Empowering Female Inmates : An Exploratory Study of a Prison Therapeutic Community and Its Impact on the Coping Skills of Substance Abusing Women

ISBN-13: 9783639139969 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 144 str.

Danielle McDonald

Opis

This research specifically examines a therapeutic community for women within a Pennsylvania prison to better understand if the women were indeed learning positive coping skills that would replace their prior negative coping skill of substance abuse. A combination of quantitative and qualitative methods were used to examine the differences between women in the therapeutic community and women who were on the waiting list for treatment. Data from this study suggests that women involved in the therapeutic community were able to improve their problem solving and seeking social support skills, while many still struggled with avoidance techniques.

O autorze

Danielle McDonald is an assistant professor at
Northern Kentucky University in the Political Science and
Criminal Justice Department. Dr. McDonald continues to conduct
research in the field of corrections.