Topic: addicted offenders

We see addicted offenders in a wide variety of settings. They run a gamut from community programs that deal with court-referred DUI/DWI clients, publicly-funded programs for low- or no-income addicts, facilities for adjudicated youth- all the way to substance abuse programs operated for or in correctional facilities. While the 3rd-time DUI offender without other criminal history may be very different from the high schooler caught dealing oxy pills to classmates, and both are different from the adult felon with the assault conviction and the gang connections, they all have one thing in common: their disease. And they are likely to present a common problem to the clinician: They’re rarely, if ever, self-referred or highly motivated to undertake abstinence-based recovery. RecoverySI has worked with many facilities that deal with addicted offenders, building clinical programs and training staff. We’ve collected blog posts, articles, and tools related to this topic and tagged them for easy reference in this feed. You can bookmark it, or find it by searching on “Addicted Offenders.”