All Resources for 'Community-Based Prevention'

A randomized controlled trial of moral reconation therapy to reduce risk for criminal recidivism among justice-involved adults in mental health residential treatment.

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

Abstract

Objective: Moral reconation therapy (MRT) is a cognitive-behavioral intervention to reduce risk for criminal recidivism. Despite being implemented widely in correctional settings, there are no randomized controlled trials of MRT...

Seattle’s law enforcement assisted diversion (LEAD): Program effects on criminal justice and legal system utilization and costs.

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Scientific article
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Policy Advocacy
Policy
Law Enforcement
Police 
Prisons / Corrections
Supply & Market Disruption
Regulatory Control of Substances
Responding to Drug-Related Offending 
Health & Justice Responses 
Justice and Diversion

Abstract 

Objectives We evaluated a prebooking law enforcement assisted diversion (LEAD) program (i.e., initial diversion from the criminal justice system paired with harm-reduction case management and legal assistance to individuals with...

Psychological interventions for antisocial personality disorder.

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Scientific article
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Treatment
Behavioural Therapy Interventions
Treatment Settings
Populations
Family
Law Enforcement
Prisons / Corrections
Responding to Drug-Related Offending 

Abstract

Background: Antisocial personality disorder (AsPD) is associated with poor mental health, criminality, substance use and relationship difficulties. This review updates Gibbon 2010 (previous version of the review).

Objectives: To...

A meta-analysis of experimental studies of diversion programs for juvenile offenders.

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

Abstract

Objective

Research to establish an evidence-base for the treatment of conduct problems and delinquency in adolescence is well established; however, an evidence-base for interventions with offenders who are diverted from the juven...

Anger and substance abuse: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

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Scientific article
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Treatment
Treatment Settings
Psychoactive Substances
Populations
Family
Responding to Drug-Related Offending 

ABSTRACT

Objective:  Conduct a systematic review and meta-analysis to evaluate levels of anger among substance users compared to non-user controls and to analyze the possible association between anger and psychoactive substance use (PSU).

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Peer-mentored community reentry reduces recidivism.

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Scientific article
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Treatment
Treatment Settings
Populations
Men
Law Enforcement
Prisons / Corrections
Responding to Drug-Related Offending 
Health & Justice Responses 
Justice and Diversion

Abstract

Most people released from incarceration in the criminal justice system return to prison within 3 years. To improve community reentry, national initiatives have promoted new and revitalized programming, including peer mentorship...

Psychological Predictors of Recidivism for Intimate Partner Violence Perpetrators: A Systematic Scoping Review

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

Abstract

Theoretical accounts of recidivistic intimate partner violence (IPV) continue to differ considerably in relation to the relative weight given to psychological risk factors. A systematic overview of studies that have established...

Peer support on the “inside and outside”: building lives and reducing recidivism for people with mental illness returning from jail.

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

Abstract

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to gain understanding about the effectiveness of a forensic peer support program’s impact on reducing criminal recidivism. People with histories of mental illness returning to the community...

A multi-site evaluation of law enforcement deflection in the United States.

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Scientific article
Themes
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Policy Advocacy
Policy
Law Enforcement
Police 
Supply & Market Disruption
Regulatory Control of Substances
Responding to Drug-Related Offending 
Health & Justice Responses 
Justice and Diversion

Many law enforcement and other first responder agencies have adopted deflection as a front-line response to the increasing number of drug overdoses and deaths in the United States over the past two decades. Deflection programs aim to...

Comparing Public Safety Outcomes for Traditional Probation vs Specialty Mental Health Probation

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

Key Points

Question  Does specialty probation yield better public safety outcomes than traditional probation for people with mental illness?

Findings  In this longitudinal study that included 359 probationers with mental illness...

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