Follow-Up Study of a Sample of Participants in the Woodbourne Alcohol and Substance Abuse Program

• NCJ Number: 111487
• Author(s): D G Macdonald; K Canestrini
• Date Published: 1987
• Length: 7 pages
• Corporate Author: New York State Dept of Correctional Services
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/; NCJRS Photocopy Services
• Publication Type: Report (Study/Research)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

This study examined return rates for 529 participants leaving the Woodbourne, N.Y. correctional facility alcohol and substance abuse program between 1983 and 1985.

Abstract

Of these, 419 were satisfactory program participants, and 110 were unsatisfactory participants (dropouts or terminations). Participants were followed up for a minimum of 12 months after release. Satisfactory participants showed a return rate of 23.3 percent compared to 28 percent for unsatisfactory participants.