Effectiveness of the rehabilitation for addicted prisoners trust (RAPt) programme
| Autor: | Albert M. Kopak, Lauren Miller, Steven L. Proctor, Lucy V. Dean, Norman G. Hoffmann |
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| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
Health (social science) Rehabilitation Recidivism Substance dependence media_common.quotation_subject Addiction medicine.medical_treatment Ethnic group virus diseases Medicine (miscellaneous) Prison social sciences Logistic regression medicine.disease behavioral disciplines and activities mental disorders medicine population characteristics Psychiatry Imprisonment Psychology media_common Clinical psychology |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Substance Use. 20:254-261 |
| ISSN: | 1475-9942 1465-9891 |
| DOI: | 10.3109/14659891.2014.904938 |
| Popis: | The Rehabilitation for Addicted Prisoners Trust (RAPt) Programme, the largest provider of intensive prison-based drug treatment in the UK, addresses both substance dependence and criminal behaviour through a comprehensive model. This study examined recidivism in a group of male prisoners who completed the RAPt programme (n = 352), a group of male prisoners who did not complete (n = 355) the programme, and a third comparison group of male prisoners who completed another in-prison drug treatment programme (n = 232). 12-month post-release recidivism data for the three groups were assessed with multivariate logistic regression in relation to age, race/ethnicity, length of sentence, prisoners’ drugs of choice, and prisoners’ primary offence for imprisonment. Results indicated that RAPt completers were less likely to re-offend within one year of prison release compared to the Comparison completers and prisoners who started but did not complete RAPt. Prisoners’ drugs of choice were also associated with r... |
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