Trauma Exposure, Mental Health Functioning, and Program Needs of Women in Jail
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A convenience sample of 100 female jail inmates was interviewed by two female clinical psychologists using measures of trauma exposure, psychopathology, sexual risk behavior, parenting skills, and perceived needs for service. Participants had high rates of lifetime trauma exposure (98%), current mental disorders (36%), and drug/alcohol problems (74%).More than half of the women showed deficits in parenting skills. Participants described their primary problems as being in the areas of substance abuse and family issues, and they endorsed a variety of potential services they would like to be able to access. Unless trauma and victimization experiences, mental health needs, and functional difficulties are taken into account in program development, incarcerated women are unlikely to benefit optimally from in-house and postrelease programs.
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The observed high rates of lifetime trauma are comparable to those found in other studies with predominantly African American samples.
“Our observed high rates of lifetime trauma are comparable to those found in other studies with predominantly African American samples (12, 13).”
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- Authors
- Green, B. L., Miranda, J., Daroowalla, A., & Siddique, J.
- Affiliations
- Georgetown University Medical Center (US)
- University of California, Los Angeles (US)
- The Kingsbury Center, Washington, DC
- Venue
- Crime & Delinquency
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2005-01
- Volume
- 51
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 133-151
- ISSN
- 0011-1287 (ISSN-L)
- 1552-387X
- OpenAlex
- W2103723586
- Cited by
- 300
- References
- 4
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 25.51
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Crime & Delinquency (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending
- Keywords
- trauma exposure, mental health needs, psychopathology, substance abuse, parenting skills, sexual risk behavior, victimization, service needs, program development, women prisoners
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