PSYC 3403 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: List Of Fables Characters, Counterintuitive, Pain Management

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 3403
• Professor: John Weekes

Document Summary

Drug treatment courts: alternative to imprisonment diversion (avoid incarceration, unique treatment model within cjs, initiated in us in 1980s response to rising prison populations, therapeutic jurisprudence , highlighted in bill c-10 (omnibus crime bill) as an effective and promising approach. Basic assumptions: substance abuse is a major criminogenic factor (can be changed) treatment in an effective. Intensive judicial supervision is an effective method for increasing compliance and participation in treatment: unifying court processes and treatment is more effective than having the two systems operating independently. Dtcs in canada: operate in a generally similar manner to us and where"re, major steps: arrest, application, crown screening, admission process, program participation, completion. Dtc outcome research: numerous us studies found decreases in substance use and criminal activity, meta-analytic studies > 7. 5-26% reductions in recidivism. Methodological problems: inadequate assessment process, poorly defined treatment, uncontrolled variables (severity, motivation, unmatched controls (designs of studies, drop out comparison group, lack of cost-benefit analysis, very low completion rates.