Collaborative Intermediate Evaluation of the Pine Lodge Pre-Release Therapeutic Treatment Community for Women Offenders in Washington State: Executive Summary

摘要

This research report describes the purpose, methods, results, and implications of an intermediate evaluation of the Pine Lodge Pre-Release Therapeutic Community for Women Offenders in Washington State. Funded by the National Institute of Justice as part of its research initiative for local evaluations of prison-based residential substance abuse treatment programs, this implementation and process evaluation had two goals: (1) to identify strengths and weaknesses in the program, so that recommendations could be made early on for improvement; and (2) to establish data sources and collaborative relationships for a subsequent outcomes and impact evaluation of the program. Conclusions drawn from our pursuit of the first goal are summarized below. As for the second goal, collaborations with program principals have been and continue to be fostered, but quantitative data on the program (which originate from both the state Department of Corrections and the Pine Lodge Pre-Release facility) have yet to be standardized to the degree required for rigorous analysis.