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Direct linkTonkin, Peggy; Dickie, Jill; Alemagno, Sonia; Grove, Wendy – Journal of Offender Rehabilitation, 2004
The jail population of women in the United States is growing at a greater rate than the population of men. Jails are short-term confinement facilities and many inmates will be released after a short period of time, only to be recycled again through the jail system. To reduce the level of recidivism for female inmates, interventions to address…
Descriptors: Employment Potential, Substance Abuse, Institutionalized Persons, Females
