@article{ref1,
title="Gender-specific behavioral health and community release patterns among New Jersey prison inmates: implications for treatment and community reentry",
journal="American journal of public health",
year="2005",
author="Blitz, Cynthia L. and Wolff, Nancy and Pan, Ko-Yu and Pogorzelski, Wendy",
volume="95",
number="10",
pages="1741-1746",
abstract="OBJECTIVES: We describe behavioral health diagnoses and community release patterns among adult male and female inmates in New Jersey prisons and assess their implications for correctional health care and community reentry. METHODS: We used clinical and classification data on a census of &quot;special needs&quot; inmates (those with behavioral health disorders) in New Jersey (n=3189) and a census of all special needs inmates released to New Jersey communities over a 12-month period (n=974). RESULTS: Virtually all adult inmates with special needs had at least 1 Axis I mental disorder, and 68% of these had at least 1 additional Axis I mental disorder, a personality disorder, or addiction problem (67% of all male and 75% of all female special needs inmates). Of those special needs inmates released, 25% returned to the most disadvantaged counties in New Jersey (27% of all male and 18% of all female special needs inmates). CONCLUSIONS: Two types of clustering were found: gender-specific clustering of disorders among inmates and spatial clustering of ex-offenders in impoverished communities. These findings suggest a need for gendered treatment strategies within correctional settings and need for successful reentry strategies.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0090-0036",
doi="10.2105/AJPH.2004.059733",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2004.059733"
}