Substance Aabuse Treatment for Women Offenders: Guide to Promising Practices

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Year: 2002
Pages: 174
Binding Paperback

Product Code: 0756740088

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Patricia A. Kassebaum (au); Charles G. Curie (fr); H. Westley Clark (fr). How best to treat women in our prisons & jails is a new & significant concern for U.S. policymakers. The number of women incarcerated in the U.S. has increased greatly in the last two decades. Many of these women are young, 80% are mothers, & up to 80% of the women offenders in some State prison systems now have severe, long-standing substance abuse problems. These addicted women can be helped through comprehensive programs designed specifically for women, treating the factors associated with women’s substance abuse. Chapters: Setting the State for Treatment; Designing Treatment Programs; Stages of Treatment Planning; Summaries of Programs; References; & Resource List. Charts & tables.

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