Treatment retention in a prison-based residential sex offender treatment program.

This study assessed the role of static factors, a dynamic factor (motivation to change sexually deviant behavior), and an administrative factor in predicting treatment retention within a prison-based sex offender treatment program. The analyses also included assessing differences in initial levels of motivation and differences in beginning-versus end-of-treatment motivation scores for various types of program discharges. The sample consisted of 251 individuals who were admitted to a residential prison-based sex offender treatment program where 46% completed the program.

Drug treatment aftercare in the criminal justice system: a systematic review.

Drug treatment aftercare is frequently cited as necessary for individuals served within the criminal justice system. The purposes of this article are to review how much is actually known about aftercare and to highlight issues in studying the role of aftercare. We begin with a review of the literature, looking at how aftercare is defined within the criminal justice system outcome literature and the findings on aftercare for offenders who received initial treatment from in-prison substance use treatment programs.

Predicting sex offender treatment entry among individuals convicted of sexual offense crimes.

This study examined what factors were predictive of who volunteers for sex offender treatment (self-selection) as well as who enters treatment after volunteering (administration selection). Research participants included 404 treatment volunteers and 387 nonvolunteers to treatment who were convicted of a sexual offense involving minors within the federal prison system. Maximum likelihood probit estimation procedures indicated that when compared with nonvolunteers, treatment volunteers were more likely to be recommended by a judge to receive treatment at the time of sentencing, had received prior treatment for sexually deviant behavior, reported higher levels of motivation to change their sexually deviant behavior, and had lower rates of a substance use disorder in the year prior to incarceration.

Differences in motivation, coping style, and self-efficacy among incarcerated male and female drug users.

This study compared sex differences in theoretically relevant cognitive-behavioral treatment concepts in a sample of 1,189 male and 300 female offenders participating in a prison-based substance abuse treatment program. Multivariate analysis of variance was used to examine the differences between men and women in the areas of motivation, self-efficacy, and coping styles. The results show that the women reported a greater recognition of having a substance use problem, less self-efficacy to remain abstinent in high-risk situations, and greater reliance on the coping strategies of seeking support, accepting responsibility, and escaping as compared with the men.

Correlates of drug treatment outcomes for African American and white male federal prisoners: results from the TRIAD study.

The purpose of this study was to compare the effects of family background and preincarceration socioenvironmental variables on three-year post-release drug use for African American and white prison-based drug treatment participants in order to explain the previously found disparities in rates of three-year post-release drug use between the two groups. There were two hypotheses: 1) for both groups, family background and preincarceration socioenvironmental variables would predict postrelease drug use more strongly than sociodemographic characteristics and preincarceration behaviors, and 2) the predictors would be different for each group. The sample included 279 African American and 512 white male treatment participants who were supervised by a U.

Gender differences in substance use treatment entry and retention among prisoners with substance use histories.

Objectives: We examined gender similarities and differences in the predictors of substance use treatment entry and of the combination of treatment entry and completion.

Methods: The sample consisted of 2219 male and female program participants. Maximum likelihood probit estimation was used to identify background and attitudinal characteristics predictive of substance use treatment entry and retention.

Comparison of background characteristics and behaviors of African-American, Hispanic, and white substance abusers treated in Federal prison: results from the TRIAD Study.

The lack of empirical literature describing minority substance abusers who seek treatment serves as an obstacle for providing empirically-driven, culturally-relevant substance abuse treatment to minorities in both prison-based and community-based programs. The purpose of this study was to address this gap in the literature by describing and comparing the background characteristics and preincarceration behaviors and social environments of adult African-American, Hispanic, and white substance abusers who were treated in Federal Bureau of Prisons' (BOP) residential drug abuse treatment programs. The study sample included 279 African-American, 72 Hispanic, and 512 white male substance abusers who were treated in 16 prison-based residential drug treatment programs from 1991 to 1995.

Staying in treatment: how much difference is there from prison to prison?

This is the 1st study to examine the effects of individual- and program-level characteristics on treatment attrition within a prison-based setting. The sample of 1,446 men and women were from 19 programs. Differences were found in both individual- and program-level predictors of disciplinary discharges and dropouts.

Gender differences in outcomes from prison-based residential treatment.

This study examines gender similarities and differences in background characteristics, the effectiveness of treatment, and the predictors of post-release outcomes among incarcerated drug-using offenders. The sample of 1,842 male and 473 female treatment and comparison subjects came from a multi-site evaluation of prison-based substance abuse treatment programs. Three-year follow-up data for recidivism and post-release drug use were analyzed using survival analysis methods.