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Process Evaluations

Boyd, C. J., Kubiak-Pimlott, S., Harrell, Z., Morales, M., Roach, J., Slayden, J., & Young, A. (2002). Program evaluation of Michigan Department of Corrections' residential substance abuse treatment (RSAT): A descriptive assessment of prison community-based treatment programs. Michigan: University of Michigan, Substance Abuse Research Center.

Boyd, C. J., Young, A., Roach, J., & Slayden, J. (2004). Program evaluation of Michigan Department of Corrections' residential substance abuse treatment (RSAT): A descriptive assessment of prison and community-based treatment programs. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Substance Abuse Research Center.

Cadoret, R., J., Patterson, A. M., Barten, S., & Richards, C. (1999). "The Other Way" program evaluation. Iowa: Iowa Consortium for Substance Abuse Research and Evaluation.

Farabee, D., Monahan, G., Hegamin, A., Gil-Rivas, V., & Kalechstein, A. (1998). Implementation of the CYA-RSAT programs: A process evaluation of California Youth Authority's Residential Substance Abuse Treatment (RSAT) programs (Year 1). Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Drug Abuse Research Center.

Fulton, B., Latessa, E., & Pealer, J. (2001). Mohican Youth Center: RSAT process evaluation, final report. Cincinnati, OH: University of Cincinnati, Division of Criminal Justice.

Garrison, A. (2002). Process evaluation assessing the gender appropriateness of the Key/Crest Program: Final report. Dover, DE: Delaware Criminal Justice Council.

Mears, D. P., Kelly, W. R., & Durden, E. D. (2001). Findings from a process evaluation of a statewide residential substance abuse treatment program for youthful offenders. Prison Journal, 81, (2), 246-270.

Miller, M. J., Koons-Witt, B., Barbara, A., & Ventura, H. E. (2004). Barriers to evaluating the effectiveness of drug treatment behind bars. Journal of Criminal Justice, 32, (1), 75-83.

Olson, D. E., Juergens, R., & Karr, S. P. (2004). Impetus and implementation of the Sheriden Correctional Center therapeutic community. Program Evaluation Summary, 3, (1), 1-12.

Taxman, F. S., & Bouffard, J. A. (2000). Importance of systems in improving offender outcomes: New frontiers in treatment integrity. Justice Research and Policy, 2, (2), 37-58.

Wilson, J., Wood, S., Hope, R., & Gehi, K. (2003). The challenges of replacing prison with drug treatment: Implementation of New York State's Extended Willard Program. New York: Vera Institute of Justice.

Young, D., & Porter, R. (1999). A collaborative evaluation of Pennsylvania's program for drug-involved parole violators. New York: Vera Institute of Justice.

Outcome Evaluations

Austin, T., Eisenhart, M., & Britland, J. (2000). An evaluation of Dauphin County prison's four therapeutic community programs on three dimensions of recidivism. Shippensburg, PA: Shippensburg University, Department of Criminal Justice.

Boyd, C. J., Young, A., Roach, J., & Slayden, J. (2004). Program evaluation of Michigan Department of Corrections' residential substance abuse treatment (RSAT): A descriptive assessment of prison and community-based treatment programs. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Substance Abuse Research Center.

Camp, J, M., & Finkelstein, N. (1997). Parenting training for women in residential substance abuse treatment: Results of a demonstration project. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 14, (5), 411-422.

Czuchry, M., & Dansereau, D. F. (2000). Drug abuse treatment in criminal justice settings: Enhancing community engagement and helpfulness. American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse, 26, (4), 537-552.

Deitch, D. A., Koutsenok, I., Ruiz, A. (2004). In-custody therapeutic community substance abuse treatment: Does it have an impact on custody personnel? Criminal Justice Policy Review, 15 (1), 61-83.

Dynia, P., & Sung, H-E. (2000). The safety and effectiveness of diverting felony drug offenders to residential treatment as measured by recidivism. Criminal Justice Policy Review, 11 (4), 299-311.

Finigan, M. W. (1996). Societal outcomes and cost savings of drug and alcohol treatment in the state of Oregon. Portland, OR: NPC Research, Inc.

Finigan, M. W. (1998). An outcome program evaluation of the Multnomah County S.T.O.P. drug diversion program. Portland, OR: NPC Research, Inc.

Guerin, P. (2003). Outcome evaluation of the New Mexico Corrections Department Genesis residential substance abuse treatment program for state prisoners: Final summary report. Albuquerque, NM: University of Mexico, Institute for Social Research.

Guydish, J., Sorensen, J. L., Chan, M., Werdegar, D., Bostrom, A., & Acampora, A. (1999). A randomized trial comparing day and residential drug abuse treatment: 18-month outcomes. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 67, (3), 428-434.

Hall, E. A., Prendergast, M. L., Wellisch, J., Patten, M., & Cao, Y. (2004). Treating drug-abusing women prisoners: An outcomes evaluation of the Forever Free program. The Prison Journal, 84, (1), 81-105.

Hiller, M. L., Knight, K., & Leukefeld, C. (2002). Motivation as a predictor of therapeutic engagement in mandated residential substance abuse treatment. Criminal Justice and Behavior, 29, (1), 56-75.

Hubbard, D. J., & Latessa, E. J. (2004). Evaluation of cognitive-behavioral programs for offenders: A look at outcome and responsivity in five treatment programs. Ohio: Ohio Office of Criminal Justice Services.

Knight, K. , Simpson, D. D., & Hiller, M. L. (2003). Outcome assessment of correctional treatment. Washington, DC: U. S. Department of Justice.

Linster, R. L. (2002). Evaluation of Florida's residential drug treatment program prison diversion program: Final report. Washington, DC: National Institute of Justice.

Lipton, D. S. (1995). The effectiveness of treatment for drug abusers under criminal justice supervision, NCJ # 157642. Washington, DC: National Institute of Justice.

Lipton, D. S., Pearson, F. S., & Wexler, H. K. (2000). National evaluation of the residential substance abuse treatment for state prisoners program from onset to midpoint-Final report. New York: National Development and Research Institutes, Inc.

Love, C. T. (2001). Process evaluation of the Rhode Island residential substance abuse treatment program (RSAT): The operations of a minimum-security residential substance abuse treatment program, final report. Providence, RI: Brown University Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies.

Martin, S. S., Butzin, C. A., Saum, C. A., & Inciardi, J. A. (1999). Three-year outcomes of therapeutic community treatment for drug-involved offenders in Delaware: From prison to work release to aftercare. The Prison Journal, 79, (3), 294-320.

Melnick, G., De Leon, G., Thomas, G., Kressel, D., & Wexler, H. K. (2001). Treatment process in prison therapeutic communities: Motivation, participation, and outcome. American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse, 27, (4), 633-650.

Miller, J. M., & Koons-Witt, B. (2002). Outcome evaluation of the South Carolina residential substance abuse treatment program for state prisoners. Washington, DC: U. S. Department of Justice.

The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University. (2003). Crossing the bridge: Evaluation of the Drug Treatment Alternative-to-Prison (DTAP) program. New York, NY: Author.

Orlando, M. (2003). Retention of court-referred youths in residential treatment programs: Client characteristics and treatment process effects. American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse, May 2003, 1-14.

Pelissier, B. (2004). Gender differences in substance use treatment entry and retention among prisoners with substance use histories. American Journal of Public Health, 94 (8), 1418-1424.

Pelissier, B., Wallace, S., O'Neil, J. A., Gaes, G. G., Camp, S., Rhodes, W., & Saylor, W. (2001). Federal prison residential drug treatment reduces substance use and arrests after release. Washington, DC: Federal Bureau of Prisons.

Pelissier, B., Camp, S. C., Gaes, G. G., Rhodes, W., & Saylor, W. (n. d.). Federal prison residential treatment: A comparison of three-year outcomes for men and women. Washington, DC: Federal Bureau of Prisons.

Pelissier, B., Rhodes, W., Saylor, W., Gaes, G., Camp, S. D., Vanyur, S. D., & Wallace, S. (2000). TRIAD drug treatment evaluation project final report of three-year outcomes: Part 1. Washington, DC: Federal Bureau of Prisons, Office of Research and Evaluation.

Pitre, U., Dansereau, D. F., Newbern, D., & Simpson, D. D. (1997). Residential drug abuse treatment for probationers: Use of node-link mapping to enhance participation and progress. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 15, (6), 535-543.

Porter, R. (2002). Breaking the cycle: Technical report. Washington, DC: U. S. Department of Justice.

Porter, R. (2002). Breaking the cycle: Outcomes from Pennyslvania's alternative to prison for technical parole violators. New York: Vera Institute of Justice.

Prendergast, M. (2003). Outcome evaluation of the Forever Free substance abuse treatment program: One-year post-release outcomes. Los Angeles: University of California Los Angeles, Drug Abuse Research Center.

Prendergast, M. L., Hall, E. A., Wexler, H. K., Melnick, G., & Cao, Y. (2004). Amity prison-based therapeutic community: 5-year outcomes. The Prison Journal, 84, (1), 36-60.

Rhodes, W., Pelissier, B., Gaes, G., Saylor, W., Camp, S., & Wallace, S. (2001). Alternative solutions to the problem of selection bias in an analysis of federal residential drug treatment programs. Evaluation Review, 25 (3), 331-369.

Sacks, S., Sacks, J. Y., McKendrick, K., Banks, S., & Stommel, J. (2004). Modified TC for MICA offenders: Crime outcomes. Behavioral Sciences and the Law, 22, 477-501.

SAMHSA. (n. d.). The national treatment improvement evaluation study. Rockville, MD: Author.

SAMHSA. (n. d.). The services research outcomes study. Rockville, MD: Author.

Stohr, M. K., Hemmens, C., & Kjaer, K. (2002). Inmate perceptions of residential substance abuse treatment programming. Journal of Offender Rehabilitation, 34, (4), 1-32.

Tunis, S., Austin, J., Morris, M., Hardyman, P., & Bolyard, M. (1997). Evaluation of drug treatment in local evaluations. Washington, DC: National Institute of Justice.

Welsh, W. N. (2003). Evaluation of prison-based therapeutic community drug treatment programs in Pennsylvania. PA: Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency.

Wexler, H. K., Melnick, G., Lowe, L., & Peters, J. (1999). 3-year reincarceration outcomes for Amity in-prison therapeutic community and aftercare in California. The Prison Journal, 79,(3), 321-336.

Winesburg, M., Latessa, E. J., & Pealer, J. A. (2002). Noble Choices RSAT outcome evaluation: Final report. Cincinnati, OH: University of Cincinnati, Center for Criminal Justice Research.

Zanis, D. (n. d.). Evaluation of the substance abuse violators effort (SAVE) program. Baltimore, MD: University of Maryland.

Other Residential Substance Abuse Treatment Reports

Brownsberger, W. N., Love, C. T., Doherty, P. L., & Shaffer, H. J. (2004). Potential demand for substance abuse treatment in the criminal justice system. Criminal Justice Policy Review, 15 (1), 37-60.

Bureau of Justice Assistance. (2005). Residential substance abuse treatment for state prisoners (RSAT) program. Washington, DC: Author.

Center for Substance Abuse Treatment. (2005). Substance abuse treatment for adults in the criminal justice system. (Treatment Improvement Protocol [TIP] 44). Rockville, MD: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.

Clark, H. W. (2001). Residential substance abuse treatment for pregnant and postpartum women and their children: Treatment and policy implications. Child Welfare, 80, (2), 179-198.

The Criminal Justice Committee of Therapeutic Communities of America. (1999). Therapeutic communities in correctional settings: The prison-based TC standards development project: Final report of phase II. Arlington, VA: Author.

Falcon, W. D. (2002). Corrections-based drug treatment: Delaware's key-crest programs. Pennsylvania: University of Pennsylvania, Jerry Lee Center of Criminology.

Gardner, B. (2001). Therapeutic communities and aftercare in the community. Research in Review, 4, (2), 6-10.

Kassebaum, P. A. (n. d.). Substance abuse treatment for women offenders: Guide to promising practices. Technical assistance publication series 23. Rockville, MD: U. S. Department of Health and Human Services, Center for Substance Abuse Treatment.

Lipton, D. S. (1998). Therapeutic communities: History, effectiveness and prospects. Corrections Today, 60, (6), 106-111.

Michigan Department of Corrections. (2001). Michigan Department of Corrections substance abuse programs section annual report: Fiscal year 1999/2000. Lansing, MI: Author.

Miller, J. M., Koons-Witt, B. A., & Ventura, H. E. (2004). Barriers to evaluating the effectiveness of drug treatment behind bars. Journal of Criminal Justice, 32, (1), 75-83.

Mullen, R., Rowland, J., Arbiter, N., Yablonsky, L., & Fleishman, B. (2001). California's first prison therapeutic community: A 10-year review. Offender Substance Abuse Report, I, (2), 17-32.

National Institute of Corrections Information Center. (1990). State corrections agencies' substance abuse treatment programs: Results of an NIC information center survey, June 1990. Boulder, CO: Author.

National Institute on Drug Abuse. (n. d.). Drug abuse treatment evaluation: Strategies, progress, and prospects. Rockville, MD: Author.

National Institute on Drug Abuse. (1999). Principles of drug abuse treatment: A research-based guide. Bethesda, MD: Author.

National Institute on Drug Abuse. (n.d.). Therapeutic community. Bethesda, MD: Author.

Pearce, S. C., & Holbrook, D. (2002). Research findings and best practices in substance abuse treatment for offenders: A review of literature. North Carolina: North Carolina Department of Correction.

Perry, R. J., Wilpolt, D., & King, C. A. (2000). Getting free behind the walls: Comprehensive addictions treatment. Santa Fe, NM: New Mexico Corrections Department.

Peugh, J., & Belenko, S. (1999). Substance-involved women inmates: Challenges to providing effective treatment. The Prison Journal, 79, (1), 23-44.

Scarpitti, F. R. (1997). Changing the behavior of substance abusers: Factors influencing the effectiveness of therapeutic communities. Journal of Drug Issues, 27, (2), 1-21.

Smiley-McDonald, H. M., & Leukefeld, C. G. (2005). Incarcerated clients' perceptions of therapeutic change in substance abuse treatment: A 4-year case study. International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, 49, (5), 574-589.

Stohr, M. K., Hemmens, C., Shapiro, B., Chambers, B., & Kelley, L. (2002). Comparing inmate perceptions of two residential substance abuse treatment programs. International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, 46, (6), 699-714.

Yates, B. T. (n. d.). Measuring and improving cost, cost-effectiveness, and cost-benefit for substance abuse treatment programs. Bethesda, MD: National Institute on Drug Abuse.

Zajac, G. (2001). Prison-based therapeutic community treatment. Research in Review, 4, (2), 2-5.