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Author Seredycz, Michael A

Title Offender drug abuse and recidivism : an access to recovery program / Michael A. Seredycz
Published El Paso [Tex.] : LFB Scholarly Pub., 2010

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Description 1 online resource (ix, 170 pages)
Series Criminal justice: recent scholarship
Criminal justice (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC)
Contents The politics of offender reentry -- Examining the process of reentry -- Methodology of the study -- Study results and findings -- Conclusions and recommendations
Summary Seredycz tracks 434 offenders of a federally funded Access to Recovery (ATR) program coordinated by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration and a jurisdiction identified as Lake City. He examines offender?s reduction of alcohol and other drug abuse (AODA), recidivism and barriers to reintegration. Self-reported high-risk drug offenders had a higher likelihood of program failure and criminal activity. Offenders who voluntarily remained in treatment were more successful remaining abstinent and more likely to desist from criminal activity. Faith-based programming was not fou
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Recidivism -- United States
Criminals -- Rehabilitation -- United States
Ex-convicts -- Drug use -- United States
Drug abuse -- Treatment -- United States
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Criminology.
Criminals -- Rehabilitation
Drug abuse -- Treatment
Ex-convicts -- Drug use
Recidivism
United States
Form Electronic book
ISBN 1593326521
9781593326524