Treating Dually Diagnosed Offenders in Rural Settings: Profile of the Middle Tennessee Rural Reentry Program
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
6-1-2017
Abstract
There has been a proliferation of offender reentry programs since the passage of the Second Chance Act in 2008, including an unprecedented expansion of treatment services into underserved rural areas. Review of Second Chance Act programming and observation of unmet mental health and substance abuse needs in justice settings contextualizes description of the Middle Tennessee Rural Reentry Program, a U.S. Bureau of Justice Assistance funded intervention. The program targeted 209 adult female and male higher risk offenders that were dually diagnosed with mental health and substance abuse disorders for evidence based cognitive behavioral change oriented therapeutic treatment. While offender outcome indicators (recidivism and relapse) suggested program impact, barriers to implementing, delivering, and evaluating reentry programming in rural areas were also identified and orient discussion around evidence based demonstration and replication.
Publication Title
American Journal of Criminal Justice
Volume
42
Issue
2
First Page
389
Last Page
400
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
10.1007/s12103-016-9368-0
ISSN
10662316
E-ISSN
19361351
Citation Information
Miller, & Miller, J. M. (2016). Treating Dually Diagnosed Offenders in Rural Settings: Profile of the Middle Tennessee Rural Reentry Program. American Journal of Criminal Justice, 42(2), 389–400. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12103-016-9368-0