Addressing Substance Related Offending

What is ASRO?

It is a programme to raise awareness of the link between drug and/or alcohol misuse and to provide offenders with the skills to enable them to reduce or stop substance misuse, and so reduce offending.

Who is suitable?

Offenders;

• who have been assessed as medium to high risk of re-offending
• whose offending is linked to at least one of the following:
• substance specific offences (e.g. posession of a class A drug)
• use of drugs or alcohol as a disinhibitor
• offences committed as a result of addiction or perceived addiction to alcohol or drugs
• who are sufficiently stable and motivated to change
• who are assessed as suitable in a PSR

Who is not suitable?

• Offenders with serious mental health problems
• Offenders who cannot learn in a group setting