Background: Treatment interventions are essential in supporting psychosocial skills, health
promotion and successful reintegration to community living for incarcerated persons …

A number of factors explain the influx of inmates with co-occurring disorders to jails and
prisons. These include the closing and “downsizing” of state mental hospitals, adoption of …

This chapter aims to examine the evidence base to determine what community and prison‐
based treatments work to reduce re‐offending in persons who misuse substances or have a …

Individuals with substance use and concurrent mental disorders or co-occurring disorders
(CODs) present numerous risks and treatment challenges. CODs are particularly …

This article describes a randomized study to determine the effectiveness of a reentry
modified therapeutic community (RMTC) for offenders with co-occurring substance use and …

Background Drug-using offenders with co-occurring mental health problems are common in
the criminal justice system. A combination of drug use and mental health problems makes …

Justice-involved individuals with substance use problems have heightened risk of relapse
and recidivism after release from incarceration, making reentry a critical time to provide …

Background The prevalence of problematic drinkers and drug users in correctional services
of England and Wales is high, with implications not only for the health of prisoners, but also …

Rehabilitation of the criminal offender is a goal of the criminal justice system. A range of
programs have been developed for incarcerated offenders, although availability of these …

Effective interventions for substance-abusing offenders spanning the entire criminal justice
spectrum-from screening and assessment to alternative-to-incarceration programs to in …