Journal article
The Relationship Between Severe Mental Disorders and Recidivism in a Sample of Women Released from Prison
Psychiatric quarterly, Vol.89(3), pp.717-731
09/2018
DOI: 10.1007/s11126-018-9572-9
PMID: 29520740
Abstract
Women are one of the fastest growing sectors of the prison population, and have different pathways into prison and differing needs during the reentry process when compared to men (Cloyes et al. J Forensic Nurs; 6:3-14, 2010b; Herrschaft et al. J Offender Rehabil; 48:463-482, 2009). Women report higher levels of mental health problems overall, and report more severe symptomatology (Cloyes et al. J Forensic Nurs; 6:3-14, 2010a; Hyde 2012; Lynch et al. 2014). The current study focuses on the role of severe mental disorders for women released from prison. Data collected from the North Carolina Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice were used to analyze the specific role of severe mental disorders in women’s recidivism at eight years post-release (n = 2311). Approximately 20% of women in this sample met the criteria for diagnosis with a severe mental disorder (SMD). Logistic regression analysis indicated that there was an association between SMDs and recidivism for this sample only (p = .11). Cox regression analyses indicated that women diagnosed with SMDs were 16% more likely to have recidivated at eight years post-release compared with women who were not diagnosed with an SMD (p < .05). Implications for the recognition, role, and treatment of SMDs during reentry are discussed.
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- Title: Subtitle
- The Relationship Between Severe Mental Disorders and Recidivism in a Sample of Women Released from Prison
- Creators
- Erin King - 0000 0004 0472 0419 grid.255986.5 College of Social Work Florida State University 269 Champions Way Tallahassee FL 32306 USAStephen Tripodi - 0000 0004 0472 0419 grid.255986.5 College of Social Work Florida State University 269 Champions Way Tallahassee FL 32306 USAChristopher Veeh - 0000 0001 2355 7002 grid.4367.6 Brown School of Social Work Washington University in St. Louis St Louis MO USA
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Psychiatric quarterly, Vol.89(3), pp.717-731
- Publisher
- Springer US; New York
- DOI
- 10.1007/s11126-018-9572-9
- PMID
- 29520740
- ISSN
- 0033-2720
- eISSN
- 1573-6709
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 09/2018
- Academic Unit
- School of Social Work
- Record Identifier
- 9984001102002771
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