Justice and Diversion

Abstract Background There is a high risk of death from opioid overdose following release from prison. Efforts to develop and implement overdose prevention programs for justice-involved populations have increased in recent years. An...

Don't let alcohol kill your enjoyment of life February 18 – National Day to Combat Alcoholism Data from the latest National Survey on Alcohol and Other Drugs (II Lenad), carried out by UNIFESP, in São Paulo, reveal the worrying dimension of...

ORGANISATIONS SET THE CONTEXT FOR CRIME-REDUCING TREATMENT Key studies teasing out organisational-level influences on treatment for drinking problems which aims to reduce crime and safeguard family and community. In the context of a market...

Following the launch of the UNODC-WHO International Standards for the Treatment of Drug Use Disorders (2016) (“the Standards”), there was a need for new globally applicable tools to ensure a qualified and effective response to drug use...

MANAGING TO EXTRACT THERAPY FROM PUNISHMENT Key studies on the role of management in the treatment of problem drinking in criminal justice settings and/or to safeguard the community. A rare review specific to this context argues that “the...

THE TRICKIER THE SITUATION, THE MORE THE WORKER MATTERS Cell B5’s research-derived understandings of therapeutic work in a criminal justice or family protection context funnelled into the final section, tempting the formulation of a general...

FABRICATION SHADOW OVER NICE-RECOMMENDED FAMILY THERAPY. In Britain and internationally, study after study defies the faith placed in alcohol treatment in the criminal justice system as a way to reduce reoffending. Is it that the intensity...

BEYOND THE PATIENT: TREATMENT’S IMPACTS ON FAMILY AND COMMUNITY The final row of the Alcohol Treatment Matrix defocuses from the patient to ask what treatment can do for the rest of us, starting with this cell on the impacts of the...

ISSUP Argentina invites you to participate in a webinar focused on the development of Therapeutic Justice strategies in the criminal field.The webinar will take place on Thursday, November 5, 2020 at 16:00 hrs (Argentine time). November 5...