Mental health of prisoners: prevalence, adverse outcomes, and interventions

S Fazel, AJ Hayes, K Bartellas, M Clerici… - The Lancet …, 2016 - thelancet.com
More than 10 million people are imprisoned worldwide, and the prevalence of all
investigated mental disorders is higher in prisoners than in the general population. Although …

Treating substance use disorders in the criminal justice system

S Belenko, M Hiller, L Hamilton - Current psychiatry reports, 2013 - Springer
The large number of individuals with substance use disorders involved in the nation's
criminal justice system (CJS) represents a unique opportunity, as well as challenges, in …

[LIBRO][B] The psychology of criminal conduct

J Bonta, DA Andrews - 2023 - taylorfrancis.com
The Psychology of Criminal Conduct, Seventh Edition, provides a psychological and
evidence-informed perspective of criminal behavior that sets it apart from many …

Substance use and recidivism outcomes for prison-based drug and alcohol interventions

D De Andrade, J Ritchie, M Rowlands… - Epidemiologic …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
We conducted a systematic review to examine the substance use and recidivism outcomes
of prison-based substance use interventions. We searched public health, criminology, and …

How Powerful is the Evidence in Criminology? On Whether We Should Fear a Coming Crisis of Confidence

JC Barnes, MF TenEyck, TC Pratt, FT Cullen - Justice Quarterly, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
A crisis of confidence has struck the behavioral and social sciences. A key factor driving the
crisis is the low levels of statistical power in many studies. Low power is problematic …

A meta-evaluative synthesis of the effects of custodial and community-based offender rehabilitation

J Koehler, F Lösel - European Journal of Criminology, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
We synthesize 53 meta-analyses on the effectiveness of correctional treatment applied to a
wide variety of offender groups delivered in either custodial or community-based settings …

What doesn't work to reduce reoffending?

GD Barnett, FF Howard - European Psychologist, 2018 - econtent.hogrefe.com
This paper describes a review of meta-analyses and systematic reviews, to explore what
appears to be ineffective in reducing reoffending among people convicted of crime. The …

Psychiatric disorders and reoffending risk in individuals with community sentences in Sweden: a national cohort study

D Yukhnenko, N Blackwood, P Lichtenstein… - The Lancet Public …, 2023 - thelancet.com
Background Community sentences are widely used in many countries, often comprising the
majority of criminal justice sanctions. Psychiatric disorders are highly prevalent in community …

Mental health of people detained within the justice system in Africa: systematic review and meta-analysis

A Lovett, HR Kwon, K Kidia, D Machando… - International Journal of …, 2019 - Springer
Worldwide, people with mental disorders are detained within the justice system at higher
rates than the general population and often suffer human rights abuses. This review sought …

Implementing access to medication assisted treatment in a drug treatment court: Correlates, consequences, and obstacles

M Fendrich, TP LeBel - Journal of Offender Rehabilitation, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
We sought to understand the implementation of medication-assisted treatment (MAT) access
for opioid-involved participants in an urban Midwestern drug treatment court (DTC) over a …