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Justice Systems

Welcome to the Justice Systems hub! This page is designed for judges, prosecutors, legal professionals, correctional staff, and probation officers responding to substance supply, use, and related offences within the justice system. It provides curated, evidence-based resources, best practices, and learning opportunities to support effective, balanced, and informed justice responses.

Recommended Reading

A selection of Knowledge Share posts, webinars, podcast episodes for you to get started.

Assessment and Treatment of Substance Use Disorders in Jails. In Handbook of Mental Health Assessment and Treatment in Jails.

Responding to Drug-Related Offending 

Interventions to reduce harms related to drug use among people who experience incarceration: systematic review and meta-analysis

Responding to Drug-Related Offending 

Providing substance use disorder treatment in correctional settings: knowledge gaps and proposed research priorities—overview and commentary.

Responding to Drug-Related Offending 

Rehabilitation and Re-entry Programmes for Justice-Involved Individuals and Their Effectiveness in Social Reintegration: A Systematic Review

Responding to Drug-Related Offending 

Psychosocial determinants of recidivism risk among incarcerated individuals with a history of substance use: A systematic review

Prevention

Reducing Drug‑Use–Related Offenses Through Health‑Centered Approaches

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Latest ISSUP Webinars

  • ISSUP UK Relaunch: Recognising the Overlooked Impact of Substance Use Bereavement
  • World Drug Report 2026: Key Trends and Policy Challenges for Africa
  • Connecting Civil Society with the United Nations: Opportunities for Engagement in Drug Policy, Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice
  • Substance Use Disorders: Evidence-Based Treatment Approaches - Bridging Policy, Clinical Practice and Recovery Support
  • International Youth Day 2026: Launch of the Global Youth Survey
  • Día Internacional de la Juventud 2026: Lanzamiento de la Encuesta Global sobre la Juventud
  • Building Safer Communities: The Role of Community Policing in Substance Use, Violence and Crime Prevention in Uganda
  • Introducing the ISSUP Singapore National Chapter
  • Behavioural Addiction among Youths: Patterns and Innovative strategies for Prevention
  • Beyond Borders: Is the Synthetic Drug Crisis Outrunning Our Public Health Infrastructure

Latest Knowledge Share

  • Psychosocial case management: connecting treatment, relationships and community recovery
  • Recovery schools for improving behavioral and academic outcomes among students in recovery from substance use disorders: a systematic review
  • Advancing the science of evaluating Collegiate Recovery Program processes and outcomes: A recovery capital perspective
  • A systematic review of recovery high schools and collegiate recovery programs for building recovery capital among adolescents and emerging adults
  • What is a Recovery High School?
  • Recovery High Schools: A Descriptive Study of School Programs and Students
  • Understanding recovery capital for addiction recovery in adolescence and young adulthood
  • Are Collegiate Recovery Programs worth the investment?
  • A qualitative examination of social identity and stigma among adolescents recovering from alcohol or drug use
  • Collegiate Recovery Communities Programs: What do we know and what do we need to know?

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  • Rx Summit 2027: Uniting the Nation to End the Addiction Crisis
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  • PTACC 2026 International Deflection and Pre-Arrest Diversion Summit
  • Online training: Intermediate level Resilience Building for Practitioners
  • 32nd International Conference on Psychiatry, Mental Disorders & Psychosomatic Medicine
  • CSAM-SMCA 2026 Scientific Conference and Annual Meeting
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