All Resources for 'Justice Systems'

A systematic review and meta-analysis on the effectiveness of CBT informed anger management

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Scientific article
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Treatment
Treatment Settings
Responding to Drug-Related Offending 

Highlights

  • CBT based anger management achieved a risk reduction of 23% for general recidivism.

  • CBT based anger management achieved a risk reduction of 28% for violent recidivism.

  • Treatment completion may result in a 42% risk...

Recidivism Treatment Manuals: A Corpus-based Examination for Public Offender Counselors

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

Abstract

Incarceration rates in the U.S. reflect racial disparities, with individuals of color incarcerated over five times the rate of non-Hispanic White males. From a behavioral health perspective, incarceration and recidivism rates are...

The Juvenile Justice Behavioral Health Services Cascade: A new framework for measuring unmet substance use treatment services needs among adolescent offenders.

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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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Overview: Substance use and substance use disorders are highly prevalent among youth under juvenile justice (JJ) supervision, and related to delinquency, psychopathology, social problems, risky sex and sexually transmitted...

Recovery capital: a systematic review of the literature.

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Scientific article
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Theories and Science
Responding to Drug-Related Offending 

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Background: Recovery from a substance use disorder involves various supports addressing multiple interrelated factors. Recovery capital (RC) is a lens that could help identify distinct areas of assets that could be enhanced and...

The effects of cognitive behavioral therapy on recidivism among parolees in Central America: evidence from a Honduran experiment

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Scientific article
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Treatment
Behavioural Therapy Interventions
Treatment Settings
Responding to Drug-Related Offending 

ABSTRACT

Objectives

Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) has shown promise as a tool for rehabilitating offenders in the USA and other developed nations. However, little is known about the effectiveness of CBT outside the developed world...

Data-Driven Deflection: A Systems Approach to Reducing Juvenile Arrests.

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

Executive Summary

Over the past two decades, the United States has made significant strides in adopting evidence-based approaches to juvenile justice. However, America still has relatively high juvenile arrest rates, which are correlated...

Seeking safety intervention for comorbid post-traumatic stress and substance use disorder: A meta-analysis

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Scientific article
Themes
Treatment
Behavioural Therapy Interventions
Treatment Settings
Responding to Drug-Related Offending 

Abstract

Problem statement: Seeking Safety (SS) is a widely implemented cognitive-behavioral therapy for comorbid post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and substance use disorder (SUD). It is a present-focused coping skills model that is...

Building recovery capital through community engagement: A hub and spoke model for peer-based recovery support services in England.

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Scientific article
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Treatment
Treatment Settings
Responding to Drug-Related Offending 

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There is a growing evidence base that recovery is contagious and its primary mechanism of spread is through peer champions and groups. This paper examines a model of peer-based recovery support services from Cumbria, England, that...

Police diversion at arrest: A systematic review of the literature.

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

Abstract

Police-initiated diversion programs are an increasingly common intervention to prevent excessive arrests of vulnerable populations. This systematic literature review carefully examined the current state of research to evaluate...

The effectiveness of juvenile treatment drug courts: A meta-analytic review of literature.

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Scientific article
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Treatment
Treatment Settings
Responding to Drug-Related Offending 

Abstract

Reviewed are 31 studies that evaluated recidivism rates from juvenile drug treatment courts relative to a random-assignment or convenience comparison group. Recidivism was defined as re-referral, new charges, or re-arrest. Mean...

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