Examining Gender Differences in Substance Use, Participant Characteristics, and Treatment Outcomes among Individuals in Drug Court
Lisa M. Shannon, Afton Jackson, Elizabeth Perkins & Connie Neal
Journal of Offender Rehabilitation
Volume 53, Issue 6, 2014
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10509674.2014.931747
Abstract
The study purpose was to examine gender differences in factors of potential importance (i.e., substance use, mental health, treatment motivation, criminal activity/thinking) which may help predict treatment outcome among a sample of individuals in drug court. Baseline data were collected via face-to-face interviews from a sample of individuals participating in drug court (N = 515). The multivariate logistic regression analysis showed: age (p < .001), employment (p < .001), and number of months of lifetime incarceration (p < .001) were significant predictors of program completion. Based on study findings, gender may not be a critical factor on program completion in drug court. Rather, the multivariate analysis suggests several of these other characteristics are the critical factors in understanding completion of the drug court program.