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Childhood That Matters: The Impact of Drug Policies on Children and Adolescents With Imprisoned Mothers and Fathers in Latin America and the Caribbean

29 April 2019

Washington DC

United States

It is estimated that in Latin America there are more than 2 million children and adolescents who have one of their parents deprived of their liberty and that of these, almost half a million live in this situation due to the mass incarceration of people for minor non-violent drug crimes.

Webinar: Buprenorphine Prescribing in Criminal Justice Settings: The Real Picture

13 March 2019

Webinar

Delivered by experts, this webinar will discuss buprenorphine prescribing in criminal justice settings in both secure environments and the community. Topics covered include:

How to Deliver Effective Opioid Substitute Treatment in Prisons

Video and audio recordings

11 December 2018

This webinar focuses on: Overcoming organisational and cultural issues Stabilisation and assisted withdrawal Retox and continuity of care Presenters: Dr Joss Bray, Clinical Lead for Drug and Alcohol Treatment in the North East Prisons for...

European Drugs Summer School

24 June 2019

Lisbon

Portugal

Effectiveness Bank Drug Treatment Matrix Row 5: Reducing Crime, Protecting Families

Book

24 October 2018

Time to consolidate the lessons of the last five instalments of our course on drug treatment research. Row 5 explored key studies on treatment in relation to safeguarding the family and the community from crime. A common theme was the...

Mombasa to set up prison drug rehabilitation clinic

News

Mombasa's prison department will soon be introducing methadone programs for heroin injecting drug users.

According to Nascop, there are about 18,300 drug users who inject heroin in Kenya.

Effectiveness Bank Matrix Cell: Crime-Reducing Drug Treatment Systems

Book

10 October 2018

Last of the 25 cells of the Drug Treatment Matrix explores research on how local treatment systems can protect the community – treatment in itself, and treatment offered or imposed by law enforcement authorities. The task is to meld...

Effectiveness Bank Matrix Cell: Reconciling the Interests of Community, Clients, and Families

Book

12 September 2018

Key studies on the roles of management in treatment’s impacts on crime and safeguarding the community, with a focus on criminal justice and child protection. Explore what research can offer managers who have to reconcile the interests of...

Effectiveness Bank Matrix Cell: Coercion Tests Therapeutic Skills

Book

29 August 2018

Key studies on the contribution of the practitioner to reducing crime and safeguarding the community. Commentary risks formulating a general rule: The trickier the situation, the more the worker matters. Implication is that therapeutic...

Effectiveness Bank Hot Topic. Naltrexone Treatment of Offenders: Ethics and Evidence

Book

17 August 2018

Opinion is sharply divided on the ethics and effectiveness of pressuring opioid-dependent offenders to take the opiate-blocker naltrexone. Especially sharp is the controversy over long-acting products not approved for medical use in the UK...