Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90025, USA.
J Psychoactive Drugs. 2011 Sep;Suppl 7:58-67. doi: 10.1080/02791072.2011.602275.
Participation in aftercare may reduce risk of recidivism among women offenders with substance use problems following their release to the community. This study examines motivation to participate in aftercare among women offenders and whether their participation in both in-custody and aftercare treatment reduces their risk of recidivism. Surveys were conducted with women (N = 1,158) in prison-based substance abuse treatment programs. Return-to-prison was examined among participants in community-based aftercare (N = 1,182) over 12 months following treatment discharge. Higher treatment motivation was associated with child welfare involvement, prior treatment, and use of "harder" drugs; ethnic minority women had lower treatment motivation compared with White women. Participants who completed the aftercare program, or who had longer treatment duration, and those who had participated in an in-prison program prior to parole had reduced risk of recidivism. Study findings suggest the value of community aftercare for women offenders, particularly when combined with prior in-prison treatment.
参与康复治疗可能会降低有药物滥用问题的女性罪犯在被释放到社区后重新犯罪的风险。本研究考察了女性罪犯参与康复治疗的动机，以及她们是否参与监禁中和康复治疗会降低她们重新犯罪的风险。在监狱中的药物滥用治疗项目中对女性（N=1158）进行了调查。在治疗出院后 12 个月内，对参与社区康复治疗的参与者（N=1182）进行了返回监狱的情况检查。更高的治疗动机与儿童福利的介入、先前的治疗以及使用“更硬”的毒品有关；少数民族女性的治疗动机低于白人女性。完成康复治疗计划的参与者，或治疗持续时间较长的参与者，以及在假释前参与过监禁项目的参与者，重新犯罪的风险降低。研究结果表明，对于女性罪犯来说，社区康复治疗具有价值，尤其是当与之前的监禁治疗相结合时。
