Treating Co-Occurring Disorders in Jails: Outcome Findings From a Second Chance Act Offender Reentry Program.

• NCJ Number: 253719
• Journal: Crime & Delinquency Volume: 65 Issue: 5 Dated: 2019 Pages: 583-605
• Author(s): J. M. Miller; Holly V. Miller; J. C. Barnes
• Date Published: 2019
• Length: 23 pages
• Grant Number(s): 2011-RW-BX-0008
• Sponsoring Agency: Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA)
• Publication Format: Article
• Publication Type: Research (Applied/Empirical); Report (Study/Research); Report (Grant Sponsored); Program/Project Evaluation; Program/Project Description
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

This study, the second component of a mixed-method design evidencing fidelity, presents the evaluation methods and outcome findings for the Delaware County Transition (DCT) Program, an Ohio jail-based crimesolutions.gov endorsed treatment intervention for dually diagnosed offenders.

Abstract

Widespread implementation of offender reentry programming has increased justice program evaluations but few have featured research designs sufficiently rigorous to optimally inform policy. Program evaluations typically neglect program fidelity concerns to focus on outcome analysis that seldom feature optimal spuriousness reduction. The current article's review of the reentry and dual-diagnosis literature provides a background for description of the DCT program and methods used to observe programming effects. Findings indicated DCT participation was associated with overall recidivism reductions and time to recidivism and orient discussion around related rehabilitative modalities. (publisher abstract modified)