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International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology
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Heroin Addiction in Israel: A Comparison of Addicts in Prison, Community-Based Facilities, and Non-Drug Users Based on Selected Psychological Factors

Richard E. Isralowitz

Hubert H. Humphrey Institute for Social Ecology, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva 84105, Israel

Darwin Telias

Hubert H. Humphrey Institute for Social Ecology, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva 84105, Israel

Yaacov Zighelbaum

Israel Prison Authority, Ramle, Israel

This study is an attempt to test a status model of heroin addiction. It is hypothesized that the level of service/treatment (i.e., prison or community-based treatment) will be associated with the psychological characteristics of heroin addicts obtained from self-report data. For analysis purposes, 92 heroin and non-heroin addicts were studied. The findings show that the psychological characteristics of prisoners are no more negative (and in some cases are even more positive) than those in a community-based treatment program or those of a non-addicted control group. From a conceptual perspective, the status model used in this study presents an approach to explaining differences among heroin addicts and non-heroin addicts.

International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, Vol. 36, No. 1, 63-73 (1992)
DOI: 10.1177/0306624X9203600107
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