DRUG OFFENDER REHABILITATION PROGRAM - RECOVERY RATES, PERSONALITY VARIABLES, AND MAINTENANCE FACTORS

• NCJ Number: 40975
• Journal: QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF CORRECTIONS Volume: 1 Issue: 1 Dated: (WINTER 1977) Pages: 13-22
• Author(s): G L LITTLE; R W WOOD; H D HARRISON
• Date Published: 1977
• Length: 10 pages
• Contract Number(s): 247A-75-1.11-H-2
• Sponsoring Agency: US Dept of Justice
• Corporate Author: State Technical Institute of Memphis
• Publication Format: Article
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

PAPER DESCRIBING THE DRUG OFFENDER REHABILITATION PROGRAM (DOR), WHICH HAS BEEN OPERATING FOR OVER FOUR YEARS AT THE SHELBY COUNTY PENAL FARM IN MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE.

Abstract

SINCE ITS INCEPTION, THE PROGRAM HAS GRADUATED OVER 90 CLIENTS AND HAS HAD A TOTAL CUMULATIVE RECOVERY RATE OF 58 PERCENT. THE PAPER ANALYZES THE PROGRAM'S RECOVERY RATE WHILE PRESENTING AN EVALUATION OF DOR CLIENTS' PSYCHOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS INCLUDING A BREAKDOWN OF CLIENTS INTO GRADUATES AND DROPOUTS. A FURTHER ANALYSIS INVESTIGATES FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO SUCCESS OR FAILURE FOLLOWING GRADUATION FROM THE PROGRAM. FINALLY, IT IS SUGGESTED THAT SUPPLEMENTAL SUPPORT BE GIVEN TO CLIENTS ENTERING PROGRAMS SIMILAR TO THE DOR WHO ARE LOW IN VERBAL ABILITIES SINCE VERBAL SKILLS ARE RELATED TO THE APPROPRIATE HANDLING OF STRESS. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT)...KAP