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ID 114008
Author
Tamura, Katsuhiro Niigata Prison
Keywords
Social reintegration (parole) program
Inmates
Illegal drug use
Japan
Drug treatment court
Content Type
Journal Article
Description
Social reintegration has been known to protect against recidivism, but its effects against drug-use relapse have previously remained unclear. To address this gap, the present study sampled 196 inmates imprisoned for drug-related offenses in Japan. We examined the protective effects of a social reintegration (parole) program against recidivism and drug-use relapse using a 4-year prospective design. During the 4-year follow up, 79 (40.3%) of the participants reoffended and 61 (31.1%) relapsed into drug use. The results suggest that the parole program was significantly associated with a decreased risk of recidivism, even if participants’ age, sentence length, number of prison terms, educational levels, and gang membership were controlled for. However, the effects of the parole program on drug relapse disappeared when the above variables were controlled for. To decrease the risk of relapse, drug-related inmates may need both prosocial communities and rehabilitative environments. The Japanese criminal justice system needs to introduce drug treatment courts for drug users.
Journal Title
Asian Journal of Criminology
ISSN
18710131
1871014X
NCID
AA12248315
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Volume
12
Issue
2
Start Page
127
End Page
141
Published Date
2016-05-19
Remark
This is a post-peer-review, pre-copyedit version of an article published in Asian Journal of Criminology. The final authenticated version is available online at: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11417-016-9235-4.
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