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Hazardously Drinking Jailed Women: Post-Release Perceived Needs and Risk of Reincarceration

Year: 2016

Type: article

Abstract: Women who drink hazardously face a high risk for re-arrest and reincarceration when they return to their communities after a jail stay. This study is the first to examine the associations between women's own reports of basic needs 1 month after jail release, and reincarceration (defined as spending at least one night in jail) during the next 5 months among unsentenced, female pretrial jail detainees who drink hazardously. Perceived needs for housing (adjusted odds ratio [AOR] = 3.63; p < .01), substance treatment services (AOR = 2.65; p < .01), assistance/benefits (AOR = 2.37; p < .05), and mental health counseling (AOR = 2.07; p < .05) at 1 month after jail release were associated with reincarceration during the next 5 months for the 165 hazardously drinking jailed women in this study. These findings demonstrate that self-reported needs during the high-risk period immediately following jail release are associated with heightened odds of reincarceration among hazardously drinking jailed women.

Source: International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology

DOI: 10.1177/0306624x16634702

Authors: Yael Chatav Schonbrun, Jennifer E. Johnson, Bradley J. Anderson, Celeste Caviness, Michael D. Stein

Institutions: Brown University, Michigan State University

Language: English

Topic: Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis

Subfield: Sociology and Political Science

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Good health and well-being, Peace, justice, and strong institutions, Reduced inequalities

Open Access status: green

Funder: National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism