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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Subst Abus. 2021 Jul 20;43(1):336–343. doi: 10.1080/08897077.2021.1941518

Table 2.

Descriptive Data at Pretest

# % # %
Current Profession 175 - 43 -
 Law Enforcement 5 2.9 1 2.3
 Jail Personnel 9 4.9 2 4.7
 Healthcare Professional* 81 46.3 16 37.2
 Community Corrections 7 4.0 2 4.7
 Probation 6 3.4 4 9.3
 Peer Recovery Support 16 9.1 4 9.3
 Other** 51 29.1 14 32.6
Work in Jail (Any Capacity) 166 - 41 -
 Yes 61 36.7 15 36.6
 No 105 63.3 26 63.4
Mean (SD) # Obs Mean (SD) # Obs
Years of Practice 12.4 (10.7) 161 15.0 (13.4) 39
Punishment Orientation*** 1.88 (0.71) 164 1.80 (0.62) 42
Rehabilitation Orientation*** 1.35 (0.46) 165 1.23 (0.32) 43
Objective Knowledge*** 0.54 (0.17) 153 0.54 (0.17) 42
Additional Attitudes***
 Offenders have few strengths… 1.96 (1.04) 156 2.05 (1.10) 42
 Seriousness of offence should determine Tx 2.55 (1.05) 155 2.69 (1.09) 42
 Tx cannot address motivation for change 1.91 (0.90) 156 1.88 (0.80) 42
 Prison Tx should link to community Tx 1.39 (0.73) 156 1.21 (0.47) 42
 People who use / sell drugs should get same Tx 2.29 (1.04) 156 2.19 (1.02) 42
 Community counselors should know about Tx in prison 1.44 (0.67) 156 1.33 (0.48) 42
 Complete intensive prison Tx → no need for community Tx 1.53 (0.77) 156 1.52 (0.83) 42
 Important to have comprehensive individualized assessment for each offender 1.33 (0.58) 156 1.21 (0.42) 42
 Not Tx responsibility to motivate behavior change 2.32 (0.95) 155 2.24 (0.88) 42
 Impractical for Tx to provide tailored services 1.88 (0.83) 153 2.00 (0.87) 41
 Only motivated offenders can be helped 2.71 (1.07) 156 2.48 (1.07) 42
 All substance users should have same Tx 1.71 (0.75) 155 1.51 (0.55) 41
*

E.g. Physician, nurse, community health worker, crisis counselor, social worker

**

E.g. Government, state agency, public defender

***

Note: [1: Most Optimal Response; 5: Least Optimal Response] for all variables except Years of Practice and Objective Knowledge