Faculty First Year Seminars 197NRSG5 - Substance Abuse and Criminal J
Fall
2017
01
1.00
Donna Zucker
TU 5:30PM 6:20PM
UMass Amherst
42250
As cities and towns across the country try to grapple with the ongoing opioid epidemic, the country's prisons are
not immune to the dangerous, and sometimes fatal, effects of substance abuse. Scientific research since the mid-1970s shows that treatment can help many in the criminal justice system who use drugs change their attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors toward drug use; avoid relapse; and successfully remove themselves from a life of substance use and crime. Treatment can be effective, whether voluntary or ordered by the court. Once in a treatment program, even those who are not motivated to change at first can eventually become engaged in a continuing treatment process.
not immune to the dangerous, and sometimes fatal, effects of substance abuse. Scientific research since the mid-1970s shows that treatment can help many in the criminal justice system who use drugs change their attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors toward drug use; avoid relapse; and successfully remove themselves from a life of substance use and crime. Treatment can be effective, whether voluntary or ordered by the court. Once in a treatment program, even those who are not motivated to change at first can eventually become engaged in a continuing treatment process.
Freshmen Only