Methadone treatment and legal supervision: individual and joint effects on the behavior of narcotics addicts
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This study investigated the individual and joint effects of methadone maintenance treatment and of legal supervision that included drug use testing (e.g., parole or probation) in improving the behavior of narcotics addicts. Subjects were 202 clients selected from a sample of admissions to methadone clinics in southern California. The subjects selected had experienced all intervention conditions (methadone maintenance alone, legal supervision/drug testing alone, both interventions simultaneously and neither intervention) in their addiction careers. Extensive interviewing of subjects provided longitudinal self-report data on various characteristics and behaviors. Repeated measures analysis of variance was used to test for statistical differences. Overall, the individual effect of methadone maintenance and of legal supervision was better than that of the no-intervention condition in improving drug use and criminal behavior by narcotics addicts. Methadone maintenance alone showed a broader range of improvement than did legal supervision alone. The combined effect of these two intervention conditions was not significantly better than that of methadone maintenance alone, except on abstinence from narcotics use. (Reprinted by permission of the publisher.)
Publication Name: Journal of Applied Behavioral Science
Subject: Social sciences
ISSN: 0021-8863
Year: 1991
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Racial trends and differences in the United States 30 years after the civil rights decade
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Increased immigration by Hispanics and Asians, combined with high nonwhite birth rates, has led to greater racial diversity in the US in the 1990s from the 1960s at the time of the civil rights movement. The economic advancement of blacks is hindered because many whites continue to perceive black tenants, borrowers and employees as undesirable due to negative stereotyping. Asians have the best earnings, employment and education, while Indians and Hispanics have the worst.
Publication Name: Social Science Research
Subject: Social sciences
ISSN: 0049-089X
Year: 1997
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