Influence of Substance Use Among Adult Female Inmates

• NCJ Number: 130707
• Journal: Journal of Drug Issues Volume: 21 Issue: 2 Dated: (Spring 1991) Pages: 449-467
• Author(s): W R Blount; T A Danner; M Vega; I J Silverman
• Date Published: 1991
• Length: 19 pages
• Publication Format: Article
• Publication Type: Survey
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

Using a 90 percent sample (1,076) of the women incarcerated in August 1985 in Florida prisons, and a "non-use, casual/recreational use, problem use" typology, the extent of substance abuse was found to be inversely related to age at first arrest as an adult, age at incarceration, and employment at time of arrest.

Abstract

Extent of substance use was directly related to number and percent of prior offenses and incarcerations, broken parental home, and criminality in the family of origin. Even though non-users were more likely to be convicted of homicide, casual/recreational users were the most violent. No evidence was found for an increase in substance use/abuse between 1975 and 1985. 1 note, 6 tables, and 21 references (Author abstract)