The papers in this collection present an overview of new and emerging models for treatment of drug-involved offenders. They explore types of treatment that operate under the surveillance of courts and the criminal justice system, from in-prison programs to residential substance abuse treatment (RSAT) and substance abuse treatment (SAT) programs in the community. Topics covered include: outcome assessments, event-history analysis, relapse prevention, rehabilitation, diversion, and therapeutic justice.

The author follows two chapters on the fundamentals of social science and social research with three on preparation, two on interviewing, one on scaling, and two on relative advantages and methods of participative, direct and indirect observation.