A Preliminary Follow-up Study on Recidivism after the Substance Abuse Treatment Program.
- Author:
Hyun Soo KIM
1
;
Sun Mi CHO
;
Eun Young OH
;
Ki Young LIM
;
Young Ki CHUNG
;
Woong Jang YUN
;
Young Mi LEE
Author Information
1. Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Ajou University, Suwon, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Substance abuse;
Recidivism;
Treatment program
- MeSH:
Criminals;
Education;
Follow-Up Studies*;
Health Services Needs and Demand;
Humans;
Social Justice;
Social Work;
Substance-Related Disorders*
- From:Journal of Korean Neuropsychiatric Association
1999;38(6):1214-1222
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
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.
