Gender-Responsive Treatment for Women Offenders

描述（由申请人提供）： 这项为期五年的实验研究将由加州大学洛杉矶分校综合药物滥用项目进行，旨在确定专门为女性罪犯设计的药物治疗项目是否比现在为她们提供的标准治疗项目提供更好的结果。 具体而言，该研究将确定以女性为中心（WF）的门诊计划与标准的混合性别（MG）门诊计划相比在促进禁欲和其他积极行为（例如，减少犯罪活动和提高养育子女的技能）。 拟议的研究涉及八个毒品法庭网站的合作，审判毒品法庭被告在洛杉矶县，加州，并签约社区为基础的药物滥用治疗机构提供治疗的罪犯。 该研究的概念框架以及措施和假设的选择是由关系理论提供信息的，该理论认为，药物滥用和其他反社会行为可以追溯到妇女过去关系中的中断和侵犯行为，解决这些问题需要采取促进性别平等的治疗方法。 共有300名自愿参加这项研究的女性药物法庭参与者将被随机分配到八个指定治疗地点之一的WF或MG门诊治疗计划。 将在治疗期间的四个点对参与者进行评估：基线（即，治疗开始后7天内）、4个月、8个月和12个月。 还将在基线后24个月或预期完成治疗后约12个月对受试者进行评估。 计划管理员将提供有关计划特点的数据。 一系列的焦点小组将征求妇女对WF或MG治疗的意见。 该项目的具体目标是：（1）评估WF方案对毒品使用、犯罪活动和社会功能的影响（例如，就业，教育，养育行为）的女性罪犯，相比MG方案的影响;（2）测试的关系理论的元素，是一致的WF程序协议的能力，积极影响药物依赖的女性罪犯的关系技能和心理功能;（3）定性评估妇女的看法，他们的治疗经验，WF和MG治疗方案。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This five-year experimental study, to be conducted by the UCLA Integrated Substance Abuse Programs, is designed to determine whether drug treatment programs designed specifically for women offenders provide better outcomes than the standard treatment programs now provided for them. Specifically, the study will determine the effectiveness of women-focused (WF) outpatient programs compared to standard mixed-gender (MG) outpatient programs to promote abstinence and other positive behaviors (e.g., reduced criminal activity and improved parenting skills) among women offenders deferred form incarceration through drug court. The proposed study involves the cooperation of eight drug court sites adjudication drug court defendants within Los Angeles Country, California, and the contracted community-based drug abuse treatment agencies providing treatment to the referred offenders. A conceptual framework of the study and the selection of measures and hypotheses is informed by relational theory, which posits that drug abuse and other antisocial behaviors can be traced to disconnections and violations within women's past relationships and that addressing these problems requires gender-responsive treatment approaches. A total of 300 women drug court participants who volunteer for the study will be randomly assigned to a WF or a MG outpatient treatment program at one of eight designated treatment sites. Participants will be assessed at four points during treatment: baseline (i.e., within 7 days of treatment entry), 4, 8, and 12-months. Participants will also be assessed at 24 months following baseline, or approximately 12 months following expected completion of treatment. Program administrators will provide data on the characteristics of the programs. A series of focus groups will elicit the views of women on WF or MG treatment. The specific aims of the project are: (1) To evaluate the impact of WF programs on drug use, criminal activity, and social functioning (e.g., employment, education, parenting behavior) for women offenders, compared to the impact of MG programs; (2) To test elements of relational theory that are consistent with the WF program protocols in their ability to positively impact drug-dependent women offenders' relationship skills and psychological functioning; and (3) To qualitatively assess women's perceptions of their treatment experiences in the WF and MG treatment programs.