TY - JOUR
T1 - Gender-specific factors associated with community substance abuse treatment utilization among incarcerated substance users
AU - Staton-Tindall, Michele
AU - Havens, Jennifer R.
AU - Oser, Carrie B.
AU - Prendergast, Michael
AU - Leukefeld, Carl
PY - 2009/8
Y1 - 2009/8
N2 - This article describes the independent correlates of preincarceration community substance abuse treatment utilization for male and female offenders currently particitating in prison-based treatment. As part of the National Institute on Drug Abuseĝ€"funded Criminal Justice Drug Abuse Treatment Studies cooperative agreement, this protocol was implemented by four collaborating research centers. Males with a history of treatment utilization were more likely to be older, to have used crack, and to have had a greater number of arrests, and they were less likely to be arrested for a violent charge. Females with previous treatment were more likely to have been hospitalized for a health condition and were significantly more likely to have lived with someone else before prison rather than in their own home. These findings suggest that factors associated with preincarceration treatment utilization differ by gender, which may have important implications for correctional-based treatment assessment, reentry planning, and transitional case management.
AB - This article describes the independent correlates of preincarceration community substance abuse treatment utilization for male and female offenders currently particitating in prison-based treatment. As part of the National Institute on Drug Abuseĝ€"funded Criminal Justice Drug Abuse Treatment Studies cooperative agreement, this protocol was implemented by four collaborating research centers. Males with a history of treatment utilization were more likely to be older, to have used crack, and to have had a greater number of arrests, and they were less likely to be arrested for a violent charge. Females with previous treatment were more likely to have been hospitalized for a health condition and were significantly more likely to have lived with someone else before prison rather than in their own home. These findings suggest that factors associated with preincarceration treatment utilization differ by gender, which may have important implications for correctional-based treatment assessment, reentry planning, and transitional case management.
KW - Gender
KW - Offenders
KW - Substance use
KW - Treatment utilization
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U2 - 10.1177/0306624X08317897
DO - 10.1177/0306624X08317897
M3 - Article
C2 - 18460591
AN - SCOPUS:68149182728
SN - 0306-624X
VL - 53
SP - 401
EP - 419
JO - International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology
JF - International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology
IS - 4
ER -