An exploratory examination of the spiritual well-being scale among incarcerated black and white drug users

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A number of studies were conducted to examine the link between criminality and religiosity. The study examines differences in the association between spirituality by ethnicity to understand the disparity of incarceration rates among African Americans and Whites and findings are discussed in light of the existing literature that identifies the significance of spirituality in the personality and coping style of African Americans.

Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities, Justice & Safety-Total Govt, Evaluation, African Americans, Comparative analysis, Crime, Drug abuse, Criminal justice, Administration of, Administration of criminal justice, Whites

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Exploring the type-of-crime hypothesis, religiosity, and spirituality in an adult male prison population

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The association between measures of spirituality and religiosity and characteristics of type of criminal conviction among male prison population are examined. The results have shown individuals with property-related, drug-related and violence-related criminal convictions were each associated with one of more of the religiosity and spirituality criteria.

Public affairs, Prisoners, Analysis, Religious aspects, Spirituality, Correctional psychology, Prison psychology

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Substance use, health, and mental health: problems and service utilization among incarcerated women

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Research suggests that women prisoners report higher levels of substance use and mental health problems in the months before incarceration. Topics include the management of criminal justice programs and substance abuse treatment utilization.

Science & research, Individual and family services, Criminals Rehabilitation, Other Individual and Family Services, Drug Offenders Rehabilitation, Health aspects, Research, Usage, Criminal rehabilitation, Rehabilitation of criminals, Women prisoners, Drug treatment centers, Drug treatment centres

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