Special Population: Criminal Justice
- This program provides the addiction specific training required as part of the process to become a CCJP/CCJAP, a professional substance abuse credential for those persons who are working with individuals who are incarcerated and/or receiving court ordered substance abuse treatment services. Objectives
- Dynamics of Addiction and Criminal Behavior
- Origins of Criminal Behavior Biological, Situational and Learning Factors
- Mental Health Issues in Jails and Prisons
- Dr. David Kosson : Psychopathy, Antisocial Personality Disorder, and Underlying Mechanisms
- Addiction Overview
- Theories of Addiction and Co-Occurring Disorders
- Patterns of Addiction and Sociological Impact
- Triggers and Cravings
- Relapse Prevention
- Behind Bars II: Substance Abuse and America’s Prison Population by the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse
- Counseling Addicted Offenders: Thinking for Change Best Practice
- SAMHSA TIP 41 Substance Abuse Group Counseling
- SAMHSA TIP 42 Counseling Persons with Co-Occurring Disorders
- SAMHSA TIPs 46 & 47 Issues in Intensive Outpatient Treatment
- SAMHSA TIP 44: Addictions Treatment for Adults in the Criminal Justice System
- SAMHSA TIP 50 Addressing Suicidal Thoughts and Behaviors in Substance Abuse Treatment
- SAMHSA TIP 51 Addiction Treatment and the Special Needs of Women
- Overview of Sex and Porn Addiction
$149.00 for one year - Objectives
- Psychological theories of crime.
- Critical theory.
- Conflict theory.
- Deterrence and rational choice.
- Labelling theory.
- Self control theory.
- Unique needs of the offender.
- Intervention strategies.
$90.00 for 90 days - Objectives
- Identify the administrative, organizational, and ethical issues relevant to Mental Health Services in a correctional setting.
- Identify typical offender problems in many correctional systems and how they are customarily managed.
- Explain various clinical and consultative activities offered by mental health professionals within correctional settings.
$48.00 for 90 days Objective
- Explore similarities between addiction and criminogenic thinking
- Identify purpose, sources of information and areas of concern for screening
- Explore the pitfalls of diagnosis in the CJ system
- Identify preferred screening and assessment instruments and what they measure
- Examine placement strategies based on criminality, mental health and addiction issues
- Discuss general treatment issues in CJ including the purpose, intervention and alternatives
- Consider barriers to effective treatment in the criminal justice system
- Highlight unique needs of special populations including women and the elderly in the CJ system
$90.00 for 90 days- Objectives
- Examine the rates of substance-involved inmates in the criminal justice and identify rates of arrests, convictions, and recidivism for these populations.
- Evaluate the role of race and ethnicity, and how social factors such as income, education, age, and family history impact substance abuse among criminal offenders.
- Identify particular populations and problems needing special services in criminal justice settings
- Identify components of effective substance abuse treatment within criminal justice settings.
- Determine how to overcome barriers to treatment within prison populations
- Recognize practical steps that government and criminal justice systems can take to combat substance abuse.
$45.00 for 90 days - Objectives
- Describe the need for continuity of care for the offender from substance use treatment facility into the community.
- Identify different criteria included in the offender’s needs assessment upon entering treatment.
- Define principles and criteria of transition plans.
- List commonly used sanctions.
- List commonly used rewards.
- Describe events in the criminal’s developmental life that could have led to their particular way of thinking and acting.
- Define criteria included in discharge planning.
- List indicators of treatment success.
- List services that are important to incorporate into the life of an offender being discharged from inpatient treatment.
- Identify special issues or circumstances that require additional services or attention.
- Define confidentiality guidelines and regulations.
$24.00 for 90 days - Objectives
- Examine the rates of substance-involved inmates in the criminal justice and identify rates of arrests, convictions, and recidivism for these populations.
- Evaluate the role of race and ethnicity, and how social factors such as income, education, age, and family history impact substance abuse among criminal offenders.
- Identify particular populations and problems needing special services in criminal justice settings
- Identify components of effective substance abuse treatment within criminal justice settings.
- Determine how to overcome barriers to treatment within prison populations
- Recognize practical steps that government and criminal justice systems can take to combat substance abuse.
$96.00 for 90 days Objectives:
- Compare and contrast the characteristics of recidivism and relapse
- Examine the incentives for recidivism and relapse and ways to reduce their potency
- Identify the challenges offenders face when they are released on parole.
- Determine steps clinicians can take to facilitate a reduction in recidivism
$6.00 for 90 daysObjectives
- Learn criminal justice theories and discuss their application in terms of punishment, rehabilitation, restorative justice, and deterrence
- Apply these theories to criminal justice as well as addiction
- Identify the strengths and weaknesses of each theory in terms of prevention and recidivism reduction in the offender with addiction or co-occurring disorders.
- Define criminogenic thinking patterns
- Compare and contrast criminogenic and addictive thinking patterns
- Identify behaviors employed because of these thinking patterns
- Explore the benefits to these behaviors and thinking patterns
- Identify interventions to address these patterns
$12.00 for 90 days