Citation

Green BL, Miranda J, Daroowalla A, Siddique J. Crime Delinq. 2005; 51(1): 133-151.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2005, SAGE Publishing)

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Abstract

A convenience sample of 100 female jail inmates was interviewed by two female clinical psychologists using measures of trauma exposure, psychopathology, sexual risk behavior, parenting skills, and perceived needs for service. Participants had high rates of lifetime trauma exposure (98%), current mental disorders (36%), and drug/alcohol problems (74%).More than half of the women showed deficits in parenting skills. Participants described their primary problems as being in the areas of substance abuse and family issues, and they endorsed a variety of potential services they would like to be able to access. Unless trauma and victimization experiences, mental health needs, and functional difficulties are taken into account in program development, incarcerated women are unlikely to benefit optimally from in-house and postrelease programs. (Abstract Adapted from Source: Crime and Delinquency, 2005. Copyright © 2005 by SAGE Publications)

Female Inmate
Female Offender
Female Victim
Female Behavior
Female Treatment
Inmate Treatment
Offender Treatment
Correctional Institution Treatment
Trauma
Life Span Victimization
Victim Treatment
Adult Mental Health
Adult Substance Use
Substance Use Treatment
Mental Health Treatment
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