Format
Book
Publication Date
Published by / Citation
Drug and Alcohol Findings
Original Language

English

Keywords
illegal drugs
treatment
child protection
crime
prison
probation
arrest referral
drug court
family court
coerced treatment. drug rehabilitation requirement
DTTO
Drug Interventions Programme
naltrexone
opioid antagonist
pharmacotherapy
heroin
abstinence ethics

Effectiveness Bank Matrix Cell: Intervening to Safeguard the Community

Key studies on treatment’s contribution to safeguarding the community and preventing crime. Commentary addresses two highly controversial issues: whether it is ever safe to leave children with seriously problematic drug users, and the ethics and evidence on pressuring opioid-dependent offenders to take the opiate-blocker naltrexone - unacceptable infringement of autonomy, or as caring as holding back someone about to walk off a cliff? We guide you through the most comprehensive examination of comment and evidence to date.