Substance Abuse Treatment and Public Safety

From the introduction:

“This research brief will summarize findings on what is known about substance abuse treatment as it relates to public safety and the use of incarceration. Along with conducting a brief literature review, the Justice Policy Institute (JPI) has compared state data on drug treatment admissions to incarceration rates. While no single solution will guarantee that a person will not be involved in criminal activity and the literature is not conclusive on what single factor might solve every community’s various challenges, the research suggests that increased investments in drug treatment can have a positive public safety benefit. “