Criminal Justice Drug Abuse Treatment Studies 2 (CJ-DATS 2): Middle atlantic center
Christy A. Visher, Principal Investigator
Steven S. Martin, Co-Investigator
Daniel J. O’Connell, Co-Investigator
Sami Abdel-Salam, Project Director
Initiated: 2009
Funding Source: National Institute on Drug Abuse
Project Summary:
CJ‐DATS 2 is a national collaborative research project which includes nine Research Centers and a Coordinating Center, and builds on the work accomplished in CJ-DATS. The Center for Drug and Alcohol Studies at the University of Delaware is one of the nine Research Centers. Many of the key questions reflect the need to develop a better understanding of the organizational and systems issues that can aid or undermine implementation of effective drug treatment and other services in correctional settings, especially for individuals reentering the community after incarceration. A particular focus of CJ‐DATS 2 is to investigate how agencies, sites or programs adopt and implement evidence‐based practices across different stages of criminal justice processing, and how the implementation of evidence‐based programs and practices can be improved to yield better client outcomes and increased utilization of services.
CDAS is participating in three CJ-DATS protocols:
- CJ-DATS 2: Improving Best Practices in Assessment and Case Planning for Offenders: Organizational Process Improvement Intervention (OPII)
- CJ-DATS 2: Medication-Assisted Treatment Implementation in Community Corrections Environments (MATICCE)
- CJ-DATS 2: HIV Services and Treatment Implementation in Corrections (HIV- STIC)
