Arkansas Comprehensive Substance Abuse Treatment Program: Process Evaluation of the Modified Therapeutic Community (Tucker Unit)
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The author(s) shown below used Federal funds provided by the U.S. Department of Justice and prepared the following final report: Document Title: Arkansas Comprehensive Substance Abuse Treatment Program: Process Evaluation of the Modified Therapeutic Community (Tucker Unit) Author(s): Allan L. Patenaude Ph.D. ; Deborah L. Laufersweiller-Dwyer Ph.D. Document No.: 191858 Date Received: January 10, 2002 Award Number: 99-IJ-CX-K015 This report has not been published by the U.S. Department of Justice. To provide better customer service, NCJRS has made this Federally- funded grant final report available electronically in addition to traditional paper copies. Opinions or points of view expressed are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the official position or policies of the U.S. Department of Justice. PROPERTY OF National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS) Box 6000 --- - Rockville, MB / 20849-6000a i Arkansas Comprehensive Substance Abuse Treatment Program Process €valuation of the Modified Therapeutic Community (Tucker Unit) Allan L. Patenaude, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Deborah L. Laufersweiller-Dwyer, Ph.D. Associate Professor Department of Criminal Justice University of Arkansas at Little Rock FINAL FIEPORT March 2001 This document is a research report submitted to the U.S. Department of Justice. This report has not been published by the Department. Opinions or points of view expressed are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the official position or policies of the U.S. Department of Justice. Arkansas Comprehensive Substance Abuse Treatment Program Process Evaluation of the Modified Therapeutic Community (Tucker Unit) Allan L. Patenaude, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Deborah L. Laufersweiller-Dwyer, Ph.D. Associate Professor Department of Criminal Justice University of Arkansas at Little Rock March 2001 This document is a research report submitted to the U.S. Department of Justice. This report has not been published by the Department. Opinions or points of view expressed are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the official position or policies of the U.S. Department of Justice. Table of Contents Table of Contents ................................................... i Acknowledgments ................................................. ii Executive Summary ................................................ iv 1. Introduction .................................................... 1 1. Overview of the Research ..................................... 1 2 . Research Project Description .................................. 6 3 . ProjectGoals .............................................. 6 2 . Background .................................................... 9 1. Arkansas and the Arkansas Department of Correction (ADC) ......... 9 2 . History of Substance Abuse Treatment Program in ADC ............. 9 3 . ADC’s Residential Substance Abuse Treatment Program ............ 10 a . Mission and Goals ...................................... IO b . Program Description .................................... 11 c . Programstaffing ....................................... 14 3 . Methodology ................................................... 16 1. Introduction ................................................ 16 e 2 . Scope of the Current Research ................................ 16 3 . A Triangulated Approach to the Research ........................ 17 a . Development of an Intake Assessment Instrument ............. 18 b . Site Visits ............................................ 20 c . Semi-structured Group Interviews ......................... 21 d . Semi-structured Individual Interviews ....................... 22 e . Review of Client Files ................................... 23 4 . Goals of the Current Evaluation ................................ 24 4 . Project Findings ................................................ 26 1. Quantitative Findings ........................................ 26 a . A Typical Therapeutic Community Member .................. 26 b . Profiles Developed from the Intake Assessments .............. 28 c . Factors Affecting Program Completion ...................... 34 d . Participant Survey Results ............................... 36 e.Summa ry ............................................. 36 2 . Qualitative Findings ......................................... 36 a . Site Visit Observations .................................. 37 b . Group Interviews - Current Clients ......................... 43 c . Group Interviews - Former Clients .......................... 50 d . Interviews with Selected Staff Members ..................... 53 0 Arkansas Comprehensive Substance Abuse Treatment Program Final Report Process Evaluation of the Modified Therapeutic Community at Tucker Unit March 2001 This document is a research report submitted to the U.S. Department of Justice. This report has not been published by the Department. Opinions or points of view expressed are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the official position or policies of the U.S. Department of Justice. ii e . Review of Client Files ................................... 59 f.Summary ............................................. 60 5 . Conclusion ..................................................... 62 1. Summary .................................................. 62 2 . Recommendations .......................................... 71 6 . References ..................................................... 75 I Tables ........................................................... 78 Table 1 .All TC Participants ( Bentonnucker Units) ................... 79 Table 2 .Characteristics of Research Population ..................... 81 Table 3 .Characteristics of those completing TC and Dropouts .......... 82 Table 4 .PI1 Scale Scores by Completed and Dropout Status ........... 84 Table 5 .SRF Scale Scores by Completed and Dropout Status .......... 86 Table 6 .Characteristics of the Population by Reason for Discharge ...... 88 Table 7 .PI1 Scale Scores by Reason for Discharge .................. 90 Table 8 .SRF Scale Scores by Reason for Discharge ................. 91 Appendices ....................................................... 93 Appendix A .TC unit forms and documents ......................... 94 Appendix B .Staff Job Descriptions ............................... 99 Appendix C .Prison Inmate Inventory ............................. 108 a Appendix D .Intake Assessment Instrument ........................ 116 Appendix E .Participant Survey .................................. 124 Appendix F .Scale Development for Intake Instrument ................. 129 Appendix G .Scale Development for Participant Survey ................ 133 Appendix H .Daily Schedule ..................................... 138 Appendix I .Research Team Members ............................ 145 Appendix J .The Benton Unit Therapeutic Community ................ 151 Appendix K .TC Books and Materials ............................. 153 Arkansas Comprehensive Substance Abuse Treatment Program Final Report Process Evaluation of the Modified Therapeutic Community at Tucker Unit March 2001 This document is a research report submitted to the U.S. Department of Justice. This report has not been published by the Department. Opinions or points of view expressed are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the official position or policies of the U.S. Department of Justice. ... 111 Acknowledgments The profession of corrections involves a team effort. Institutional and community- based correctional programs contribute to what has been termed “the corrections continuum.” Although corrections practitioners and academics interested in the field may also contribute to its improvement as this project illustrates, this study could not have been completed without the assistance of the correctional professionals working for the people and State of Arkansas. They include: Mr. Larry Norris, Director, Ms. Sheila Sharp, Arkansas Department of Correction Arkansas Department of Correction Dr. Max Mobley Dr. Mary Parker, Chair, Arkansas Department of Correction Department of Criminal Justice A small number of graduate students in the Department of Criminal Justice at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock also contributed greatly to this project by doing the mind-numbing chores of scanning and entering data as well as handwriting what was stated during the interviews and later transcribing their notes into Microsoft Word. They also spent time conducting library research which freed the primary investigators to 0 concentrate on other activities. The authors owe a debt to the following graduate students: Mr. Sean Maddan Ms. Amy VanHouten Mr. Scott Truelove Ms. Tammy Williams This document was developed under Technical Assistance #98P4002 from the U.S. Department of Justice. Points of view or opinions stated in this document are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official position or policies of either the U.S. Department of Justice, the Arkansas Department of Correction, or the Department of Criminal Justice, University of Arkansas at Little Rock. While these individuals and organizations contributed to the completion of this project, responsibility for the final analysis and any comments or criticism are solely those of the authors. Allan L. Patenaude, Ph.D. Deborah L. Laufersweiler-Dwyer, Ph.D. Primary Investigators March, 2001 Arkansas Comprehensive Substance Abuse Treatment Program Final Report Process Evaluation of the Modified Therapeutic Community at Tucker Unit