Annotated Bibliography

Messina, Nena, William Burdon, and Michael Prendergast. "Prison-Based Treatment for Drug-Dependent Women Offenders: Treatment Versus No Treatment." Journal of Psychoactive Drugs 38.November (2002): 333-34. Print.

The article describes an experiment which found that when community-based treatment programs after leaving prison are used, the women is much less likely to return to prison. A chapter out of The Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, this article proves to have a lot of credibility. The authors created an experiment, which tested hundreds of women, had two groups, acknowledges factors that may interfere with their research, creating a well-conducted experiment. This article will propel my essay because it discusses treatment programs that the government can provide to recently released inmates that can prevent incarceration again.