All Resources for 'Education & Training'

Mindfulness-based relapse prevention for substance use disorders: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

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Scientific article
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Treatment
Treatment Settings
Responding to Drug-Related Offending 

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Objectives: Substance use disorder (SUD) is a prevalent health issue with serious personal and societal consequences. This review aims to estimate the effects and safety of Mindfulness-based Relapse Prevention (MBRP) for SUDs.

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Criminal conduct and substance abuse treatment: Strategies for self-improvement and change, pathways to responsible living: The provider's guide, 2nd ed.

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Guide
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Treatment
Treatment Settings
Responding to Drug-Related Offending 

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Strategies for Self-Improvement and Change (SSC) provides a standardised, structured and well-defined approach to the treatment of substance abusing judicial clients. The efficacy and effectiveness of SSC depends on developing a...

A meta‐analytic review of the efficacy of psychological treatments for violent offenders in correctional and forensic mental health settings.

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

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This meta‐analysis examined whether psychological treatments with adult violent offenders in correctional and forensic mental health settings are effective in preventing community recidivism and institutional (hospital/prison)...

Psycho-education for substance use and antisocial personality disorder: a randomized trial.

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Scientific article
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Treatment
Treatment Settings
Responding to Drug-Related Offending 

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Background

Antisocial personality disorder often co-exists with drug and alcohol use disorders.

Methods

This trial examined the effectiveness of offering psycho-education for antisocial personality disorder in community...

Examining the effects of Juvenile drug treatment courts: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

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

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We meta-analytically examined program graduation rates among juvenile drug treatment court (JDTC) participants, the effects of JDTCs on recidivism and substance use outcomes, and the variability in these effects. We systematically...

The effect of direct interventions for antisocial cognition on recidivism in antisocial populations: a meta-analysis

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Scientific article
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Treatment
Treatment Settings
Responding to Drug-Related Offending 

ABSTRACT

Objectives

A meta-analysis was performed on seven studies in which a treatment program that directly addressed antisocial cognition in offenders was contrasted with a no-treatment or treatment as usual control group.

Methods

Pr...

Law enforcement-led, pre-arrest diversion-to-treatment may reduce crime recidivism, incarceration, and overdose deaths: Program evaluation outcomes.

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Scientific article
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Treatment
Treatment Settings
Policy Advocacy
Policy
Law Enforcement
Police 
Supply & Market Disruption
Regulatory Control of Substances
Responding to Drug-Related Offending 

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Introduction: Substance use disorder (SUD), overdose, and drug use-related crime continue to increase in the U.S. Pre-arrest diversion-to-treatment programs may decrease crime recidivism and overdose deaths. We assessed the impact...

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

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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...

Systematic review and meta-analysis of noninstitutional psychosocial interventions to prevent juvenile criminal recidivism.

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Scientific article
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Treatment
Treatment Settings
Responding to Drug-Related Offending 

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Objective: To assess the effectiveness of noninstitutional psychosocial interventions in preventing recidivism among criminal adolescents.

Method: We performed a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized and nonrandomized...

Models of prosecutor-led diversion programs in the United States and beyond.

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

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Diversion programs allow criminal justice actors to send defendants out of the court system, compelling them instead to attend treatment programs, participate in educational opportunities, and/or perform community service. These...