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Responding to Drug-Related Offending
Coordinated efforts between law enforcement, courts, treatment providers, and social services to reduce reoffending, promote recovery, and address the underlying causes of drug-related crime.
Innovative Methods and Statistics: Methods for Ensuring Effective and Equitable Predictive Analytics
This abstract was presented at the 2018 Society for Prevention Research Annual Meeting which was held May 29 – June 1, 2018 in Washington, DC, US.
Chris Sharenbroch NCCD
Numerous empirical approaches have been introduced to develop...
Innovative Methods and Statistics: Predictive Analytics within a Prevention Science Framework
This abstract was presented at the 2018 Society for Prevention Research Annual Meeting which was held May 29 – June 1, 2018 in Washington, DC, US.
Kristen R Johnson University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
This first paper will define...
Application of Research Design and Methods for Optimizing Prevention Science: Adaptation in Dissemination and Implementation Science
This abstract was presented at the 2018 Society for Prevention Research Annual Meeting which was held May 29 – June 1, 2018 in Washington, DC, US.
Ana A. Baumann Washington University in Saint Louis
Leopoldo Cabassa Washington University...
Barriers to Addiction Treatment among Formerly Incarcerated Adults with Substance Use Disorders
Abstract
Background
Addiction treatment improves substance use and criminal recidivism outcomes among justice-involved individuals with substance use disorders, but is underutilized. Although information exists regarding barriers to...
Effectiveness Bank Matrix Cell: Reconciling the Interests of Community, Clients, and Families
Key studies on the roles of management in treatment’s impacts on crime and safeguarding the community, with a focus on criminal justice and child protection. Explore what research can offer managers who have to reconcile the interests of...
Effectiveness Bank Matrix Cell: Coercion Tests Therapeutic Skills
Key studies on the contribution of the practitioner to reducing crime and safeguarding the community. Commentary risks formulating a general rule: The trickier the situation, the more the worker matters. Implication is that therapeutic...
Perceived Importance of Substance Use Prevention in Juvenile Justice: A Multi-Level Analysis
Abstract
Background
Youth under juvenile justice (JJ) supervision are at high-risk of adverse outcomes from substance use, making prevention important. Few studies have examined prevention-related attitudes of JJ employees, yet such...
Uno de cada seis jóvenes en bachillerato ha probado las drogas
La marihuana es la sustancia ilegal más usada, pero crece consumo de ‘popper’.
Al menos 520 mil estudiantes de colegio, cuyas edades están entre los 12 y los 18 años, han consumido drogas por lo menos una vez en su vida. Esa cifra...
National Report on the Drug Situation in Lebanon
The document National Report on Drug Situation in Lebanon offers an insight into the coordinated approach taken by the Department of Public Health, academic stakeholders and other ministerial departments in reducing the prevalence and impact of substance use disorders in Lebanon.
Canadian Substance Use Costs and Harms 2007–2014
In 2014, the cost of substance use (SU) in Canada was $38.4 billion— or approximately $1,100 spent for every Canadian regardless of age. This report presents the estimates of the costs of SU in Canada from 2007 to 2014 using the most...
Tackling Alcohol-Related Anti-Social Behaviour through Civil Injunctions and Criminal Behaviour Orders: A Missed Opportunity?
A new report released by Alcohol Concern/Alcohol Research UK explores the current use and issues over legal powers available to address alcohol-related Anti-Social Behaviour (ASB).
The Government estimates that alcohol misuse costs the...
Auditor General Slams 'Unacceptable' Lack of Treatment for Mentally Ill Inmates
New Brunswick jails aren't offering any addiction treatment or therapy for mentally ill inmates, according to the province's auditor general.
Kim MacPherson's investigation into treatment in jails revealed a patchwork system where no one...
Humphrey Fellowship Program
Humphrey Fellowship Program, sponzorovaný Úřadem pro vzdělávací a kulturní záležitosti amerického ministerstva zahraničí, je mezinárodní výměnný program americké vlády podporovaný lidem Spojených států. Stipendia jsou udělována...
Pokyny k provádění minimálních cen alkoholu
S legislativou zavedenou dne 1. května 2018 skotská vláda vydala pokyny k provádění minimálních cen alkoholu pro prodejce alkoholu a donucovací orgány týkající se alkoholu ve Skotsku.
Pokyny se týkají důvodů změny zákona, problémů, ...
Overview of European University-Based Study Programmes in the Addictions Field
In 2015, the team from the Department of Addictology (First Faculty of Medicine of Charles University and General University Hospital in Prague) in cooperation with our colleague from the Department of Community Medicine & Health Care...
Aparición de Nuevas Sustancias Psicoactivas (NSP) en Colombia
El Ministerio de Justicia y del Derecho creó el Sistema de Alertas Tempranas (SAT) de Colombia, con el fin de monitorear y alertar oportunamente la aparición de NPS y cambios en los patrones de consumo de drogas, como parte de las funciones...
Guidelines on the Management of Co-Occurring Alcohol and Other Drug and Mental Health Conditions in Alcohol and Other Drug Treatment Settings
In a nutshell...
These Guidelines aim to provide alcohol and other drug (AOD) workers with evidence-based information to assist with the management of co-occurring, or comorbid, AOD and mental health conditions. They represent an update...
United Kingdom Drug Situation: Focal Point Annual Report
The United Kingdom Focal Point on Drugs (UK Focal Point) 2017 report is available on the UK government's digital portal.
Based at Public Health England, the UK Focal Point is the national partner of the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs...
Risk Assessment Tools in Criminal Justice and Forensic Psychiatry: The Need for Better Data
Abstract
Violence risk assessment tools are increasingly used within criminal justice and forensic psychiatry, however there is little relevant, reliable and unbiased data regarding their predictive accuracy. We argue that such data are...
The Reciprocal Lagged Effects of Substance Use and Recidivism in a Prisoner Reentry Context
Abstract
Background
Much work has investigated the association between substance use, crime, and recidivism, yet little scholarship has examined these associations longitudinally among samples of recently released prisoners. We examine...