Women offenders who use and deal methamphetamine: implicatins for mandated drug treatment

Article Abstract:

Many women prisoners using and dealing methamphetamine tend to face significant challenges in terminating involvement with this drug once leaving treatment. Methamphetamine is highly addictive, relatively low in cost and widely available, so recovery must involve a life free from use as well as from involvement in distribution and manufacture.

Care and treatment, Marketing, Drug abuse treatment, Drug abuse, Methamphetamine, Drug dealers

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Does batterer treatment reduce violence? A synthesis of the literature

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An evaluation of behavior therapy is presented, focusing on its effectiveness in reducing violent tendencies in individuals being treated. Findings show that treatment success depends on a variety of factors such as personal responsiveness, while data supporting one form of treatment over another is inconclusive.

Statistical Data Included, Evaluation, Prevention, Abusive men, Family violence, Domestic violence, Behavior therapy, Abusive women

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Life sentences

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A novelist shares how his writing workshop with the women inmates at the Janet S. York Correctional Institution helps them reflect on their lives and set their emotions free. He also discusses some points regarding doing personal writing.

Personal narratives, Authorship, Autobiographies, Workshops (Educational programs), Writing therapy

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