All Resources for 'Policy, Governance & International Affairs'

Making a Difference Across Illinois

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Leaflet, Infographic, Fact sheet, Poster
Themes
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Populations
Family
Law Enforcement
Probation & Parole
Responding to Drug-Related Offending 
Health & Justice Responses 
Justice and Diversion

BOOSTING TREATMENT SUCCESS & VALUE

People referred to substance use treatment by the justice system (courts, probation, parole) are significantly more likely to complete it when they also receive TASC (Treatment Accountability for Safer...

A PREVENTIONIST AND HERO IN THE MAKING!

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Format
Opinion piece, commentary
Themes
Populations
Family
Law Enforcement
Border Control

The inspiring journey of Adan Noor – INEP Plus graduate, cohort 3 (2025)

Adan Noor, a graduate of the INEP Plus Cohort 3 (2025) in Kenya, is a powerful example of how prevention education has the potential to transform not only individuals...

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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Format
Scientific article
Themes
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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Format
Scientific article
Themes
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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Format
Scientific article
Themes
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 scoping review of community-based post-opioid overdose intervention programs: implications of program structure and outcomes.

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

Abstract 

Background:

An emergent intervention to address the opioid epidemic is the use of multidisciplinary outreach teams which connect an individual in the community to healthcare resources after the experience of an opioid overdose...

Closer to home: An analysis of the state and local impact of the Texas juvenile justice reforms.

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

Closer to Home: An Analysis of the State and Local Impact of the Texas Juvenile Justice Reforms, which draws on an unprecedented dataset of 1.3 million individual case records spanning eight years, shows youth incarcerated in state-run...

Seeking Safety for women in incarceration: a systematic review

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

ABSTRACT

Purpose

Seeking Safety is an evidence-based treatment for individuals with comorbid posttraumatic stress disorder and substance use disorder. This treatment shows promise to address the unique, unmet needs of women in prison. The...

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

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Format
Scientific article
Themes
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.

Format
Scientific article
Themes
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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