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Implementation Outcomes of Multidimensional Family Therapy-Detention to Community: A Reintegration Program for Drug-Using Juvenile Detainees

NCJ Number
235159
Journal
International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology Volume: 55 Issue: 4 Dated: June 2011 Pages: 587-604
Author(s)
Howard A. Liddle; Gayle A. Dakof; Craig Henderson; Cindy Rowe
Date Published
June 2011
Length
18 pages
Annotation
This study evaluated the Detention to Community (DTC) Multidimensional Family Therapy (MDFT) treatment for young offenders.
Abstract
Responding to urgent calls for effective interventions to address young offenders' multiple and interconnected problems, a new variant of an existing empirically-validated intervention for drug-using adolescents, Multidimensional Family Therapy (MDFT)Detention to Community (DTC) was tested in a two-site controlled trial. This article (a) outlines the rationale and protocol basics of the MDFT-DTC intervention, a program for substance-using juvenile offenders that links justice and substance abuse treatment systems to facilitate adolescents' postdetention community reintegration; (b) presents implementation outcomes, including fidelity, treatment engagement and retention rates, amount of services received, treatment satisfaction, and substance abusejuvenile justice system collaboration outcomes; and (c) details the implementation and sustainability challenges in a cross-system (substance abuse treatment and juvenile justice) adolescent intervention. Findings support the effectiveness of the MDFT-DTC intervention, and the need to develop a full implementation model in which transfer and dissemination issues could be explored more fully, and tested experimentally. (Published Abstract)

Grant Number(s)
1R01DA027216-01
1R01DA026126-01
2U01DA16193-01
2U01DA16193-06
Contract Number(s)
U01DA15412-01
R01DA13298-01A1
Sponsoring Agency
US Dept of Health and Human Services
Address

5635 Fishers Lane, MSC 9304, Rockville, MD 20892-9304, United States

National Institute on Drug Abuse
Address

National Institutes of Health, 6001 Executive Boulevard, Room 5213, Bethesda, MD 20892-9561, United States

Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA)
Address

999 N. Capitol St. NE, Washington, DC 20531, United States

Ctr's for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Address

1600 Clifton Road, Atlanta, GA 30333, United States

US Dept of Health and Human Services
Address

1 Choke Cherry Road, Rockville, MD 20857, United States

Publication Format
Article
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Language
English
Country
United States of America