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Trauma Exposure, Mental Health Functioning, and Program Needs of Women in Jail

Bonnie L. Green

Department of Psychiatry, Georgetown University Medical Center

Jeanne Miranda

University of California—Los Angeles Neuropsychiatric Institute, Center for Health Services Research

Anahita Daroowalla

The Kingsbury Center, Washington, DC

Juned Siddique

University of California—Los Angeles Neuropsychiatric Institute, Center for Health Services Research

A convenience sample of 100 female jail inmates was interviewed by two female clinical psychologists using measures of trauma exposure, psychopathology, sexual risk behavior, parenting skills, and perceived needs for service. Participants had high rates of lifetime trauma exposure (98%), current mental disorders (36%), and drug/alcohol problems (74%).More than half of the women showed deficits in parenting skills. Participants described their primary problems as being in the areas of substance abuse and family issues, and they endorsed a variety of potential services they would like to be able to access. Unless trauma and victimization experiences, mental health needs, and functional difficulties are taken into account in program development, incarcerated women are unlikely to benefit optimally from in-house and postrelease programs.

Key Words: incarcerated women • jail detainees • interpersonal trauma • mental health • substance abuse • parenting • programming needs

Crime & Delinquency, Vol. 51, No. 1, 133-151 (2005)
DOI: 10.1177/0011128704267477
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