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Changes in offending following prescribing treatment for drug misuse

This study match information from the Police National Computer with the NTA’s National Drug Treatment Monitoring System database. Researchers looked at a sample of opiate and crack users who had recently offended but had not been jailed, and had started drug treatment in the community. They found, as well, that offences typically committed by drug addicts, such as theft, fell by almost half when they were in treatment programmes.

Details
Published: 
2008
Author: 
Tim Millar
Andrew Jones
Michael Donmall
Jonathan Smith
Malcolm Roxburgh
Publisher: 
National Treatment Agency