Naturally Occurring Social Support in Interventions for Former Prisoners with Substance Use Disorders: Conceptual Framework and Program Model

Pettus-Davis, Carrie; Howard, Matthew O.; Roberts-Lewis, Amelia; Scheyett, Anna

doi:10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2011.09.002

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“…In light of these stressors, results in the present study are aligned with Thoits’ (1995) theory of social support either in that tangible support complements abstinence social support or that the needs of women with criminal justice involvement who have substance use disorders outweigh the potential benefits of abstinence social support. Although such claims can only be verified through additional research, findings in the present study are consistent with the conceptual framework of naturally occurring social support among women with criminal justice involvement (Pettus-Davis, Howard, Roberts-Lewis, & Scheyett, 2011). In addition, there was no significant relationship between incarceration histories and abstinence self-efficacy in the present study, suggesting that women’s involvement with criminal justice systems do not impede their ability to develop this important recovery resource.…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 82%

Social Support Among Substance Using Women with Criminal Justice Involvement

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Salina

Jason

2016

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Social support types (abstinence, appraisal, belonging, tangible) were analyzed among a sample of women with criminal justice involvement and substance use disorders (n = 200). Hierarchical linear regression was conducted to examine social support types in relation to changes in abstinence self-efficacy while controlling for incarceration histories. Only abstinence social support and tangible social support predicted significant increases in abstinence self-efficacy, with tangible support accounting for more variance in the analytic model. Findings suggest women with criminal justice involvement who have substance use disorders have basic needs that if met would have an indirect effect on their recovery. Implications for treatment and research are discussed.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 82%

Social Support Among Substance Using Women with Criminal Justice Involvement

Majer

Salina

Jason

2016

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“…In this context, the 'success' or 'failure' of a penal intervention requires more measures than reconviction rates, and would ideally take account of any iatrogenic effects of the intervention itself. We found that imprisonment, in many cases, amounted to an interference in a person's life, undermining the kind of naturallyoccurring social supports that, we are learning, have a powerful role to play in desistance (Pettrus- Davis et al 2011). A user voice is always at risk of being fit narrowly into the needs of policy or other processes, but we hope we have also shown its potential to raise new questions and challenges as well.…”

Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 90%

“…We found that imprisonment, in many cases, amounted to an interference in a person's life, undermining the kind of naturally‐occurring social supports that, we are learning, have a powerful role to play in desistance (Pettrus‐Davis et al . ). A user voice is always at risk of being fit narrowly into the needs of policy or other processes, but we hope we have also shown its potential to raise new questions and challenges as well.…”

Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 97%

Persistent Punishment: User Views of Short Prison Sentences

Armstrong

Weaver

2013

Howard J Crim Justice

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This article reports on research into the experiences of people serving short sentences in prison. It is part of a larger qualitative study of experiences of punishment in the community and in prison (Armstrong and Weaver 2010; Weaver and Armstrong 2011). The location of the research was Scotland, where the use of prison for people who will not stay very long is a characteristic feature of sentencing practice -nearly threequarters of people sent to prison in Scotland in 2008/09 (the year before sentence reform legislation was passed) were sentenced to serve six months or less (Scottish Government 2010a). Although courts make frequent use of short prison sentences, this does not appear to be driven by evidence of their effectiveness. In Scotland, only about one-quarter of people released from a custodial sentence of six months or less manage to avoid reconviction within two years of being released (Scottish Government 2010b).Since the 19th Century, courts have complained that short periods of detention offer too brief a time to work with and change an 'offender' and are more likely to provide schooling in crime than in law-abiding behaviour (Killias et al. 2010). These concerns resonate in the current reform bs_bs_banner

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“…Support Matters is informed by integrated theoretical components of social bond theory (Hirschi, ), the social development model (Catalano & Hawkins, ), and the social support main effects model (Cohen et al., ). The integration of these three theoretical perspectives allows for a cogent understanding of how social support might help those releasing from prison desist from future substance misuse and crime (Pettus‐Davis et al, ).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…These trends have led researchers and social support intervention developers to seek ways to maximize and sustain positive social support from loved ones available to individuals after prison (Duwe & Clark, ; Fontaine, Gilchrist‐Scott, & Denver, ; Pettus‐Davis et al., ; Sullivan et al., ; Wilson et al., ). Social support interventions are “systematic activities designed to change the existing quality, level, or function of an individual's social network or to create new networks and relationships [to mobilize social support to achieve specific outcomes]” (Budde & Schene, , p. 342; Pettus‐Davis, Howard, Roberts‐Lewis, & Scheyett, ; Pettus‐Davis et al, ).…”

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