PERFORMANCE OF NARCOTIC-INVOLVED PRISON RELEASEES UNDER THREE KINDS OF COMMUNITY EXPERIENCE

• NCJ Number: 11049
• Author(s): S ADAMS; V MCARTHUR
• Date Published: 1969
• Length: 25 pages
• Corporate Author: District of Columbia Dept of Corrections
• Publication Format: Document
• Publication Type: Statistics
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

FOLLOW-UP STUDY OF EXPIREES ON UNSUPERVISED RELEASE, PERSONS ON PAROLE SUPERVISION, AND PAROLEES REFERRED TO THE DRUG ADDICTION TREATMENT AND REHABILITATION CENTER.

Abstract

THE THREE SUBGROUPS WERE FOLLOWED TO ASCERTAIN THEIR STATUSES AFTER ENTRY INTO THE TWO TREATMENT PROGRAMS OR, IN THE CASE OF THE EXPIREES, FOLLOWING DISCHARGE INTO THE FREE COMMUNITY. THE FOCUS OF INTEREST WAS THE EXTENT TO WHICH MEMBERS OF EACH GROUP WERE ARRESTED AND BOOKED INTO THE D.C. JAIL. AT SIX MONTHS THE DRUG ADDICTION TREATMENT AND REHABILITATION SUBJECTS SHOWED A 27.8 PERCENT ARREST AND DETENTION RATE, THE PAROLEE-CONDITIONAL RELEASEE SUBJECTS SHOWED A 28.0 PERCENT RATE, AND THE EXPIREES A 44.5 PERCENT RATE. THE THREE GROUPS WERE COMPARED ON PERSONAL-SOCIAL CHARACTERISTICS TO DETERMINE WHETHER THERE WERE MEANINGFUL INTER-GROUP DIFFERENCES. THE FOUR SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS WERE AGE AT FIRST ARREST, NUMBER OF PREVIOUS COMMITMENTS, EDUCATION CLAIMED, AND AGE AT ENTRY INTO THE PROGRAM. WHEN COMPARED THREE YEARS AFTER RELEASE WITH THE TOTAL GROUP OF D.C. REFORMATORY RELEASEES, THE NARCOTIC-INVOLVED INDIVIDUALS SHOWED A HIGHER ARREST AND DETENTION RATE. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT)