“Clean up and go straight”: Effects of drug treatment on recidivism among felony probationers |
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Authors: | Wm Reed Benedict Lin Huff-Corzine Jay Corzine |
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Institution: | (1) Eastern Illinois University, USA;(2) Department of Sociology and Anthropology, University of Central Florida, 32816-1360 Orlando, FL |
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Abstract: | The central question we address in this article is whether participation in court-ordered drug treatment programs reduces
future criminal involvement among convicted property offenders who have a history of drug abuse. Using a national sample of
male property offenders sentenced to felony probation, we analyze drug treatment experience on probationers’ recidivism rates
by employing proportional hazards techniques. Results indicate that how successful white men are in completing courtordered
drug treatment programs has no significant effect on their recidivism rates. However, AfricanAmerican and Hispanic men who
satisfy the expectations of their drug treatment programs are significantly less likely to be rearrested. Overall, our findings
support the contention that drug treatment reduces further criminal behavior among men on probation for felony property offenses.
Thus, we recommend that court service personnel strive to provide drug treatment programs for property offenders with a history
of drug abuse and that supervisors closely monitor probationers’ activities while in treatment to assure lower rates of recidivism.
An earlier version of this paper was presented at the annual meeting of the Midwest Sociological Society in Chicago in April
1996. |
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