Economic Costs of a Postrelease Intervention for Incarcerated Female Substance Abusers: Recovery Management Checkups for Women Offenders (RMC-WO)

• Published in: Journal of offender rehabilitation Vol. 53; no. 7; pp. 543 - 561
• Main Authors: McCollister, Kathryn E., Scott, Christy K., Dennis, Michael L., Freitas, Derek M., French, Michael T., Funk, Rodney R.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Taylor & Francis Group 01.01.2014; Taylor & Francis LLC
• Subjects: Correctional treatment programs; cost analysis; Drug abuse; economic analysis; Economic Policy; Female Offenders; Females; Intervention; Management; outcome monitoring; Prisoners; recovery management; Rehabilitation; Rehabilitation of criminals; Women; women offenders; recovery management; women offenders; cost analysis; economic analysis; outcome monitoring
• ISSN: 1050-9674; 1540-8558
• DOI: 10.1080/10509674.2014.944739

This study estimates the economic costs of Recovery Management Checkups for Women Offenders (RMC-WO), highlighting the unique mix of services across two phases of the intervention. Participants were randomly assigned to quarterly outcome monitoring (OM) only (n = 242) or OM plus Recovery Management Checkups (OM-plus-RMC) (n = 238). The total annual economic cost of OM only was $76,010, which translates to $81 quarterly per person. OM-plus-RMC generates a total annual economic cost of $126,717, or $137 quarterly per person. The clinical, economic, and policy implications of incorporating RMC-WO into existing corrections and/or community-based treatment settings are discussed.