All Resources for 'Justice Systems'

Mindfulness-based relapse prevention for substance use disorders: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

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Scientific article
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Treatment
Treatment Settings
Responding to Drug-Related Offending 

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Objectives: Substance use disorder (SUD) is a prevalent health issue with serious personal and societal consequences. This review aims to estimate the effects and safety of Mindfulness-based Relapse Prevention (MBRP) for SUDs.

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Effects of Moral Reconation Therapy upon moral reasoning, life purpose, and recidivism among drug and alcohol offenders.

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Scientific article
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Responding to Drug-Related Offending 

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40 incarcerated DWI offenders and 62 drug offenders who were treated with Moral Reconation Therapy were assessed with respect to levels of moral reasoning, their perceived purpose in life, and subsequent recidivism. Analysis...

Criminal conduct and substance abuse treatment: Strategies for self-improvement and change, pathways to responsible living: The provider's guide, 2nd ed.

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Guide
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Treatment
Treatment Settings
Responding to Drug-Related Offending 

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Strategies for Self-Improvement and Change (SSC) provides a standardised, structured and well-defined approach to the treatment of substance abusing judicial clients. The efficacy and effectiveness of SSC depends on developing a...

A meta‐analytic review of the efficacy of psychological treatments for violent offenders in correctional and forensic mental health settings.

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Scientific article
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Treatment
Treatment Settings
Law Enforcement
Prisons / Corrections
Responding to Drug-Related Offending 

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This meta‐analysis examined whether psychological treatments with adult violent offenders in correctional and forensic mental health settings are effective in preventing community recidivism and institutional (hospital/prison)...

Effectiveness of motivational interviewing with justice-involved people: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

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Scientific article
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Responding to Drug-Related Offending 
Health & Justice Responses 
Justice and Diversion

ABSTRACT

Objective: 

Motivational interviewing (MI) is increasingly recognized as an effective approach in forensic settings, particularly for overcoming resistance by avoiding confrontation and fostering intrinsic motivation. Research...

Psycho-education for substance use and antisocial personality disorder: a randomized trial.

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Scientific article
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Treatment
Treatment Settings
Responding to Drug-Related Offending 

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Background

Antisocial personality disorder often co-exists with drug and alcohol use disorders.

Methods

This trial examined the effectiveness of offering psycho-education for antisocial personality disorder in community...

Examining the effects of Juvenile drug treatment courts: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

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Scientific article
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Treatment
Treatment Settings
Responding to Drug-Related Offending 
Health & Justice Responses 
Justice and Diversion

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We meta-analytically examined program graduation rates among juvenile drug treatment court (JDTC) participants, the effects of JDTCs on recidivism and substance use outcomes, and the variability in these effects. We systematically...

The linkage between mental health, delinquency, and trajectories of delinquency: Results from the Boricua Youth Study

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Scientific article
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Responding to Drug-Related Offending 
Health & Justice Responses 
Justice and Diversion

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Purpose.

To examine the longitudinal relationship between depression, delinquency, and trajectories of delinquency among Hispanic children and adolescents.

Methods.

Propensity score matching is used to match depressed and non...

The effect of direct interventions for antisocial cognition on recidivism in antisocial populations: a meta-analysis

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Scientific article
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Treatment
Treatment Settings
Responding to Drug-Related Offending 

ABSTRACT

Objectives

A meta-analysis was performed on seven studies in which a treatment program that directly addressed antisocial cognition in offenders was contrasted with a no-treatment or treatment as usual control group.

Methods

Pr...

Strategies for Postrelease Supervision of Individuals with Serious Mental Illness: Comparing Specialized Community Corrections Officers to Those Not Serving on a Specialized Team

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Scientific article
Themes
Law Enforcement
Probation & Parole
Responding to Drug-Related Offending 

Abstract

Specially trained parole/probation officers (STOs) increasingly manage caseloads of persons with serious mental illness (SMI). Using an online survey, we compared the supervision approaches of 90 STOs to 132 non-STOs who also...

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