Journal article
Predicting drug court outcome among amphetamine-using participants
Journal of substance abuse treatment, Vol.42(4), pp.373-382
06/2012
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/100400
PMID: 22119183
Abstract
Amphetamine use and abuse carry with it substantial social costs. Although there is a perception that amphetamine users are more difficult to treat than other substance users, drug courts have been used to effectively address drug-related crimes and hold the potential to lessen the impact of amphetamine abuse through efficacious treatment and rehabilitation. The objective of this study was to identify predictors of drug court outcome among amphetamine-using participants. A drug court database was obtained (N = 540) and amphetamine-using participants (n = 341) identified. Multivariate binary regression models run for the amphetamine-using participants identified being employed and being a parent as predictive of successful completion of the program, whereas being sanctioned to jail during the program was inversely related to program completion.
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- Title
- Predicting drug court outcome among amphetamine-using participants
- Creators
- Lora J Wu - Program of Excellence in the Addictions, Washington State University, PO Box 1495, Spokane, WA 99210-1495, USASandra J Altshuler - Spokane County Therapeutic Drug Court, Spokane, WA 99210, USARobert A Short - Washington Institute for Mental Health Research and Training, Washington State University, PO Box 1495, Spokane, WA 99210-149, USAJohn M Roll - Program of Excellence in the Addictions, Washington State University, PO Box 1495, Spokane, WA 99210-1495, USA
- Publication Details
- Journal of substance abuse treatment, Vol.42(4), pp.373-382
- Academic Unit
- Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine
- Publisher
- Elsevier Inc
- Identifiers
- 99900546570001842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article