The effectiveness of substance abuse education and treatment programs in prevention of crime: hearing before the Subcommittee on Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, and Human Resources of the Committee on Government Reform, House of Representatives, One Hundred Seventh Congress, second session, July 29, 2002 |
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Page 7 - I will administer the oath. [Witnesses sworn.] Mr. SOUDER. Let the record show that all the witnesses have answered in the affirmative.
Page 97 - The relationship [between single parent families and crime] is so strong that controlling for family configuration erases the relationship between race and crime and between low income and crime.
Page 80 - So if you would raise your right hand. [Witness sworn.] Mr. SOUDER. Let the record show that the witness responded in the affirmative.
Page 97 - September 1990). *Young black men raised in single-parent families on welfare and living in public housing are twice as likely to engage in criminal activities compared to black men raised in two-parent families also on welfare and living in public housing. Source: Anne M.
Page 90 - If I can help somebody as I pass along, if I can cheer somebody with a word or song, if I can show somebody he's traveling wrong, then my living will not be in vain.
Page 22 - De Leon, G., Melnick, G., Schoket, D., & Jainchill, N. (1993). Is the therapeutic community culturally relevant? Findings on race/ethnic differences in retention in treatment. Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, 25(1), 77-86. De Leon, G., Melnick, G., Kressel, D., & Jainchill, N. (1994). Circumstances, motivation, readiness, and suitability (the CMRS scales): Predicting retention in therapeutic community treatment.
Page 20 - State inmates were under the influence of alcohol or drugs at the time of the offense, and a third of all mentally ill offenders were alcohol dependent.
Page 22 - Crime and Expenditure amongst Polydrug Misusers Seeking Treatment: The Connection between Prescribed Methadone and Crack Use, and Criminal Involvement," British Journal of Criminology 41 (2001): 119-26.
Page 31 - DAVIS. Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman, and I want to thank you and your staff for the good work they've done in pulling together this important hearing.