¶ … eradicating alcohol and drug addiction from a woman offender's life is seen in the research results of Baylor Correctional Institution women inmates. The research questions pertaining to increasing their knowledge of what constitutes unlawful behaviors, identifying the triggers associated with drug use, and increase their knowledge of and identification of coping skills to remain drug-free are the basis of this methodology section. Methodologies pertaining to drug treatment programs often concentrate on the externalities and easily tracked causes, neglecting the internal, attitudinal and situational factors that trigger relapse (McCusker, Vikers-Lahti, Stoddard, et.al.1995). The outcome of the initial research validates this point, showing how women offenders from Baylor Correctional Institution can successfully define and identify unlawful behaviors, and can also increase their coping skills through programs. This finding is consistent with empirical studies that illustrate how residential drug treatment programs are successful in teaching drug offenders for what specific external factors to evaluate in their own behaviors and shows how useful these programs are in managing the externally-driven stimuli to relapse (McCusker, Vikers-Lahti, Stoddard, et.al.1995). The majority of research however does not address the most difficult treatment program to solve, which is getting repeat offenders to identify triggers that lead to relapse and taken action to avert their effect. The influence of significant opposite-sex relationships as a catalyst for relapse is seen in the initial research results. Unknown is the effects of a women offender's cumulative experiences in a residential treatment program on the members...
The intent of this methodology section is to compare and contrast different qualitative and quantitative approaches to capture data relevant to the issue of triggers that lead to relapse. The research questions have also been modified to reflect a more focused emphasis on internalized triggers of women offenders and what leads them to relapse into drug use after residential treatment programs. Support for each methodology is also provided that ties back to the research questions and relevant theory.
Assessment of Research Questions and Research Methodologies
The three questions used to this point in the analysis seek to capture the effectiveness of workshop sessions in assisting women offenders:
1. Did 50% of participants who attended workshop sessions, increase their knowledge of what constitutes unlawful behaviors?
2. Did 50% of participants who attended all workshop sessions, increase their knowledge in identifying the triggers associated with drug usage?
3. Did 50% of participants who attended all workshop sessions, increase their knowledge by identifying coping skills needed to remain drug free
The first and third questions are effective in measuring traditional training and treatment programs often found in residential drug treatment programs (McCusker, Vikers-Lahti, Stoddard, et.al.1995). They are not however not effective in determining if women offenders perceive a trigger event or the causality of specific situations or series of decisions with members of the opposite sex they have significant relationships with (Chan, Guydish, Prem., et.al. 2005). Previous…
