J Korean Neuropsychiatr Assoc.
1999 Nov;38(6):1214-1222.
A Preliminary Follow-up Study on Recidivism after the Substance Abuse Treatment Program
- Affiliations
-
- 1Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Ajou University, Suwon, Korea.
- 2Suwon Probation Office, Suwon, Korea.
Abstract
OBJECTIVES
Using recidivism rate, we investigated the outcome after our substance abuse treatment program had been implemented.
METHODS
Our target population was substance abuse criminals referred by probational office. They either received the parole and probation order, treatment order or social service order from the court. We divided 104 substance abuse criminals into treatment group and non-treatment group. We examined their recidivism rate.
RESULTS
We reached a conclusion that treatment group had lower recidivism rate than non-treatment group (p<.05). We examined the effectiveness of short-term and long-term programs. However, no effectivess of long-term program was found because the sabject number was too small.
CONCLUSION
We suggest that the strategies for substance abuse should be changed to more educative ones. The Government and Ministry of Justice must provide education and treatment to the substance abuse criminals.
Keyword
- Full Text Links
-
- Actions
-
Cited
- CITED
-
- Close
- Share
-
- Similar articles
-
- Recovery outcomes of Korean adolescents with substance Abuse problems
- A Study on the Differences of Characteristics between Potential Substance-abuse Group and Healthy Group in Middle School Students
- Influences of Perceived Stress, Dysfunctional Attitude, Self-Efficacy, Social Support and Coping Style on Maladaptation in the Adolescents with Substance Abuse
- Factors Related to the Treatment Outcome in Adult Substance Abusers
- Predictive factors of substance misuse and abuse in South Korean adolescents: a secondary data analysis of the 2021 Youth Risk Behavior Web-based Survey
