Offender drug abuse and recidivism : an access to recovery program / Michael A. Seredycz.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Seredycz, Michael A.

Series:

Criminal justice (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC)

Criminal justice: recent scholarship

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Recidivism--United States.

Recidivism.

Criminals--Rehabilitation--United States.

Criminals.

Ex-convicts--Drug use--United States.

Ex-convicts.

Drug abuse--Treatment--United States.

Drug abuse.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (180 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

El Paso [Tex.] : LFB Scholarly Pub., 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Seredycz tracks 434 offenders of a federally funded Access to Recovery (ATR) program coordinated by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration and a jurisdiction identified as Lake City. He examines offender's reduction of alcohol and other drug abuse (AODA), recidivism and barriers to reintegration. Self-reported high-risk drug offenders had a higher likelihood of program failure and criminal activity. Offenders who voluntarily remained in treatment were more successful remaining abstinent and more likely to desist from criminal activity. Faith-based programming was not fou

Contents:

CONTENTS; List of Tables; Acknowledgments; CHAPTER 1: The Politics of Offender Reentry; The Incarceration Binge; Recidivism; Drug-Crime Nexus; Lake City Access to Recovery (ATR); Research Model I; Research Model II; CHAPTER 2: Examining the Process of Reentry; The Black Box: Beyond Recidivism; Recidivism; Systems based Approach; CHAPTER 3: Methodology of the Study; Lake City; Research Design; Research Models; CHAPTER 4: Study Results and Findings; Profile of Lake City Participants; The Black Box; Research Model I; Research Model II; Overall Model Findings

CHAPTER 5: Conclusions and RecommendationsConclusions; Recommendations for Future Research; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781593326524

1593326521

OCLC:

818818942