The effective treatment of drug using offenders: the impact of treatment modality, coercion and treatment readiness on criminal recidivism

药物使用与重大的健康，社会和经济成本有关。鉴于毒品与犯罪之间的既定联系以及吸毒罪犯的高复吸率，这项研究的成果将有助于决策者确定临床和具有成本效益的服务提供方法。此外，鉴于围绕强制治疗的有效性的辩论，以及澳大利亚应在多大程度上效仿美利坚合众国的做法，规定对所有使用药物的罪犯进行治疗，该项目将检验强制治疗在减少累犯方面具有积极成果的主张。

Drug use is associated with significant health, social, and economic costs. Given the established drug-crime connection and the high rate of relapse among drug-using offenders, the outcomes of this research will assist policymakers in identifying clinically and cost effective approaches to service delivery. Moreover, in view of the debate that surrounds the efficacy of coerced treatment, and the extent to which Australia should follow the United States of America’s lead of mandating treatment for all substance using offenders, the project will test the proposition that compulsory treatment has positive outcomes in terms of reductions in recidivism.