Treatment matching for substance-abusing offenders
Hamilton focuses on a population of offenders released from prison to halfway houses. Based on assessments administered prior to admission, intervention groups were established using Latent Class Analysis, which identified several classes or "types" of substance abusing offenders. The resu...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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El Paso [Tex.] :
LFB Scholarly Pub
2011.
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| Edición: | 1st ed |
| Colección: | Criminal justice (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC)
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009798267506719 |
| Sumario: | Hamilton focuses on a population of offenders released from prison to halfway houses. Based on assessments administered prior to admission, intervention groups were established using Latent Class Analysis, which identified several classes or "types" of substance abusing offenders. The resulting classification was utilized to assess responsivity among four program orientations: 12-Step, Cognitive-Behavioral, Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Communities. A matching strategy was then created from class-program interactions. This study is first to examine typology construction as a method for improv |
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| Notas: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (327 p.) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781593326807 |
