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Direct linkIslam, Manirul; Hashizume, Masahiro; Yamamoto, Taro; Alam, Faruq; Rabbani, Golam – Journal of Ethnographic & Qualitative Research, 2012
Drug use is an alarming issue in Bangladesh. Most drug users return to drugs after treatment, in what becomes a vicious cycle of treatment and relapse. This study explored why they return and what pathways they follow. We carried out 5 key informant interviews, 10 in-depth interviews, 2 focus group discussions, 3 case studies, 8 observations, and…
Descriptors: Drug Abuse, Foreign Countries, Narcotics, Focus Groups
Zurhold, Heike; Moskalewicz, Jacek; Sanclemente, Cristina; Schmied, Gabriele; Shewan, David; Verthein, Uwe – Journal of Offender Rehabilitation, 2011
The main objective of this follow-up study is to explore factors influencing the success or failure of women in reintegrating after their release from prison. Female drug users in five European cities were tracked after being released from prison. Out of 234 female prisoners contacted in prisons, 59 were included in the follow-up study. Structured…
Descriptors: Questionnaires, Correctional Institutions, Drug Use, Followup Studies
Hser, Yih-Ing; Evans, Elizabeth; Teruya, Cheryl; Huang, David; Anglin, M. Douglas – Evaluation and Program Planning, 2007
California's voter-initiated Proposition 36 offers non-violent drug offenders community-based treatment as an alternative to incarceration or probation without treatment. This article reports short-term treatment outcomes subsequent to this major shift in drug policy. Data are from 1104 individuals randomly selected from all Proposition 36…
Descriptors: Outcomes of Treatment, Criminals, Drug Use, Participant Characteristics
Cosden, Merith; Basch, Janice E.; Campos, Emily; Greenwell, Ashley; Barazani, Sivan; Walker, Sara – Crime & Delinquency, 2006
This study addresses the effects of motivation and problem severity on outcomes in two court-based drug treatment programs. Data were examined for 578 offenders served by a drug court and 223 served by a drug treatment court mandated through California's Substance Abuse Crime Prevention Act (SACPA). It was hypothesized that client-reported…
Descriptors: Recidivism, Substance Abuse, Crime Prevention, Drug Use
Smith, Sharon; Ferguson, Neil – Journal of Offender Rehabilitation, 2005
High-risk drug use is prevalent among UK prison populations (Lipton, 1995) while recovery in prison is both complex and variable. Grounded theory methodology was employed to gain a greater understanding of the perceptions and conceptualisations of "risk," "need" and "motivation" in relation to prisoner drug abusing…
Descriptors: Grounded Theory, Rehabilitation Programs, Correctional Institutions, Drug Use
Prendergast, Michael L.; Hall, Elizabeth A.; Wexler, Harry K. – Journal of Offender Rehabilitation, 2003
Evaluations of prison-based drug treatment programs typically focus on one or two dichotomous outcome variables related to recidivism. In contrast, this paper uses multiple measures of outcomes related to crime and drug use to examine the impact of prison treatment. Crime variables included self-report data of time to first illegal activity,…
Descriptors: Recidivism, Test Results, Substance Abuse, Crime
