Chaotic clients: an evaluation of an arrest referral scheme
Abstract
This article describes the conclusions from interviews with drug users who had been referred to treatment services through an arrest referral scheme. It describes the lifestyles, drug use and offending behaviour of the subject group and their reactions to the scheme. It is asserted that the inflexibility of the treatment services prevented success. It is argued that drug treatment services require flexibility, toleration and early intervention in order to be effective.
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Citation
Melrose, M. (2003), "Chaotic clients: an evaluation of an arrest referral scheme", Safer Communities, Vol. 2 No. 2, pp. 38-41. https://doi.org/10.1108/17578043200300017
Publisher
:MCB UP Ltd
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