The Incarcerated Female Felon and Substance Abuse: Demographics, Needs Assessment, and Program Planning for a Neglected Population
✍ Scribed by Jeannette F. Sanders; Kevin F. McNeill; Beth M. Rienzi; Tara-Nicholle B. DeLouth
- Publisher
- American Counseling Association
- Year
- 1997
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 641 KB
- Volume
- 18
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1055-3835
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✦ Synopsis
Incarcerated women (203 of 237) completed a needs survey designed by an inmate steering committee. The typical inmate was a European American mother of 2 children. Relevant programming (substance abuse education classes, self-study programs, didactic groups and workshops) is discussed.
omen constitute only 5.5% of inmates in state prisons (U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1995), but the number of incarcerated female offenders W has tripled in the last decade . Relatively few empirical studies focus on the female offender. The limited available research focuses on substance abuse (Biron, Brochu,