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Community Adjustment of Offenders Supervised Under Residential vs. Non-Residential Programs

NCJ Number
127244
Journal
Journal of Offender Rehabilitation Volume: 16 Issue: 1/2 Dated: (1990) Pages: 139-162
Author(s)
H S Sandhu; R A Dodder; S P Davis
Date Published
1990
Length
24 pages
Annotation
Using a detailed questionnaire, this research obtained data from all inmates assigned to house arrest (156) and to all residents of a community treatment center/halfway house (63) in a metropolitan area in the Southwest.
Abstract
The interviews solicited information on the problems experienced by these two groups, their support networks in the community, their perceived opportunities and companions, their anticipated successes, and their attitudes toward the correctional programs offered them. Many more of the house arrestees than the community treatment center (CTC) residents expected full support from their spouses. Significantly more of the CTC residents than the house arrestees expected full or partial help from boyfriends or girlfriends. A higher percentage of the CTC residents expected only "partial" support from all sources in the support network. Fifty-seven percent of the house arrestees reported some problem in the community during the first month, but by the second month, only 48 percent still had significant problems. At all time intervals, fewer house arrestees than CTC residents reported problems. Overall, house arrestees made a better adjustment to the community than CTC residents. In both groups, women offenders perceived more problems and had more unfavorable attitudes toward supervision than did the male offenders. 3 tables and 16 references