Drug Treatment: What Works?

Britain, like almost everywhere else, has a burgeoning drug problem. Finding ways of dealing with this problem is a major platform of Government policy and a great deal has been made of the impact of treatment on drug users.Drug Treatment: What Works?Is a cutting edge survey of the latest developments in these treatments, and it sets out to ask some of the crucial questions in the treatment of drug abusers; including: * Which treatments work with what sorts of abusers? * What are the key indicators of likely success? * Does coercion work or must treatment be freely entered into? * Is drug testing an essential backup for successful treatment? Featuring contributions from some the leading figures in this field,Drug Treatment: What Works?will be essential reading for students, academics and professionals studying drug treatment in the areas criminology, social policy and medicine.

Tammy L. Anderson is currently an Assistant Professor and Ethnographer in the Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice at the University of Delaware Philip Bean is Professor of Criminology (Emeritus) and was formerly Director of the Midlands Centre for Criminology at the University of Loughborough (1990-2003) Helen Bourne is a Research Psychologist in north Nottinghamshire Colin Brewer In 1987 he founded the Stapleford Centre John A. Carver's In 1997 Jay Carver was appointed by the Attorney General to lead the consolidation and reorganisation of the District of Columbia's pretrial, probation and parole systems Joris Casselman is currently Associate Professor in forensic mental health care at the Faculty of Medicine (Department of Psychiatry) and at the Faculty of Law (Department of Criminology) of the Catholic University of Leuven (Belgium) Ken Checinski is Senior Lecturer in Addictive Behaviour, St George's Hospital Medical School, London David Farabee is Associate Research Psychologist and Director of the Juvenile Justice Research Group at UCLA Integrated Substance Abuse Programs Hamid Ghodse is Professor of Psychiatry and Director of the International Centre for Drug Policy at St George's Hospital Medical School, University of London Michael Gossop is a professor and Head of Research in the Addictions Directorate at the Maudsley Hospital in London, and a leading researcher in the National Addiction Centre at the London University Institute of Psychiatry Lana Harrison is the Associate Director of the Center for Drug and Alcohol Studies at the University of Delaware Paul Hayes has been Chief Executive of the National Treatment Agency (NTA) since its creation in 2001 Muhammad Z. Iqbal is now a Consultant Psychiatrist in Dudley, West Midlands Douglas Longshore is Principal Investigator and Associate Director at the UCLA Integrated Substance Abuse Programs (UCLA-ISAP) and Adjunct Senior Behavioral Scientist at RAND Joy Mott worked for the Home Office from January 1962 until she retired in 1994 Teresa Nemitz was formerly a Research Fellow and Part Time Lecturer in Criminology at Loughborough University Michael L. Prendergast is Director of the Criminal Justice Research Group at UCLA Integrated Substance Abuse Programs Andrew Ravenscroft is a Consultant Anaesthetist at Nottingham City Hospital, where he is the Lead Clinician for Multi-Pain Management directing the hospital pain clinic Nicholas Seivewright is Consultant Psychiatrist in Substance Misuse at Sheffield Care NHS Trust