Compulsory Drug Treatment

Adequacy in Drug Abuse Treatment and Care in Europe (ADAT). Part I: Ethical Aspects in the Treatment and Care of Drug Addicts. Country reports and ethical guidelines.
A report of the treatment situation in various European countries. Ethical principles are also discussed. 2000

Alternative measures to imprisonment: the Dutch approach
This report give an insight into the Dutch approach to finding alternative measures to imprisonment for drug offences.

Court-Ordered Treatment for Drug Offenders is Much Better than Prison: Or Is It?
An article published in Reconsider Quarterly, Winter 2000-1001. It describes in both theoretical and practical terms just how ineffective therapy can be, as well as some outcomes from coercive therapy.

Drug Treatment in the Criminal Justice System: The Current State of Knowledge
This report presents results from a review of the literature on drug treatment in the criminal justice correctional system.  It specifically looks at the effectivenes of treatment programs. 2003

Dynamics in Repeat Imprisonment: Utilising Prison Census Data
Australian Bureau of Statistics Research working paper which included consideration of offenders imprisoned for drug related crimes 2003.

European Legal Database on Drugs (ELDD): Situation in the EU member states

European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA): Alternatives to prison targeting drug using offenders: a comparative EU description. 2003

European Institute of Social Services - University of Kent

1. QCT Europe Literature Review – Germany
   A summary of research carried out in Germany on the topic of QCT along with results from studies carried out in German as part of an international co-operation project.
2. The treatment/punishment hybrid: selection and experimentation
   Paper presented at the 4th Annual Conference of the European Society of Criminology, Amsterdam, August 2004. This paper addresses the issue of treatment and punishment as a ‘hybrid approach’.
3. Getting into Quasi Compulsory Treatments: Differentiating entry practices
   Paper presented to 1st Key Issues Conference of the International Societies of Criminology, Paris. 2004
4. Final Report on QCT System Descriptions
   This paper describes the systems for compulsory and quasi-compulsory treatment of drug dependent offenders in the six countries of the QCT Europe project (Netherlands, Italy, Switzerland, Austria, Germany, England & Wales). It is based on a review of information held by the EMCDDA and on reports provided by the project partners. 2003

Risk of Reoffending Among Parolees
NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research bulletin, which includes consideration of offenders with prior drug convictions. 2006.

The Netherlands: Drug Situation 2002
Report to the EMCDDA

University of Kent
Summary Literature Review: The international literature on drugs, crime and treatment
This is a review of the published research literature on drugs, crime, treatment and quasi-compulsory treatment (QCT). It covers the literature published in five languages; English, Dutch, German, Italian and French. This literature mainly refers to studies carried out in the countries of North America, Australia and Western Europe. The aim of the review is to provide a basis for the QCT Europe research project. The hypotheses for the project will be based on the research it reviews. 2003

Women and Men In Alcohol and Drug Treatment: an Overview of a Stockholm County Study
A brief history of alcohol and drug treatment in Sweden. 2003

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