Download or read book Police Drug Diversion written by Jason Payne and published by . This book was released on 2008-01-01 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In 2006, the Australian Institute of Criminology assessed the effectiveness of state and territory drug diverson programs established by the Illicit Drug Diversion Initiative (IDDI) to reduce illicit drug users' contact with the criminal justice system. This report examines programs run by policing agencies. It looks at the structure and effectiveness of Australian state and territroy approaches to IDDI programs through comparison of offending behaviour before and after program attendance. The type and number of prior offences, Indigenous status, age, gender and compliance with intervention programs were examined as potential predictors of post-diversion levels of recidivism. While varying in significance between jurisdictions, these issues show their influence in affecting offender numbers, offending frequency, offence type and associated factors."--Backcover.
Download or read book Multijurisdictional Drug Law Enforcement Strategies written by and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 1993-04 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Police Drug Diversion written by Jason Payne and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Police Perspectives On Police Assisted Diversion Programs For People Who Use Drugs written by Kariem Morssy and published by . This book was released on 2023 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Statement of the Issue: Police departments in Pennsylvania have struggled to manage persistent overdose rates and drug problems and an increase in interactions among police and people who use drugs (PWUD) (Wang & Quandt, 2021). Officers have limited tools, training or experience in effectively managing incidents with PWUD and linking individuals with needed care. New initiatives such as police diversion pose a particularly "progressive" police-initiated/assisted response to PWUD that also takes into account broader harms related to drug use -- namely harms produced through police interactions and criminal justice involvement. While police decision-making has been studied in terms of the formal decision to arrest, it has yet to be explored fully in terms of non-formal decision-making (as posed by diversion decision-making). Research Methods: This study sampled 23 officers among 10 agencies within 6 counties in South-Eastern/South-Central Pennsylvania. Data was collected using a semi-structured interview that looked to assess the process of diversion decision-making, officer self-efficacy in managing drug problems, police orientations towards diversion practices and finally, impact of diversion on officer decision-making. Interviews were coded with principles of reflexive thematic analysis (RTA) (Braun & Clarke, 2012). N-Vivo qualitative software was utilized to conduct the coding phase of data analysis. Initial themes were developed according to researcher orientation and refined through the process of inter-rater reliability. Results: Findings are reported according to the research questions driving inquiry and the researcher's perspectives and orientation. Respondents indicated a broad variety of diversion practices -- officers trying to manage diversion programs often did so under restrictive diversion practices with limited means of overcoming barrier to diversion. Officers for the most part, felt a sense of futility in managing drug problems with existing drug enforcement strategies that were admitted by respondents to be ineffective at dealing with the problems of drug crime and addiction. Overall, many officers felt that PWUD may need an element of coercion to be 'compelled' to seek treatment. Officers had emphasized the individual choice on the part of participants to engage in in diversion, often expressing strong skepticism as diversion implies little to no formal criminal justice action and is often accompanied by unclear administrative directives. Conclusion: This study provides insight to police agencies on the implications of police culture, socialization, and the local influences on individual officers' discretion (Murphy & Russell, 2020. Understanding decision-making allows agencies to develop diversion intiatives that can have a positive impact on police operations, officers and ultimately the community.
Download or read book Federal Regulation of Methadone Treatment written by Committee on Federal Regulation of Methadone Treatment and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 1995-02-01 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For nearly three decades, methadone hydrochloride has been the primary means of treating opiate addiction. Today, about 115,000 people receive such treatment, and thousands more have benefited from it in the past. Even though methadone's effectiveness has been well established, its use remains controversial, a fact reflected by the extensive regulation of its manufacturing, labeling, distribution, and use. The Food and Drug Administration regulates the safety and effectiveness of methadone, as it does for all drugs, and the Drug Enforcement Administration regulates it as a controlled substance. However, methadone is also subjected to a unique additional tier of regulation that prescribes how and under what circumstances it may be used to treat opiate addiction. Federal Regulation of Methadone Treatment examines current Department of Health and Human Services standards for narcotic addiction treatment and the regulation of methadone treatment programs pursuant to those standards. The book includes an evaluation of the effect of federal regulations on the provision of methadone treatment services and an exploration of options for modifying the regulations to allow optimal clinical practice. The volume also includes an assessment of alternatives to the existing regulations.
Download or read book Multijurisdictional Drug Law Enforcement Strategies written by Jan M. Chaiken and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Drug Diversion written by and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Police Referral to Drug Treatment written by and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Combating Prescription Drug Abuse and Diversion in New York State written by Nolan Wengert and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This discussion begins by reviewing the problem of prescription drug abuse and diversion and examining the legal environment surrounding this issue specific to New York State. The general climate surrounding enforcement efforts is discussed with the goal of identifying the role that the individual patrol officer or investigator is currently playing in responding to this unique issue that commonly begins in the world of traditional white collar crime, descends all the way to the realm of traditional street level drug activity, and often returns to the white collar sphere. The impediments individual patrol officers face in supporting this mission such as a lack of inclusion in the limited large scale enforcement programs targeting this crime and the lack of high level proper training that would enable patrol officers to individually address such crimes that incorporate elements that are often foreign to members of law enforcement resources. The proper components of a training program that would enable an individual patrol officer to successfully investigate such a crime are identified as a targeted review of New York State Law, the proper and practical application of offenses, proper field identification of prescription controlled substances, and the proper preparation of court documents are discussed. Examples of relevant reference materials are included to aid the individual patrol officer in taking on this complex mix of white collar, organized, and traditional street level drug crime in the field by dome light. Keywords: Economic Crime Management, Prof. Suzanne Lynch, prescription drug diversion, New York State drug laws, police training, court informations.
Download or read book Poly Drug Use Among Police Detainees written by and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 8 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Controlled Substances written by United States. General Accounting Office and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In response to a congressional request, GAO assessed the possibility of using Medicaid data to identify health care providers who may be diverting prescription drugs for illegal purposes. GAO found that states should use data contained in the Medicaid Management Information System (MMIS) to identify health care providers who may be illegally diverting controlled substances, since: (1) states' MMIS often comprise the largest databases on the prescription and dispensing of controlled substances; (2) Medicaid laws allow disclosure of the data; and (3) it would enable law enforcement officials and licensing and regulatory agencies to identify sources of drug diversion.
Download or read book A Study of the Attitudes of Probation Officers and Police Officers Toward Juvenile Drug Diversion written by Ronald LeFlore and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The focus of the current study was upon the attitudes of professionals in the Los Angeles County Probation Department and the City of Los Angeles Police Department toward a diversion program, namely, the Neighborhood Adult Participation Program (NAPP) Drug Abuse Diversion Program, Los Angeles, California...The purpose of the study was to determine if professionals in the juvenile justice system felt that a diversion drug abuse program would be effective in the rehabilitation of juveniles into society without incarceration...The general research question involved in the current study may be stated thus: What are the attitudes of employees of the criminal justice system toward drug diversion programs? More specifically, do the attitudes of police officers and probation officers differ relative to the PCP drug diversion program examined in the current study?"--from introduction.
Download or read book Drug Law Enforcement written by and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Prosecutorial Response to Heavy Drug Caseloads written by Kerry M. Healey and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 1994-10 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Rethinking Law Enforcement s Role on Drugs written by Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Criminal Justice Responses to Drug and Drug related Offending written by Joy Wundersitz and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 121 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The criminal justice system is constantly evolving in response to changing social, economic and political pressures. One that gathered momentum during the 1980s and 1990s was community concern about increasing crime rates, particularly property and violent crime, and the perceived link with illicit drug use and drug dependency, notably heroin. In response, Australia has experienced a proliferation of criminal justice initiatives aimed at addressing the drugs/crime nexus. Over the past seven or eight years, almost every state and territory has implemented a range of so-called drug diversion programs that operate at different points along the criminal justice continuum. These initiatives can be divided into four groups: police-based programs that offer drug education and assessment for individuals detected for minor possession offences pertaining to either cannabis and/or other illicit substances; court level, predominantly bail-based programs designed to provide assessment and short term treatment for less serious offenders whose criminal behaviour is related to their illicit drug use; intensive pre- and post-sentencing drug court programs that offer long term, intensive treatment for entrenched offenders whose drug dependency is a key contributor to their offending; and the NSW Compulsory Drug Treatment Correctional Centre, specialising in abstinence-based treatment and rehabilitation for offenders with 'long term illicit drug dependency and an associated life of crime and constant imprisonment'. At first glance the costs of these programs are substantial, with the Australian Government allocating supportive funding of $340m over 1999-2000 to 2007-08. If these initiatives are achieving their objectives, then such costs should be more than offset by the benefits accruing to the community through a reduction in illicit drug use and related offending, improved health and wellbeing for former drug dependent offenders and reduced case loads for the criminal justice system. This report attempts to provide some insight into the questions of whether these programs are in fact working and meeting their primary aims by giving an overview of key findings from national and state-based evaluations that have been undertaken of these initiatives. It summarises the outcome-based results currently available, identifies the knowledge gaps that still exist, and points to areas where further work is required to provide a more definitive insight into the value of these programs.
Download or read book Conference Report written by and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
