Order in The Court? The Association Between Substance Use, Exposure to Violence, Risky Sexual Behaviors & Observed Court Behaviors Among Women Involved in the Criminal Justice System
Order in The Court? The Association Between Substance Use, Exposure to Violence, Risky Sexual Behaviors & Observed Court Behaviors Among Women Involved in the Criminal Justice System
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DOI：
10.1016/j.jnma.2018.10.007
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发表时间：
2019-04-01
影响因子：
3.3
通讯作者：
Cottler, Linda B.
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作者：
Jones, Abenaa Acheampong;Gerke, Travis;Cottler, Linda B.
毒品法庭是针对被控毒品犯罪的个人的治疗性司法项目，其完成率并不理想。法庭行为检查表（CRBCL）是一种量化毒品法庭准备情况和毒品法庭行为的评估，用于预测可能有不遵守和被解雇风险的女性罪犯。来自密苏里州圣路易斯市毒品法庭系统的264名主要是城市妇女的数据被用来评估药物使用、受害、艾滋病毒/艾滋病风险行为和观察到的毒品法庭行为之间的关系。结果显示，报告最近使用药物或被归类为艾滋病毒/艾滋病风险的妇女明显更有可能获得表明不良毒品法庭行为的分数，而经历过受害的妇女的分数表明有利的毒品法庭行为。其他与不良毒品法庭行为显著相关的因素包括更多的终身监禁，较低的教育水平，较少的宗教信仰或精神信仰。我们的研究结果表明，CRBCL在识别毒品法庭上最近使用药物和有危险性行为的妇女方面可能有更大的用处。然而，需要对其他罪犯样本进行进一步的研究来支持这些发现。
Drug courts, therapeutic justice programs for individuals charged with drug offenses, have sub-optimal completion rates. The Courtroom Behavior Checklist (CRBCL), an assessment that quantifies readiness for drug court and drug court behaviors, was developed to predict female offenders who may be at-risk for non-compliance and termination. Data derived from 264 mainly urban women recruited from a Municipal Drug Court System in St. Louis, MO, were used to evaluate the association between substance use, victimization, HIV/AIDS risk behaviors, and observed drug court behaviors. Results showed that women who reported recent substance use or were categorized as at risk for HIV/AIDS were significantly more likely to have scores indicative of unfavorable drug court behaviors, while women who experienced victimization had scores indicative of favorable drug court behaviors. Other factors significantly associated with unfavorable drug court behaviors included greater lifetime arrests, lower education, and being less religious or spiritual. Our findings suggest that the CRBCL may have added utility in identifying women in drug court with recent substance use and risky sexual behaviors. However, further studies on other samples of offenders are needed to support these findings.