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Title From dependency to work : addressing the multiple needs of offenders with drug problems / Tim McSweeney ... [and others]
Published Bristol : Policy Press, 2004

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Description x, 71 pages ; 25 cm
Series Researching criminal justice series
Researching criminal justice series.
Contents Machine derived contents note: Chapter 1: Background: Background to the programme -- Aims and objectives of the programme -- The programme's target group -- Methodology -- The report -- Chapter 2: How the programme performed: The effectiveness of D2W as a pan-London referral mechanism -- Client perceptions and experiences of D2W -- The short-term impact of D2W on offending behaviour -- Chapter 3: Constraints on programme performance: Setting the programme up -- Wider structural and organisational changes -- Internal programme management and organisation -- Recruiting and retaining staff -- Confusion about the scope of the scheme -- Problems identifying multiple needs -- Treatment planning and care management -- Addressing multiple needs: a parallel or sequenced approach? -- Developing an exit and forward strategy -- Chapter 4: Conclusions: Did D2W help those who engaged with it? -- Did D2W reach the target number of offenders with multiple needs? -- Did D2W actually address multiple needs? -- Was the D2W concept viable? -- What funding and performance management regimes might better foster partnership work? -- How best should government contract with the voluntary sector? -- Successors to D2W? -- Conclusion
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 59-61)
Subject Drug addicts -- Rehabilitation -- Great Britain.
Drug abuse and crime -- Great Britain.
Drug abuse -- Treatment.
Drug abuse -- Great Britain.
Substance abuse -- Treatment -- Great Britain.
Recidivists -- Great Britain.
Criminal justice, Administration of -- Great Britain.
Author McSweeney, Tim.
SOVA (Organization)
Institute for Criminal Policy Research.
LC no. 2005299130
ISBN 1861346603