ZENITH HOUSE - AN ALTERNATIVE DRUG TREATMENT PROGRAM

• NCJ Number: 28065
• Author(s): C F ROBERTS
• Date Published: 1975
• Length: 18 pages
• Corporate Author: California Dept of the Youth Authority
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/
• Publication Type: Program/Project Evaluation
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

A PRELIMINARY EVALUATION OF ZENITH HOUSE - A NINE MONTH RESIDENTIAL FACILITY FOR PAROLEES WITH DRUG ABUSE PROBLEMS WHO WOULD OTHERWISE BE LIKELY TO BE RETURNED TO AN INSTITUTION.

Abstract

ZENITH HOUSE IS PART OF THE CALIFORNIA YOUTH AUTHORITY'S COMPREHENSIVE DRUG PROGRAM, AND IS LOCATED IN FILLMORE. THE TREATMENT ELEMENTS OF THE PROGRAM ARE BASED ON THE 'FAMILY' MODEL AND UTILIZE INTENSIVE GROUP COHESION, PEER PRESSURE, AND CONFRONTATIVE CRITICISM AS MAJOR CHANGE AGENTS. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS REPORT, A FOLLOW-UP STUDY WAS CONDUCTED OF THE FIRST THIRTY-SIX WARDS ACCEPTED INTO THE PROGRAM TO IDENTIFY RECIDIVISTS AND THOSE WHO HAD RETURNED TO DRUG ABUSE. THE DATA WERE INTERPRETED AS SHOWING THAT WARDS WHO SPEND SIX MONTHS OR MORE IN ZENITH HOUSE DO AS WELL ON PAROLE FOLLOWING DEPARTURE AS WARDS RELEASED FROM INSTITUTIONS, IN LESS TIME AND AT LESS EXPENSE. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED)