Staton Michele, Dickson Megan, Tillson Martha, Webster Matthew, Leukefeld Carl
University of Kentucky, College of Medicine, Department of Behavioral Science, Center on Drug & Alcohol Research, 141 Medical Behavioral Science Building, Lexington, KY 40536-0086.
University of Kentucky, Center on Drug & Alcohol Research.
Women Crim Justice. 2019;29(6):368-384. doi: 10.1080/08974454.2019.1613284. Epub 2019 Aug 20.
The current study examines protective factors for women who transition from county jails to rural Appalachian communities, areas with limited health and behavioral health services. The study included drug-using women recruited from three jails in rural Appalachia and were followed 12-months post-release. Analyses focused on differences between women who remained in the community and those who returned to custody, as well as a multivariate model to determine protective factors for re-entry success. At the bivariate level, staying out of jail was associated with being older, having a job, not using drugs, stable housing, receiving health treatment, and having prosocial peers. In the multivariate model, the most robust predictors of staying out of jail were drug use abstinence, health care utilization, and prosocial peers. Most research on criminogenic needs associated with re-entry success have focused on men, and most focused on re-entry to urban communities where services and resources are more accessible. These findings have important implications for criminal justice systems to implement re-entry programs for women offenders during the transition to the community.
本研究调查了从县监狱过渡到阿巴拉契亚农村社区的女性的保护因素，这些地区的健康和行为健康服务有限。该研究纳入了从阿巴拉契亚农村地区三所监狱招募的吸毒女性，并在她们获释后进行了12个月的跟踪。分析重点在于留在社区的女性与重新被羁押的女性之间的差异，以及一个多变量模型，以确定重新融入成功的保护因素。在双变量层面，不进监狱与年龄较大、有工作、不吸毒、有稳定住房、接受健康治疗以及有亲社会的同伴有关。在多变量模型中，不进监狱的最有力预测因素是戒毒、医疗保健利用和亲社会的同伴。大多数关于与重新融入成功相关的犯罪成因需求的研究都集中在男性身上，并且大多数集中在重新融入服务和资源更容易获取的城市社区。这些发现对刑事司法系统在女性罪犯过渡到社区期间实施重新融入计划具有重要意义。
