Books by John Bellassai

The Resourceful Researcher:: A Guide to Drug Abuse Research in African American Communities

by John Bellassai

Written in the late 1990s and based on the literature, interviews with leading substance abuse researchers, and focus groups in African American communities, this handbook seeks to answer the questions of researchers who are... See More

Summary Report (Assessment of Pretrial Urine-Testing in the District of Columbia Book 1)

by Mary Toborg

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Beginning in March 1984, a comprehensive pretrial urine-testing program was implemented in the criminal justice system of the District of Columbia to detect drug use among court-involved adults. Toborg Associates, Inc... See More

Periodic Urine Testing as a Signaling Device for Pretrial Release Risk (Assessment of Pretrial Urine-Testing in the District of Columbia Book 5)

by Anthony Yezer

A series of six monographs document an evaluation of a urine-testing program undertaken by the District of Columbia's Pretrial Services Administration (PSA). This fifth volume presents a statistical analysis of the... See More

Urine Tests of Arrestees as a Way To Identify Hidden Drug Abuse: An Exploratory Study of the District of Columbia

by Mary Toborg

As a result of the pretrial urine-testing program operated by the D.C. Pretrial Services Agency (PSA), a group of drug users was identified who otherwise would have been "hidden" from the criminal justice system. During the... See More

Summaries of Evaluative Research and Program Assessment Initiated by BJA in Connection with the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1986

by Mary Toborg

The Toborg Institute for Research Applications, under contract with the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA), conducted in a needs assessment in 1988 of BJA's evaluative research and program assessment activities. The study... See More