Background Mortality, suicide, self-harm, and substance use are elevated among people
who are incarcerated. There is a wide range of heterogeneous interventions aimed at …

Background This review represents one in a family of three reviews focusing on the
effectiveness of interventions in reducing drug use and criminal activity for offenders …

Background Among the adult population worldwide, about 0.5% has illicit drug use disorder
(DUD) and about 5% has alcohol use disorder (AUD). Dependency on alcohol, medication …

This article draws upon the theories of entrepreneurial cognition, planned behavior, and
criminal desistance to understand the role of entrepreneurship education in the behavioral …

Although reentry has been well explored, less is known about women's reentry trajectories
and whether reentry experiences change over time. The current study explored women's …

In this article, we explored the social networks of 20 women who were in the process, or had
completed, a sentence at a residential community corrections facility. Drawing on egocentric …

Evidence suggests that visits act as a mechanism to restrain antisocial behavior within
prison settings. However, evidence that visits may promote prosocial behavior, such as …

Purpose: This study sought to validate the psychometric properties of the Network
Composition Survey (NCS), a multi-dimensional conceptualization of social support for …

Background HIV risk behavior in women who use drugs is related to myriad psychosocial
issues, including incarceration. The experience of incarceration elevates women's HIV risk …

Social support plays an integral role in health and well-being. Behind bars, support from
peers on the inside is also beneficial, facilitating prosocial behavior, sobriety, coping …