Archival Notice
This item in our library has been archived due to its date. You have reached this
page though a link from a search engine, a different website, or from a bookmark.
You may find the information on this page to be dated or no longer available. We
are keeping it temporarily available only for archival purposes.
An Investigation into the Characteristics of Substance-Abusing Women Offenders: Risk, Need and Post-Release Outcome
Publication year:
1999
| Cataloged on:
Oct. 31, 2006
ANNOTATION: Issues relating to substance abuse in the federal Canadian female offender population are focused upon. Ninety-three percent of Aboriginal women were classified as substance abusers while only 49% of non-Aboriginal women were so classified. Substance abusers were classified as 26% high, 46% medium, and 28% low-risk. Non-abusers' classifications for risk were 23% high, 17% medium, and 60% low. Thirty-nine percent of substance abusers have appeared in youth court, compared to 8% of non-abusers. Many substance abusers are high-need (47%) while few non-abusers are (13%).