Race, Drug of Choice, and Adjustment to Incarceration among Male Detainees.

Edwards, John J.; Kemp, Gina C.

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ERIC Number: EJ522651

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Publication Date: 1995

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Race, Drug of Choice, and Adjustment to Incarceration among Male Detainees.

Edwards, John J.; Kemp, Gina C.

Journal of Offender Rehabilitation, v22 n3-4 p55-63 1995

Explores the effects of race and drug of choice among male offenders (n=53) in a minimum security prison. Results indicate that the best adjusted offenders were blacks who identified marijuana as their drug of choice, while the most poorly adjusted offenders were blacks who identified cocaine as their drug of choice. (JPS)

Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Alcohol Abuse, Blacks, Cocaine, Correctional Institutions, Drug Abuse, Higher Education, Males, Marijuana, Prisoners, Racial Differences, Whites

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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