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Lapornik, R; Zapotoczky, HG.
Value of drug screening in granting leave of absence to prisoners
Wien Klin Wochenschr. 1998; 110(21):755-758
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Leading authors Med Uni Graz: Lapornik Rainer
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Abstract:: Permitting prisoners to leave the prison for a certain time is one basic element of rehabilitation. As a rule, the inmate is not allowed to leave the prison before a psychologist or psychiatrist is consulted. A considerable number of criminals have committed crimes under the influence of addictive drugs. Many of them continue to indulge in drug abuse even in prison. Therefore, a special programme was introduced in the prison of Graz-Karlau in Austria. In the course of this programme, inmates who are about to leave prison are made to undergo a urinarlysis with immunological methods. In 1997, positive results were registered in 95 of 678 tested prisoners. Thus, this method is an effective means of determining whether prisoners may be granted a temporary release. Persons with a positive urine test may be refused permission. At the same time, every inmate with a positive test may avail himself of an appropriate treatment programme.
Find related publications in this database (using NLM MeSH Indexing): Austria -; Crime - prevention and control; Drug Evaluation, Preclinical - statistics and numerical data; Humans - statistics and numerical data; Prisoners - statistics and numerical data; Psychotropic Drugs - statistics and numerical data; Recurrence - statistics and numerical data; Street Drugs - statistics and numerical data; Substance-Related Disorders - epidemiology; Treatment Outcome - epidemiology
Find related publications in this database (Keywords): Drug Abuse; Delinquency; Temporary Release; Rehabilitation; Drug-Screening