Matrix Bite Drug Matrix Bite 25: Treatment systems to cut crime and safeguard the community
Last of the 25 drug ‘bites’ explores research on how treatment can protect the community from the consequences of drug use – treatment in itself, and treatment offered or imposed by law enforcement authorities. In these contexts, the task is meld enforcement pressure and surveillance focused on crime with the patient-centred, caring ethos of treatment. Does coercion and/or collaboration with law enforcement authorities undermine or amplify treatment’s crime-reducing impact, and should treatment systems maximise coercion, or maximise voluntary engagement?

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Matrix Bites are a weekly ‘bite-size’ cell-by-cell introduction to the matrices, cumulating to a year-long foundation course on the evidence base for treatment. For more see the whole Drug or Alcohol Treatment Matrices and this web page for articles, presentations, and a video explaining their genesis and construction.
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