California Rehabilitation Center Intensive Substance Abuse Treatment Program for Female Civil Addicts: April 1995-December 1996

• NCJ Number: 177111
• Author(s): Lois Lowe Ph.D
• Date Published: 1997
• Length: 44 pages
• Corporate Author: California Dept of Corrections
• Sale Source: NCJRS Photocopy Services; California Dept of Corrections
• Publication Format: Document
• Publication Type: Program/Project Description
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

This report describes the characteristics, treatment, and return-to-custody experiences of 196 civil addict females who were eligible for a drug treatment program at the California Rehabilitation Center at Norco, California.

Abstract

In 1961 California enacted legislation that established the California Civil Addict Program, which provides for the commitment and treatment of narcotic addicts and persons, who by repeated use of narcotics, were in imminent danger of becoming addicted. The legislation provides for the receiving, control, confinement, education, treatment, and rehabilitation of such persons, whose entry into the criminal justice system was primarily due or exacerbated by narcotic use. In April 1995 an intensive substance abuse treatment programs was implemented for female civil addicts at the California Department of Corrections California Rehabilitation Center. The 80-bed program is designed to provide 6 to 12 months of intensive treatment over and above that usually provided to male and female civil addicts at the facility. This report describes the women who entered and exited the program and were paroled prior to January 1, 1997. The treatment group consisted of 109 women who entered in-prison treatment, either completed or dropped out of the program, and were paroled before January 1, 1997. The comparison group consisted of 87 women who did not enter in-prison treatment and were paroled before January 1, 1997. Data on the treatment group include personal characteristics of program participants, length of time in in-prison and community treatment, return-to-custody status, and self-report data on participant's recovery. Return- to-custody data show that treatment group subjects were on parole an average of 180.4 days before a first return to custody, compared to 111.5 days for the comparison group. Treatment subjects returned for an average of 137 days for a first return compared to 165.4 days for comparison subjects. 21 tables, 11 references, and appended sample California Alcohol and Drug Services Admission and Discharge Record