Trauma exposure, mental health functioning, and program needs of women in jail

Bonnie L. Green; Jeanne Miranda; Anahita Daroowalla; Juned Siddique

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Trauma exposure, mental health functioning, and program needs of women in jail

Bonnie L. Green^*, Jeanne Miranda, Anahita Daroowalla, Juned Siddique

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Abstract

A convenience sample of 100 female jail inmates was interviewed by two female clinical psychologists using measures of trauma exposure, psychopathology, sexual risk behavior, parenting skills, and perceived needs for service. Participants had high rates of life-time trauma exposure (98%), current mental disorders (36%), and drug/alcohol problems (74%). More than half of the women showed deficits in parenting skills. Participants described their primary problems as being in the areas of substance abuse and family issues, and they endorsed a variety of potential services they would like to be able to access. Unless trauma and victimization experiences, mental health needs, and functional difficulties are taken into account in program development, incarcerated women are unlikely to benefit optimally from in-house and postrelease programs.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	133-151
Number of pages	19
Journal	Crime and Delinquency
Volume	51
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/0011128704267477
State	Published - Jan 1 2005

Keywords

Incarcerated women
Interpersonal trauma
Jail detainees
Mental health
Parenting
Programming needs
Substance abuse

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Pathology and Forensic Medicine
Law

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