Benefit analysis in criminal justice : an example application to a statewide drug treatment system / Peter A. Collins.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Collins, Peter A. (Peter Alan), author.

Series:

Criminal justice (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC)

Criminal Justice: Recent Scholarship

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Substance abuse--Treatment--Idaho--Cost effectiveness.

Substance abuse.

Substance abuse--Idaho.

Drug abuse--Treatment--Idaho--Cost effectiveness.

Drug abuse.

Criminals--Drug use--Treatment--Cost effectiveness.

Criminals.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (199 pages) : illustrations.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

El Paso, Texas : LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Collins employed cost-benefit methods to estimate the economic costs and benefits associated with the provision of substance abuse treatment in Idaho. To lend context to the cost-benefit findings, his work illustrated utilizes theoretical concepts from the fields of public policy and criminal justice/criminology. Specifically, he details the impact that the network, collaborative capacity, and wicked problem concepts have on the criminal justice and substance abuse treatment fields. His findings indicate a positive relationship between collaborative capacity and social support and an inverse relationship between increased social support and costs associated with criminal activity - namely, activities related to illegal substance use and abuse.

Contents:

Sizing up substance abuse and treatment issues : the importance of collaborative efforts

Theoretical framework : intersection of policy and practice

Mapping the cost-benefit, collaborative capacity, and social support nexus

Cost-benefit findings and collaborative capacity survey results

Managing wicked problems.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781593327750

1593327757

OCLC:

881887672