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Crest, is a "transitional TC," designed as a work release program. Inmates approaching their<br />
release date are allowed to hold paying jobs in the community while spending their remaining time<br />
in a community-based TC. The third stage (aftercare) is for released inmates who have completed<br />
the first two stages and are living in the community under parole or other supervision. Aftercare<br />
involves participation in an outpatient group and individual counseling, and offers the opportunity<br />
to return to the work release TC for refiesher sessions.<br />
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Evaluation studies contrasted 448 participants classified into four groups: (1) a<br />
comparison group of work-release inmates who received HIV prevention education, but neither<br />
prison-based nor community-based TC, (2) those who received primary treatment in the Key<br />
alone, but no secondary or tertiary treatment, (3) participants in the Crest alone, and (4)<br />
participants who received primary treatment in the Key and secondary treatment in the Crest<br />
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(Key-Crest). A complex research design utilizing a combination of random assignment, purposive<br />
selection, and historical comparisons resulted in comparison groups that were somewhat<br />
dissimilar (Inciardi et al., 1997:266):<br />
First, assignment to the COMPARISON or CREST groups was determined by the<br />
investigators by random number. Second, the COMPARISON and CREST groups include<br />
men and women, whereas the KEY group does not-- until very recently, there was no<br />
women's in-prison TC in Delaware. Third, because the determination of group<br />
membership was made at the time of the baseline interview, those included in the KEY or<br />
KEY-CREST groups were only those still in the KEY program at the time of their release,<br />
graduates. The CREST and COMPARISON groups included all those so assigned at the<br />
time of their release, regardless of actual attendance. Fourth, the KEY-only group<br />
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been published by the Department. Opinions or points of view expressed are those of the author(s)<br />
and do not necessarily reflect the official position or policies of the U.S. Department of <strong>Justice</strong>.