Get high. Become addicted. Commit crimes. Get arrested and be sent to jail. Get released. Repeat. It's a cycle often destined to persist, in large part because the critical step that is often missing in the process, which is treatment geared toward ensuring that addicts are able…
The self report paradox in criminal justice -- Evolution of self-report methodology -- Self report screening and issues of validity -- Examining the validity of self-report screening in prisons -- Research questions and results -- Advancing the self-report methodology.
In the wake of an exploding U.S. incarceration rate, correctional facilities are increasingly depending on self-report screening methodologies - rather than using clinicians to collect and interpret diagnostic information - to determine "need for treatment". This book analyzes d…