Using secondary data analysis
of 3 separate trauma-informed treatment programs for women offenders, we
examine outcomes between those who received both prison and community-based
substance abuse treatment (i.e., continuing care; n =
85) and those who received either prison
or community aftercare treatment (n =
108). We further account for differences in trauma exposure to examine whether
continuing care moderates this effect on substance use, psychiatric severity,
and self-efficacy outcomes at follow-up.
The main effect models of continuing
care showed a significant association with high psychiatric status and did not
yield significant associations with substance use or self-efficacy. However,
the interaction between trauma history and continuing care showed significant
effects on all 3 outcomes.
Findings support the importance of a continuing care
treatment model for women offenders exposed to multiple forms of traumatic
events, and provide evidence of the effectiveness of integrating
trauma-informed treatment into women's substance abuse treatment.
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By:
- 1RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, California, USA & College of the Canyons, Santa Clarita, California, USA.
- 2UCLA Integrated Substance Abuse Programs, Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Women Crim Justice. 2016;26(2):99-121. Epub 2015 Oct 1.
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