Traumatic experiences and re-victimization of female inmates undergoing treatment for XXXX .

@entity1 @entity146 @entity458 @entity734 @entity130
BACKGROUND: In the past decade, several studies have focused on the treatment needs of female inmates with @entity734 problems. An important finding has been that these @entity1 are more likely to report histories of sexual, physical, and emotional abuse-at rates varying from 77% to 90%. The @entity130 resulting from this kind of abuse is a key contributing factor in @entity146 in adolescence and subsequent delinquency, @entity734 , and criminality in adulthood. METHODS: This was a retrospective clinical study. A convenience sample of 112 @entity1 who entered the program's treatment groups consecutively for one year form part of the study. Information on traumatic events was obtained using some questions from the Initial @entity130 Review. It explores whether the @entity1 experienced physical abuse, @entity458 , disasters, automobile accidents, or witnessed violence under the age of 18. It also examines experiences as an adult, including @entity458 , attacks by others who are not intimate partners, and abuse by authorities. RESULTS: Revictimization in @entity458 was found in 78.1% of @entity1 . Significant differences were identified between @entity1 who had experienced a traumatic sexual event from a @entity1 five years their senior before the age of 18 and then suffered from @entity458 as an adult, and @entity1 who had never undergone either of these events (x(2)   =   11.3, df 112/1, p   =   <.001). In physical abuse, the figure was 82.17%. Differences were observed between @entity1 who were revictimized through physical abuse before and after the age of 18 (x(2)   =   5.91, df 112/1, p   =   <.01), and those who had not experienced any kind of revictimization. Significant differences were found between @entity1 who had suffered a traumatic sexual event as a @entity1 and subsequently physical violence from their parents, and @entity1 who had not undergone either of these events (x(2)   =   3.48, df 112/1, p   =   <.05). CONCLUSIONS: Investment in treatment in these areas during the prison sentence and after release may contribute to preventing these @entity1 from become repeat offenders. Creating sources of work and halfway houses that continue the program to prevent relapses into substance use can help defend the @entity1 rights of this group of @entity1 and achieve social justice.
