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Substance Abuse Treatment Admissions Referred by the Criminal Justice System

By utilizing the Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS), substance abuse treatment admissions referred by the criminal justice system are compared to admissions from other agencies. Sections following a summary are: demographic characteristics; treatment characteristics; treatment outcomes; trends in criminal justice referrals; and discussion. “In 2007, the criminal justice system was the largest single source of referrals to the substance abuse treatment system, comprising 37 percent of all admissions…approximately 670,500 of the 1.8 million admissions” (p. 1). Accession Number: 024081

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