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This paper investigates the impacts of incarceration on criminal behavior and labor market activity using new data from Harris County, Texas.The research design exploits exogenous variation in incarceration due to defendants’...
The Sequential Intercept Model provides a conceptual framework forc ommunities to use when considering the interface between the criminal justice and mental health systems as they address concerns about criminalization of people with mental...
Comorbid mental illnesses and substance use disorders are associated with adverse criminal, social, and health outcomes. Yet, their burden is not reliably known among prison populations. We therefore aimed to estimate...
The aims were to (1) estimate the prevalence of alcohol and drug use disorders in prisoners on reception to prison and (2) estimate and test sources of between study heterogeneity.
Studies reporting the 12-month...
About 1 in 7 state and federal prisoners (14%) and 1 in 4 jail inmates (26%) reported experiences that met the threshold for serious psychological distress (SPD) in the 30 days prior to a survey conducted between February 2011 and May 2012...
Background: Common mental disorders are a major public health concern in the world and negatively influence people’s psychological, physical, economic, and overall well-being. Since prisoners live with restricted freedom and lack regular...
Background. Prison populations tend to be marginalized and disadvantaged of the rights and freedoms that other people in the community benefit from. Their separation from families, a narrow room and lack of privacy in the prison, violence...
Over 2000 students from 10 Universities and colleges participated in a webinar on "Students' Response to Substance Use Disorder", hosted by Ecolink Institute on June 26 in connection with the International Day Against Drug Abuse. Dr...
A scientific poster highlighting health and justice coordination for increased access to health and social services for people with drug use disorders in contact with the criminal justice system.
This multisite study aimed to answer the following research questions about women in urban and rural jails. First, what is the current and lifetime prevalence of serious mental illness (major depressive disorder...
