: Internet Resource: Home Office Research Report 25: Accessed April 11, 2012 at: http://www.dtors.org.uk/reports/DTORS_CostEffect_Main.pdf Year: 2009 Country: United Kingdom URL: http://www.dtors.org.uk/reports/DTORS_CostEffect_Main.pdf Shelf Number: 124934 Keywords: Cost-Benefit AnalysisDrug Abuse and AddictionDrug Abuse Treatment (U.K.)Drug Offenders |
Author: Great Britain. National Health Service. National Treatment Agency for Substance Misuse Title: Estimating the Crime Reduction Benefits of Drug Treatment and Recovery Summary: The Home Office estimates that drug related crime costs £13.9bn per year and that offenders who use heroin, cocaine or crack cocaine commit between a third and a half of all acquisitive crimes. As a result, reducing drug-related crime is one of the main objectives of the government’s drug strategy. This recognises that the provision of good quality drug treatment, combined with stable housing and employment, can be very effective in preventing high volume acquisitive offending. Drug addicted people often develop a tolerance through daily compulsive use, which can result in an expensive addiction. For instance, the estimated average value of drugs used in the four weeks prior to treatment among participants of the Drug Treatment Outcomes Research Study (DTORS) was £1,2964. With little income they may resort to crime to pay for their drug use. This might include acquisitive crimes such as shoplifting, burglary or robbery, or other financially motivated crimes such as soliciting and begging. Drug treatment is designed to reduce people’s need for drugs, which in turn reduces the driving force behind their drug-related offending. The National Treatment Agency for Substance Misuse (NTA) has worked closely with economists in the Home Office (HO) and the Department of Health (DH) to build a Value for Money (VFM) model in response to the National Audit Office recommendation to develop a framework for evaluating value for money in relation to the previous drug strategy. The VFM model estimates the crime prevention and health improvement benefits of treatment and recovery. This is the first time such estimates have been made at a national level. This report sets out a detailed explanation of how the estimates were calculated for the crime component of the VFM model and has been endorsed by HO. It will be followed by a publication later this year on the health improvement benefits of drug treatment, presenting our work with DH on the potential improvements to Quality Adjusted Life Years (QALYs) from drug treatment and recovery. Crime prevention and health improvement are not the only potential benefits of drug treatment. There are a variety of different harms associated with drug use and we hope to look at other potential benefits of treatment and recovery in relation to these in the future. We estimate that drug treatment and recovery systems in England may have prevented approximately 4.9m crimes in 2010-11, with an estimated saving to society of £960m in costs to the public, businesses, the criminal justice system and National Health Service (NHS). We also estimate that approximately 19.6m crimes may be prevented over the course of the Spending Review 2010 period (SR10) (2011-12 to 2014-15), with an estimated saving to society of £3.6bn. In addition we estimate that up to a further 4.1m offences may be prevented over a nine year period (from 2011-12 to 2019-2020), because we estimate that 13,702 people who left treatment in 2010-11 will go on to sustain long term recovery, with an estimated value of £700m. We also estimate that continued investment in drug treatment over the SR10 period could lead to up to an estimated 54,000 former clients sustaining long term recovery which may prevent up to 16.6m more offences with an estimated value of up to £2.6bn by 2023-24. The model also helps us to estimate the potential impact of disinvestment in adult drug treatment. We estimate that, all else being equal, for every £1m taken out of the system there could be an increase of approximately 9,860 drug-related crimes per year at an estimated cost to society of over £1.8m. These findings are based on an empirical analysis of data from the National Drug Treatment Monitoring System (NDTMS) linked to conviction records from the Police National Computer (PNC) and on self reported offences data from DTORS. Details: London: National Treatment Agency for Substance Misuse, 2012. 29p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed May 14, 2012 at: http://www.nta.nhs.uk/uploads/vfm2012.pdf Year: 2012 Country: United Kingdom URL: http://www.nta.nhs.uk/uploads/vfm2012.pdf Shelf Number: 125256 Keywords: Drug Abuse and AddictionDrug Abuse and CrimeDrug Abuse Treatment (U.K.)Drug Offenders |