Citation

Schonbrun YC, Johnson JE, Anderson BJ, Caviness C, Stein MD. Int. J. Offender Ther. Comp. Criminol. 2017; 61(16): 1819-1832.

Affiliation

Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2017, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/0306624X16634702

PMID

26920551

Abstract

Women who drink hazardously face a high risk for re-arrest and reincarceration when they return to their communities after a jail stay. This study is the first to examine the associations between women's own reports of basic needs 1 month after jail release, and reincarceration (defined as spending at least one night in jail) during the next 5 months among unsentenced, female pretrial jail detainees who drink hazardously. Perceived needs for housing (adjusted odds ratio [AOR] = 3.63; p <.01), substance treatment services (AOR = 2.65; p <.01), assistance/benefits (AOR = 2.37; p <.05), and mental health counseling (AOR = 2.07; p <.05) at 1 month after jail release were associated with reincarceration during the next 5 months for the 165 hazardously drinking jailed women in this study. These findings demonstrate that self-reported needs during the high-risk period immediately following jail release are associated with heightened odds of reincarceration among hazardously drinking jailed women.

Language: en