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International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology
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The Addiction Severity Index in Penitentiaries

Michel P.S.R. Amoureus

Arie A. van den Hurk

Department of Clinical and Personality Psychology, University of Nijmegen, Nijmegen, THE NETHERLANDS

Marinus H.M. Breteler

Department of Clinical and Personality Psychology, P.O. Box 9104, 6500 Nijmegan, THE NETHERLANDS

Gerard M. Schippers

Department of Clinical and Personality Psychology, University of Nijmegen, Nijmegen, THE NETHERLANDS

The sharply increased number of drug-abusing detainees in Dutch penitentiaries has led to a multiformity in treatment. No uniform assessment instruments have been developed. In this study the Addiction Severity Index for penitentiaries was researched. The instrument offers a wide range of applications including treatment planning, referral decisions and policy-making. The reliability and validity of the ASI was tested with 128 inmates; the internal consistency is good. The ASI problem areas are independent from each other. The ASI produces valid severity ratings and has a psychiatric subscale and its validity is moderately good.

International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, Vol. 38, No. 4, 309-318 (1994)
DOI: 10.1177/0306624X9403800404
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