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Substance Abuse Treatment and Public Safety
This new policy brief from the Justice Policy Institute shows that community-based substance abuse treatment reduces crime rates and helps states reduce corrections costs.
The policy brief found that:
- Increases in admissions to substance abuse treatment are associated with reductions in crime rates.
- Increased admissions to drug treatment are associated with reduced incarceration rates.
- Substance abuse treatment prior to contact with the justice system yields public safety benefits early on.
- Substance abuse treatment helps individuals transition successfully from the criminal justice system to the community.
- Substance abuse treatment is more cost-effective than prison or other punitive measures.
http://www.justicepolicy.org/content.php?hmID=1811&smID=1581&ssmID=70
Publication Year: 2008
Publisher Justice Policy Institute 4455 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Suite B-500 Washington, dc 20008 Phone: 202-737-7270 Website: http://www.justicepolicy.org/Email: info@justicepolicy.org
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Boston University School of Public Health 
