Abstract
The overall goal of the current study, which was funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (Grant #DA13076), was to develop and evaluate an enhanced Drug Court employment intervention with the goals of improving drug treatment retention and reducing recidivism. Focus groups were conducted with Drug Court clients in order to gain a better understanding of employment needs in order to target and refine the enhanced employment intervention. As expected, findings indicate that Drug Court participants encounter a variety of employment issues. Perhaps the major theme that emerged is the consistent difficulty expressed by participants in balancing work and treatment involvement. Implications from this study provide important insights for developing employment interventions, as well as for further research.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 73-85 |
| Number of pages | 13 |
| Journal | Journal of Offender Rehabilitation |
| Volume | 33 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 2001 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:The research reported here was supported by the National Institute on Drug Abuse, Grant DA13076. The opinions expressed here are those of the authors and not the funding agency or the University of Kentucky.
Funding Information:
ABSTRACT The overall goal of the current study, which was funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (Grant #DA13076), was to develop and evaluate an enhanced Drug Court employment intervention with the goals of improving drug treatment retention and reducing recidivism. Focus groups were conducted with Drug Court clients in order to gain a better un-
Keywords
- Drug court
- Employment needs
- Employment readiness
- Focus group methods
- Social skills training
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Rehabilitation
- Law
