NCJ Number
110499
Journal
Prosecutors Perspective Volume: 1 Issue: 2 Dated: (July 1987) Pages: complete issue
Editor(s)
S Goldsmith
Date Published
1987
Length
20 pages
Annotation
These eight papers consist of summaries of research studies, together with commentaries by prosecuting attorneys and the executive vice president of the American Prosecutors Research Institute, designed to provide an overview of issues related to drug law enforcement and the effectiveness of treatment programs for drug-abusing offenders.
Abstract
Issues considered include the effectiveness of drug testing, whether drug use is a mitigating or aggravating factor in criminality, methods for improving the identification of drug abusers, strategies for reducing crime by probationers, and the role of the district attorney at the pretrial stage. Individual papers examine the association between heavy marijuana use and crime among detained youths, the role of compulsory treatment for drug and alcohol abusers, and the effectiveness of a prison therapeutic community for substance abuse treatment. Further papers focus on efforts to improve heroin law enforcement and policy issues related to alternatives to incarceration for heroin and cocaine abusers.