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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.
Deflection and Cross-Sector Collaboration
ABSTRACT
Jac Charlier will explore deflection as a collaborative approach to addressing substance use, highlighting how communities can connect individuals with appropriate health, treatment, recovery, and social support services while...
EXPLORING THE COURT-MANDATED AND POLICE REQUEST FORMS INDUCTION AT SHIMO MAT CLINIC FOR A PERIOD OF 2020-2025.
EXPLORING THE COURT-MANDATED AND POLICE REQUEST FORMS INDUCTION AT SHIMO MAT CLINIC FOR A PERIOD OF 2020-2025.
AUTHORS AND AFFILIATION
JUSTUS OTIENO1
1 MOMBASA COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH - SHIMO MAT CLINIC
BACKGROUND
Injection of...
Psychosocial Care for Offenders with Mild Substance Use Disorders
ABSTRACT
Thailand’s justice system has long faced challenges in addressing drug-related offenses, as punishment alone is insufficient to address the psychological and social factors underlying repeated offending. In response to evolving...
The Road After Prison: Care, Recovery and Safer Communities with Michael Chaple Pt.3
In this third episode, Professor Goodman Sibeko and Michael Chaple look at what happens when re-entry support exists but the systems around it do not work together. Michael shares his experience of the barriers that can limit successful reintegration, from gaps in resources and competing priorities to organisations working in isolation.
Addressing Youth Substance Use and Crime: Prevention and Recovery Lessons from Kinshasa
ABSTRACT
Youth substance use and involvement in crime rarely result from a single risk factor. Vulnerability can increase when individual, family, peer, school, community, and socio-economic risks accumulate, particularly where protective...
National Dialogue for Peace in Mexico: for a shared and habitable future
ABSTRACT
Mexico is facing a profound crisis of violence, disappearance, impunity, and social fragmentation. One of its most painful expressions is the recruitment of children, adolescents, and young people by organized crime. This...
Making intersectoral collaboration work: connecting people, services and communities
ISSUP’s 2026 conference session on intersectoral collaboration explored how health, justice and community services can work together to help people access and stay connected to appropriate support. Presentations from Thailand, Kenya and Ghana, alongside an introduction to deflection, highlighted clearer referral pathways, shared responsibilities, workforce wellbeing and earlier opportunities for care. These themes connected with the wider conference discussions on evidence-informed practice, youth prevention, recovery and faith-based support. Members were encouraged to adapt the learning to their roles and local circumstances, involve people using services in improvements, and assess changes in health, relationships and everyday life alongside service activity. The session recording offers a starting point for further learning, discussion across professions and practical collaboration through ISSUP National Chapters and professional networks.
The Road After Prison: Care, Recovery and Safer Communities with Michael Chaple Pt.2
In this second episode, Professor Goodman Sibeko is joined by Michael Chaple to explore the critical first weeks after release and what continuity of care looks like in practice.
The Road After Prison: Care, Recovery and Safer Communities with Michael Chaple Pt.1
In this first episode of The Road After Prison: Care, Recovery and Safer Communities, Professor Goodman Sibeko is joined by Michael Chaple, an internationally recognised expert in correctional behavioural health, implementation science, and justice systems integration.
Organized crime groups: A systematic review of individual-level risk factors related to recruitment
Background:
Studies from multiple contexts conceptualize organized crime as comprising different types of criminal organizations and activities. Notwithstanding growing scientific interest and increasing number of policies aiming at...
Psychosocial determinants of recidivism risk among incarcerated individuals with a history of substance use: A systematic review
The prevalence of recidivism among individuals with a history of substance use and incarceration remains a significant concern for criminal justice systems worldwide. With significant social and economic ramifications, preventing people...
Rehabilitation and Re-entry Programmes for Justice-Involved Individuals and Their Effectiveness in Social Reintegration: A Systematic Review
Prison rehabilitation and community re-entry programmes implemented during incarceration or in the transitional period serve as significant mechanisms for facilitating justice-involved individuals in their post-release adaptation. This...
The Changing Approach to Addiction — From Incarceration to Treatment and Recovery Support
It’s been more than 50 years since the United States launched a “war on drugs.” History has demonstrated the ineffectiveness of “tough-oncrime” drug-use policies, including laws requiring mandatory minimum sentencing for possession of...
Community-based substance use treatment programs for reentering justice-involved adults: A scoping review
Introduction:
For adults involved with the criminal justice system who are reentering their communities postincarceration, there is a large need for community-based substance use treatment. Little is known, however, about the types...
Drug Diversion Schemes Linked to Lower Reoffending Rates, New Research Finds
New research examining more than 62,000 criminal incidents across 13 police forces in England found that police-led drug diversion schemes are associated with significantly lower reoffending rates than traditional prosecution for drug...
Do Drug Diversion Schemes Work? Insights from the Thames Valley Police Drugs Diversion Pilot
This paper examines the development and early outcomes of the Thames Valley Police Drugs Diversion Pilot in West Berkshire, which offers people found in possession of drugs an opportunity to engage with treatment rather than receive a...
The introduction of drug Arrest Referral schemes in London: A partnership between drug services and the police
Arrest Referral (AR) schemes in London were established to connect people who use drugs with treatment services at the point of arrest through collaboration between police and drug service providers. Based on interviews with police officers...
The Role of Faith Communities in Addressing Substance Use and Crime – Reading List (Part 2)
In this second reading list, we continue exploring the growing evidence on the role and contribution of faith communities and faith-based organisations in addressing substance use and crime, with a particular focus on treatment engagement...
Association Between Religiosity and Spirituality and Cocaine Use: A Systematic Review
This systematic review examines the association between religiosity, spirituality, and cocaine use by analysing findings from 20 observational studies involving adults and adolescents. Most studies found that higher levels of religiosity...
During, After, or Both? Isolating the Effect of Religious Support on Recidivism During Reentry
This study examines how religious support during and after incarceration influences substance use and recidivism among people returning to the community. Using data from the Serious and Violent Offender Reentry Initiative, the authors...