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The Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI) - Service correctionnel du Canada

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alcohol problems (t (1023) = 7.23, p < .001) according to scores from the OIA, but this<br />

difference is much greater when we look at their CASA assessed alcohol dependence scores<br />

(t (1161) = 5.89, p < .001). 1<br />

Aboriginal offenders are five times more likely to be categorized<br />

as severely dependent on alcohol as non-Aboriginal offenders according to the results of the<br />

ADS.<br />

It should be noted that the profile of offenders entering CSC on new sentences in<br />

reception centres may differ significantly on important characteristics from those who are in<br />

custody in the institutions. Offenders with longer sentences and offenders who have returned<br />

to custody on new charges tend to have higher risk and need levels than those with shorter<br />

sentences or those who are coming into reception on a new offence. <strong>The</strong>se differences are<br />

highlighted in Table 4. As the numbers of longer term offenders accumulate in the prison<br />

population relative to those with shorter sentences, the rates of needs in domains related to<br />

substance abuse and personal emotional problems increase. For example, <strong>du</strong>ring the time<br />

period that the CoMHISS was piloted, rates of current mental health problems as assessed by<br />

an item on the OIA were 33% greater for male offenders in custody than for those coming<br />

into reception on new sentences.<br />

1 CASA uses objective assessment with standardised tools while the OIA is completed by a parole officer and is<br />

related to how criminal behaviour is affected by substance abuse.<br />

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