Substance Use, Criminal Activity, and Mental Health Among Violent and Nonviolent Rural Probationers

✍ Scribed by J. Matthew Webster; Megan F. Dickson; Daniel M. Saman; Allison Mateyoke-Scrivner; Carrie B. Oser; Carl Leukefeld

• Publisher: American Counseling Association
• Year: 2010
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 146 KB
• Volume: 30
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1055-3835
• DOI: 10.1002/j.2161-1874.2010.tb00060.x

✦ Synopsis

Differences between violent and nonviolent probationers were examined in the growing, yet understudied, rural probation population. Violent rural probationers had higher rates of substance use, criminal activity, and mental health symptoms than did nonviolent rural probationers. Implications for practitioners are discussed.