Understanding Women’s Drug Use Following Corrections-Based Substance Use Disorder Treatment and Community Release: A Mixed Methods Social-Ecological Analysis

This study provides a mixed methods analysis of factors associated with women’s self-reported abstinence from drug use after release from incarceration, using a social ecological framework. Women who graduated from corrections-based substance use treatment completed interviews twelve months post-rel...

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Authors: Tillson, Martha (Author) ; Oser, Carrie B. (Author) ; Staton, Michele (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2025
In: Women & criminal justice
Year: 2025, Volume: 35, Issue: 6, Pages: 479-502
Online Access: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
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Keywords:
Women
Mixed Methods
Drug use
community reentry
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Summary:This study provides a mixed methods analysis of factors associated with women’s self-reported abstinence from drug use after release from incarceration, using a social ecological framework. Women who graduated from corrections-based substance use treatment completed interviews twelve months post-release to the community (N = 425). Quantitative findings support employment (an institutional-level factor) as the strongest correlate of abstinence. However, qualitative analysis suggests that women primarily attribute sustained abstinence to individual- or community-level factors. Results indicate that women’s abstinence post-release depends on factors across multiple social ecological levels, but also that women’s subjective understanding of abstinence barriers/facilitators may offer insights for quantitative approaches.
ISSN:1541-0323
DOI:10.1080/08974454.2024.2316122