Effectiveness of a drug-free detention treatment program in a Dutch prison |
| |
Authors: | GM Schippers AA van den Hurk MH Breteler GJ Meerkerk |
| |
Affiliation: | Department of Clinical Psychology and Personality, University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands. |
| |
Abstract: | Several Dutch penitentiaries, which have relatively severe drug-use related problems, experimented with drug-free detention treatment programs (DVA). These programs aim at controlling drug use by offering a therapeutic atmosphere and serve as linkage to detention posttreatment. In a Rotterdam jail (335 cells), ca. 10% were the DVA. Information was gathered from 86 male inmates who volunteered to enter the program, and 42 from other wings. After 1 year the drug-free detention group more actively searched and accepted treatment. No differences were found in drug use, recidivism, or physical, social, and psychological problems. |
| |
Keywords: | |
本文献已被 PubMed 等数据库收录! |
|