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Supervision Strategies and Approaches for Female Parolees: Examining the Link Between Unmet Needs and Parolee Outcome

Department of Criminal Justice, California State University, San Bernardino

Barbara A. Koons-Witt

Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice at the University of South Carolina

Frank P. Williams, III

University of Houston–Downtown

Marilyn D. McShane

Institute of Community Justice at the University of Houston–Downtown

A number of parolees are returning to the community with programming needs that may not have been addressed during their incarceration; these unmet needs may subsequently affect their successful reintegration into the community. Although there is an increasing female parole population, there has been a paucity of research concerning female parolees. The current study examines the types of needs identified at intake from a sample of 546 female parolees. The results revealed the following. First, if a parolee was employed, had stable living arrangements, and was assessed as needing and receiving some type of drug and/or alcohol program intervention, she was less likely to fail on parole. Second, many of these women were underassessed for having needs for drug and alcohol treatment as well as employment, housing, and other assistance. This underassessment may be because of an increasing emphasis on parole supervision (i.e., custody) rather than treatment in parole agencies.

Key Words: female parolees • treatment • recidivism • parole • supervision

Crime & Delinquency, Vol. 52, No. 3, 450-471 (2006)
DOI: 10.1177/0011128705281845


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