Journal of Undergraduate Research
Keywords
recidivism, jail substance abuse program, relapse
College
Family, Home, and Social Sciences
Department
Sociology
Abstract
This research was a follow-up of previous research done by Dr. Stephen Bahr, looking at recidivism rates of offenders who had been through a jail substance abuse program in 2006. The research took place at a county jail in the intermountain United States. Dr. Bahr did follow-up interviews and looked up whether or not they went back to jail or prison for more than 30 days. My hypothesis was expanded to include not only recidivism, but also to examine whether or not they relapsed. Since we were not able to interview many respondents, we measured relapse by if they had a drug charge (excluding ones that got dismissed). I expanded my hypothesis to say that not only would the jail substance abuse program help reduce recidivism, but it would also help reduce the chances of relapse.
Recommended Citation
Cooper Terry, Leslie and Bahr, Dr. Stephen
(2013)
"Long-Term Recidivism of a Short term Jail Substance Abuse Program,"
Journal of Undergraduate Research: Vol. 2013:
Iss.
1, Article 625.
Available at:
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/jur/vol2013/iss1/625