Pretreatment Characteristics of Legally Coerced Drug Treatment Seekers

<p>This study examines the sociodemographics, drug use, criminal, and treatment histories of 598 residential and outpatient legally coerced drug treatment seekers in the Kentucky Treatment Outcome and Performance Pilot Studies Enhancement Project. Analyses examined whether users/addicts entering chemical dependency treatment under legal coercion differed from nonlegally coerced treatment seekers. Stanley Cohen's theoretical model of social control provided the theoretical framework for the study. Results showed demographic and behavioral differences were noted between respondents under no coercion and those under legal coercion on gender, age, educational status, pretreatment criminality and current treatment modality. In addition, differences between the legally coerced and not legally coerced clients varied across geographic regions.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Sociology

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Department of Sociology

Year

2001

Author dc:creator

• Augustino, Bridgett

• Criminology and Criminal Justice
• Sociology
• Substance Abuse and Addiction

Repository record dc:identifier

https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/theses/615

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:digitalcommons.wku.edu:theses-1618