Three-Year Reincarceration Outcomes for in-Prison Therapeutic Community Treatment in Texas  

Oleh:

Knight, Kevin ; Simpson, Dwayne D. ; Hiller, Matthew L.

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: The Prison Journal vol. 79 no. 3 (Sep. 1999), page 337-351.
Topik: in-prison therapeutic community; ITC; aftercare
Fulltext: 337TPJ793.pdf (153.77KB)

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Longer term in-prison therapeutic community (ITC) outcome studies are needed, along with more attention on who benefits most from these programs. This study examined reincarceration records for 394 nonviolent offenders during the 3 years following prison. Those who completed both ITC and aftercare were the least likely to be reincarcerated (25%), compared to 64% of the aftercare dropouts and 42% of the untreated comparison groups. Furthermore, high-severity aftercare completers were reincarcerated only half as often as those in the aftercare dropout and comparison groups (26% vs. 66% and 52%). The findings support the effectiveness of intensive treatment when it is integrated with aftercare, and the benefits are most apparent for offenders with more serious crime and drug-related problems.

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