RT Article
T1 Treating Dually Diagnosed Offenders in Rural Settings: Profile of the Middle Tennessee Rural Reentry Program
JF American journal of criminal justice
VO 42
IS 2
SP 389
OP 400
A1 Miller, Holly Ventura
A2 Miller, J. Mitchell
LA English
YR 2017
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1764200535
AB There has been a proliferation of offender reentry programs since the passage of the Second Chance Act in 2008, including an unprecedented expansion of treatment services into underserved rural areas. Review of Second Chance Act programming and observation of unmet mental health and substance abuse needs in justice settings contextualizes description of the Middle Tennessee Rural Reentry Program, a U.S. Bureau of Justice Assistance funded intervention. The program targeted 209 adult female and male higher risk offenders that were dually diagnosed with mental health and substance abuse disorders for evidence based cognitive behavioral change oriented therapeutic treatment. While offender outcome indicators (recidivism and relapse) suggested program impact, barriers to implementing, delivering, and evaluating reentry programming in rural areas were also identified and orient discussion around evidence based demonstration and replication.
K1 Rehabilitation
K1 Rural reentry
K1 Jail reentry
K1 Reentry
DO 10.1007/s12103-016-9368-0