The impact of coercion in rehabilitation of drug abusers was examined in a 1979 study of a
population of drug abusers in treatment programs in South Jersey, The experimental group …

This study provides new evidence regarding the relation of coerced care to posttreatment
substance use and addiction severity while controlling for two important factors: readiness to …

This paper presents an abbreviated survey of the substance abuse treatment literature
regarding the effectiveness of various levels of coercion. The review provides overall …

Prior research on legally coerced treatment for substance abuse tends to find no difference
between coerced and non-coerced clients with respect to treatment retention and treatment …

Analyses examined whether addicts reporting themselves coerced into drug abuse
treatment by actions of the criminal justice system differed from voluntary admissions in their …

Recent work has criticized the evidence base for the effectiveness of addiction treatment
under social controls and coercion, suggesting that the development of sound policies and …

Of central importance is that our clinical experience and treatment outcome studies to date
strongly suggest that coercion is fundamental to addiction treatment and favorable outcomes …

Drug and alcohol use presents a serious social problem for most countries in the world. Of
particular concern is the well-documented relationship between substance use and crime …

The effects of perceived coercion and motivation on treatment completion and subsequent
re-arrest were examined in a sample of substance-abusing offenders assessed for …

Nine sources of coercion were examined: the client's employer, spouse, friends, relatives
and children, and the clients' concerns over health, finances, legal consequences and self …