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Implementation Evaluation Of A Social Detoxification Program, Thomas M. Slaven
Implementation Evaluation Of A Social Detoxification Program, Thomas M. Slaven
Theses and Dissertations in Urban Services - Urban Education
While cities across the United States are attempting to revitalize their central business districts, the presence of the public inebriate remains one of the most neglected urban problems hampering redevelopment efforts. An evaluation of the implementation of a social detoxification program was conducted to monitor planning, initial staffing, training, building community linkages, impact on the criminal justice system, and changes in clients' working and drinking behavior. Public Drunkenness arrests, and working and drinking behavior were measured at intake, three month and six month follow-up with a sample of clients undergoing detoxification, a comparison group of individuals jailed but not detoxified, …