HEROIN USE AND CRIME IN A METHADONE MAINTENANCE PROGRAM - AN INTERIM REPORT

• NCJ Number: 8922
• Author(s): G HAYIM; I LUKOFF
• Date Published: 1973
• Length: 109 pages
• Grant Number(s): 72-NI-99-0008
• Corporate Author: Vera Institute of Justice
• Sale Source: National Technical Information Service; National Institute of Justice/
• Publication Type: Report (Study/Research)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

TWO STUDIES ANALYZE CHANGES OVER TIME IN THE BEHAVIOR OF ADDICTS IN THE ADDICTION RESEARCH AND TREATMENT PROGRAM.

Abstract

THE ADDICTION RESEARCH AND TREATMENT CORPORATION IS A NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION WHICH OPERATES A METHADONE MAINTENANCE PROGRAM IN THE BEDFORD-STUYVESANT AREA OF NEW YORK. THE INITIAL STUDY IS BASED ON THE FIRST 416 ADDICTS ADMITTED TO THE PROGRAM, IT SURVEYS THE CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR OF THIS GROUP BEFORE AND DURING ADDICTION AS WELL AS DURING THE YEAR OF THEIR PARTICIPATION IN THE ARTC PROGRAM. IT PRESENTS A DETAILED ANALYSIS OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE TREATMENT PERIOD IN TERMS OF THE REDUCTION OF CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR AND THE PATTERNS ACCORDING TO WHICH THE DIFFERENT SUBGROUPS OF PATIENTS BENEFIT FROM THE PROGRAM. THE SECOND STUDY EXAMINES IN DETAIL THE MEDICATION PATTERNS, METHADONE DOSAGES AND MORPHINE DETECTION AMONG THE FIRST 765 PATIENTS ACCEPTED INTO THE ARTC PROGRAM. IT PROVIDES EARLY FIGURES ON THE CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES OF THESE PATIENTS AS WELL AS A PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT OF THE CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES OF A SMALL NUMBER OF PATIENTS WHO REMAINED IN THE PROGRAM FOR TWO YEARS. (SNI DOCUMENT)