Substance Use Patterns of Women Offenders across Ethnocultural Groups

The women federal offender population decreased during the COVID-19 pandemic, although the proportion of Indigenous women continued to rise to almost 50%. Black women accounted for 3% of federal women offenders while 9% were from other ethnocultural groups.Substance use continued to be a salient criminogenic need for women offenders; however, little is known about the substance use patterns for women across various ethnocultural groups.

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Title (French)	Habitudes de consommation de substances des délinquantes appartenant à divers groupes ethnoculturels
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Geographic Scope	["0"]
Criticality Level	["women"]
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Open Canada Date Published	2023-10-20 00:00:00
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Open Canada Subject	["law"]
Open Canada Keywords	{"fr": ["Consommation de substances", "délinquantes", "ethnoculturels", "habitudes"], "en": ["Substance use", "Women Offenders", "ethnocultural", "patterns"]}
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