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 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...

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...

Peer-mentored community reentry reduces recidivism.

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

Abstract

Most people released from incarceration in the criminal justice system return to prison within 3 years. To improve community reentry, national initiatives have promoted new and revitalized programming, including peer mentorship...

Psychological Predictors of Recidivism for Intimate Partner Violence Perpetrators: A Systematic Scoping Review

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

Abstract

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...

A multi-site evaluation of law enforcement deflection in the United States.

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Format
Scientific article
Themes
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Policy Advocacy
Policy
Law Enforcement
Police 
Supply & Market Disruption
Regulatory Control of Substances
Responding to Drug-Related Offending 
Health & Justice Responses 
Justice and Diversion

Many law enforcement and other first responder agencies have adopted deflection as a front-line response to the increasing number of drug overdoses and deaths in the United States over the past two decades. Deflection programs aim to...

Peer support on the “inside and outside”: building lives and reducing recidivism for people with mental illness returning from jail.

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Format
Scientific article
Themes
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Populations
Family
Law Enforcement
Prisons / Corrections
Responding to Drug-Related Offending 

Abstract

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to gain understanding about the effectiveness of a forensic peer support program’s impact on reducing criminal recidivism. People with histories of mental illness returning to the community...