Maume Michael O, Lanier Christina, DeVall Kristen
1 University of North Carolina Wilmington, USA.
Int J Offender Ther Comp Criminol. 2018 Nov;62(15):4776-4795. doi: 10.1177/0306624X18780421. Epub 2018 Jun 17.
Despite the enormous resources spent by states in the United States on bridging the gap between criminal justice and behavioral health services, there have been relatively few statewide evaluations of drug treatment client recidivism. We present the results of an evaluation of recidivism outcomes for a sample of individuals ( n = 1,274) referred to the Treatment Accountability for Safer Communities (TASC) program in North Carolina from 2007 to 2008. The methodology accounted for both client and offense characteristics drawn from TASC, court, and corrections records. Multivariate analyses indicated that program completion is the most important predictor of re-arrest in the 3-year follow-up period, followed by a number of protective and risk factors. More specifically, being female, older at the time of program entry, as well as higher levels of educational attainment decreased the odds of re-arrest, whereas using crack/cocaine increased the odds of re-arrest. Suggestions for future research and policy implications are provided.
尽管美国各州投入了大量资源来弥合刑事司法与行为健康服务之间的差距，但对药物治疗客户再犯罪情况进行全州范围评估的却相对较少。我们展示了对2007年至2008年转介至北卡罗来纳州更安全社区治疗问责制（TASC）项目的1274名个体样本的再犯罪结果评估结果。该方法考虑了从TASC、法庭和惩教记录中提取的客户和犯罪特征。多变量分析表明，在3年随访期内，完成项目是再次被捕的最重要预测因素，其次是一些保护因素和风险因素。更具体地说，女性、进入项目时年龄较大以及教育程度较高会降低再次被捕的几率，而使用快克/可卡因则会增加再次被捕的几率。本文还提供了对未来研究的建议及政策启示。
