Recommends approaches to planning, implementing, and managing correctional substance abuse programs. Several themes are highlighted: there are effective treatment programs for offenders which counter the "nothing works" beliefs; security and treatment should co-exist and complement each other: there is a need for careful assessment and proper placement of offenders in the most helpful programs; systematic approaches and linkages should be established to provide a continuum of info. and services; and a variety of accountability and evaluation procedures and criteria should be used to measure the success of programs.

Glenn D. Walters describes a practical model of intervention for use by clinicians working with substance abusing criminal offenders. He examines and explains the link between crime and drugs and the lifestyle of those involved in such offences.