{"@type": "dcat:Dataset", "accessLevel": "restricted public", "bureauCode": ["011:21"], "contactPoint": {"@type": "vcard:Contact", "fn": "Open Data Office of Justice Programs (USDOJ)", "hasEmail": "mailto:opendata@usdoj.gov"}, "dataQuality": false, "description": "This study consists of data from both the process\r\nevaluation and the outcome evaluation of the Texas Youth Commission's\r\n(TYC) Chemical Dependency Treatment Program (CDTP). The research goal\r\nof the first part of the study was to provide a systematic and\r\nempirical process evaluation of appropriate program placement and\r\nwhether and to what extent selected individual-level factors were\r\nrelated to key measures of program progress, as well as to variations\r\nin process outcomes across each of five treatment sites. The research\r\ngoal of the second part of the study was to provide a systematic and\r\nempirical outcome evaluation of the impact of the TYC Chemical\r\nDependency Treatment Program, including determination of the extent to\r\nwhich certain risk, need, amenability, program performance and\r\ndelivery, and aftercare factors affected treatment impact. Data were\r\nobtained from the Texas Youth Commission, the state corrections agency\r\nresponsible for serving violent and serious delinquent youth committed\r\nto the custody of the state. TYC collects a range of information on\r\nthe risk, needs, and treatment amenability of its youths. Also,\r\nprogram performance is measured through the use of an exit assessment\r\nconducted by program staff, which essentially provides a report card\r\nsummarizing each youth's involvement and progress in treatment. Data\r\nin this evaluation cover all juveniles who entered the CDTP from\r\nJanuary through October 1998, and who were discharged by April 1,\r\n1999. The treatment group consists of youths who invariably had a high\r\nneed for chemical dependency treatment. The control group consists of\r\nyouths who were eligible for treatment in the CDTP during this same\r\ntime period but who did not receive it due to limited CDTP bed\r\nspace. To obtain measures of drug use/abuse relapse, aftercare\r\nparticipation, and parole performance, a parolee data worksheet was\r\ncreated. TYC was able to provide information on who received chemical\r\ndependency treatment while on parole. Five core variables of the\r\nprocess evaluation data are program completion, program expulsion,\r\ndays to completion, days to expulsion, and number of behavior\r\ninfractions. The process evaluation includes the following variables\r\nfrom individual exit assessments: the youth's overall participation,\r\nwhether the youth understood the curriculum, understood addiction,\r\nsought help, acknowledged addiction, and acknowledged impact, the\r\nyouth's performance grade, whether the youth committed to be\r\ndrug-free, family involvement, special circumstances, and performance\r\nindex. Demographic variables are race, age, parents' marital status,\r\nand gender. Variables addressing risk factors include classifying\r\noffense, offender class, risk level, number of felony referrals,\r\nnumber of felony adjudications, number of previous TYC commitments,\r\nand number of parole revocations. Other variables in the process\r\nevaluation address the Substance Abuse Subtle Screening Inventory\r\n(SASSI), the Diagnostic Statistical Manual IV (DSM-IV) chemical\r\ndependency treatment need, TYC treatment amenability score, and the\r\nStages of Change Readiness and Treatment Eagerness Scale\r\n(SOCRATES). Variables available in the outcome evaluation data address\r\nissues of rearrest, higher custody level, aftercare sessions, drug\r\ntests, and parole compliance.", "distribution": [{"@type": "dcat:Distribution", "accessURL": "https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR03141.v1", "title": "Evaluation of the Texas Youth Commission's Chemical Dependency Treatment Program, 1998-1999"}], "identifier": "3025", "issued": "2003-03-11T00:00:00", "keyword": ["addiction", "juvenile offenders", "outcome evaluation", "process evaluation", "residential programs", "substance abuse treatment", "treatment compliance", "treatment facilities", "treatment outcome"], "language": ["eng"], "license": "http://www.usa.gov/publicdomain/label/1.0/", "modified": "2003-03-11T00:00:00", "programCode": ["011:060"], "publisher": {"@type": "org:Organization", "name": "National Institute of Justice", "subOrganizationOf": {"acronym": "OJP", "id": 22, "name": "Office of Justice Programs", "parentOrganization": {"acronym": "DOJ", "id": 10, "name": "Department of Justice"}, "parentOrganizationID": 10}}, "rights": "These data are restricted due to the increased risk of violation of confidentiality of respondent and subject data.", "title": "Evaluation of the Texas Youth Commission's Chemical Dependency Treatment Program, 1998-1999"}