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Author Collins, Peter A. (Peter Alan)

Title Benefit Analysis in Criminal Justice : an Example Application to a Statewide Drug Treatment System
Published El Paso : LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC, 2014

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Description 1 online resource (199 pages)
Series Criminal Justice: Recent Scholarship
Criminal justice (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC)
Contents Sizing up substance abuse and treatment issues : the importance of collaborative efforts -- Theoretical framework : intersection of policy and practice -- Mapping the cost-benefit, collaborative capacity, and social support nexus -- Cost-benefit findings and collaborative capacity survey results -- Managing wicked problems
Summary Collins employed cost-benefit methods to estimate the economic costs and benefits associated with the provision of substance abuse treatment in Idaho. To lend context to the cost-benefit findings, his work illustrated utilizes theoretical concepts from the fields of public policy and criminal justice/criminology. Specifically, he details the impact that the network, collaborative capacity, and wicked problem concepts have on the criminal justice and substance abuse treatment fields. His findings indicate a positive relationship between collaborative capacity and social support and an inverse r
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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Subject Substance abuse -- Treatment -- Idaho
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Security.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Services & Welfare.
Substance abuse -- Treatment
Idaho
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781593327750
1593327757