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Blumberg, Daniel M.; Griffin, Dawn A. – Journal of Offender Rehabilitation, 2013
This article introduces a successful reading program, Family Connections, for incarcerated parents and their children. A comprehensive review of the literature supports the need to implement prison programs from an ecological perspective, in which the needs of inmates and their families are considered. More specifically, the benefits of directing…
Descriptors: Reading Programs, Family Programs, Nonprofit Organizations, Institutionalized Persons
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van Wormer, Katherine; Persson, Lance Edwards – Journal of Offender Rehabilitation, 2010
A large percentage of inmates in the U.S. federal prison system have serious drug problems and are in need of treatment before they return to society. Accordingly, the Federal Bureau of Prisons has revamped substance abuse programming consistent with the latest research and expanded treatment services throughout its institutions. This article…
Descriptors: Substance Abuse, Correctional Institutions, Correctional Rehabilitation, Drug Rehabilitation
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Scott, Diane L.; Crow, Matthew S.; Thompson, Carla J. – Journal of Offender Rehabilitation, 2010
The therapeutic community (TC) is an increasingly utilized intervention model in corrections settings. Rarely do these TCs include faith-based curriculum other than that included in Alcoholics Anonymous or Narcotics Anonymous programs as does the faith-based TC that serves as the basis for this article. Borrowing from the successful TC model, the…
Descriptors: Program Design, Released Time, Therapeutic Environment, Correctional Rehabilitation
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Bouffard, Jeffrey A.; Bergeron, Lindsey E. – Journal of Offender Rehabilitation, 2006
Spurred by large increases in prison populations and other recent sentencing and correctional trends, the federal government has supported the development and implementation of Serious and Violent Offender Reentry Initiatives (SVORI) nationwide. While existing research demonstrates the effectiveness of the separate components of these programs…
Descriptors: Correctional Institutions, Outcomes of Treatment, Drug Use, Program Effectiveness
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Pelissier, Bernadette; Motivans, Mark; Rounds-Bryant, Jennifer L. – Journal of Offender Rehabilitation, 2005
The present study examined whether there were program differences with respect to post-release outcomes in 20 federal in-prison substance abuse programs which used a cognitive-behavioral treatment approach. Recidivism and post-release drug use were examined for a sample of 1,343 individuals--1,065 men and 278 women. Discrete time proportional…
Descriptors: Recidivism, Individual Characteristics, Substance Abuse, Correctional Education