DEMONSTRATION OF EMERGENCY CARE PROGRAM FOR PUBLIC INTOXICATION OFFENDERS AND OTHER ACUTE ALCOHOL INTOXICATION CASES - FINAL PROJECT REPORT - FINAL EVALUATION REPORT

• NCJ Number: 11262
• Author(s): D S BRADLEY; C A NEYMAN
• Date Published: 1970
• Length: 200 pages
• Grant Number(s): OLEA-019
• Sponsoring Agency: US Dept of Justice
• Corporate Author: Alcohol Detoxification Ctr
• Publication Format: Document
• Publication Type: Program/Project Evaluation
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE PROGRAM OF EMERGENCY INTOXIFICATION CARE AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURES OR HOSPITALIZATION.

Abstract

THE MAJOR GOAL OF THIS PROGRAM WAS TO DEMONSTRATE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF TREATING THE PUBLIC INEBRIATE AS A SICK PERSON RATHER THAN AS A CRIMINAL BY REMOVING HIM FROM POLICE JURISDICTION AND PLACING HIM UNDER MEDICAL CARE IN A DETOXIFICATION CENTER. SECTION I OF THIS REPORT DESCRIBES GOALS, METHODS, POLICIES, AND PROCEDURES OF THE CENTER. SECTION II OF THE REPORT IS THE INDEPENDENT EVALUATION OF THE PROJECT MADE BY THE GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY. THE PURPOSE OF THE EVALUATION WAS TO OBTAIN INFORMATION, THROUGH OBSERVATION, DATA COLLECTION, AND STATISTICAL ANALYSIS, TO DESCRIBE THE OPERATIONS OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ALCOHOL DETOXIFICATION CENTER AND THE CHARACTERISTICS OF ITS PATIENTS, AND TO DETERMINE HOW WELL IT WAS MEETING ITS GOALS. IN ADDITION, THE RELATIONSHIP OF THE CENTER TO OTHER PUBLIC AND PRIVATE AGENCIES CONCERNED WITH THE CARE AND TREATMENT OF ALCOHOLICS WAS TO BE STUDIED AND DOCUMENTED. THIS INCLUDED THE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, THE COURTS, AND OTHER AGENCIES OF THE D.C. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH. THE DOCUMENT INCLUDES THE QUESTIONNAIRES GIVEN TO MEMBERS OF THE STAFF OF THE CENTER.