Singer M I, Bussey J, Song L Y, Lunghofer L
Doctoral Program, Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106.
Soc Work. 1995 Jan;40(1):103-13.
Two hundred and one randomly selected female inmates incarcerated at a municipal jail were interviewed to establish the needs of this population and to formulate appropriate rehabilitative interventions. Measures of social support for this sample were uniformly low. Scores on the Global Severity Index of the Brief Symptom Inventory showed that 64 percent of the women were in the clinical range for mental health problems. Scores obtained from the Short Drug Abuse Screening Test indicated that 83 percent of the women were in the substance abuse range. When child and adult sexual abuse were combined, 81 percent of the women had been sexually victimized at some time in their lives. The data point to the need for improved programs and conditions within penal settings and for intermediate sanctions for nonviolent female offenders. Such sanctions could include both correctional day treatment and community-based correctional living sites.
对一所市立监狱中随机挑选的201名女性囚犯进行了访谈，以确定该群体的需求并制定适当的康复干预措施。该样本的社会支持指标普遍较低。简明症状量表的总体严重程度指数得分显示，64%的女性存在心理健康问题，处于临床范围。简短药物滥用筛查测试的得分表明，83%的女性存在药物滥用问题。将儿童期和成年期性虐待合并计算时，81%的女性在其生命中的某个时候曾遭受过性侵害。这些数据表明，需要改善刑罚机构内的项目和条件，并对非暴力女性罪犯实施中间制裁。此类制裁可包括惩教日间治疗和基于社区的惩教居住场所。
