ArticleJAMA2009
Treating drug abuse and addiction in the criminal justice system: improving public health and safety.
Article in JAMA, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 212 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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212 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 573 citations in OpenAlex.
- Drug use among people in prison: A global review of epidemiology, harms and interventions.Addiction (Abingdon, England) · 2026Pooled it
- Drug-Induced Epigenetic Alterations: A Set of Forensic Toxicological Fingerprints?-A Systematic Review.Genes · 2025Pooled it
- Criminal reactions to drug-using offenders: A systematic review of the effect of treatment and/or punishment on reduction of drug use and/or criminal recidivism.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2023Pooled it
- Pharmacotherapy for opioid addiction in community corrections.International review of psychiatry (Abingdon, England) · 2018Pooled it
- Leveraging the U.S. Criminal Justice System to Access Women for HIV Interventions.AIDS and behavior · 2017Pooled it
- Preventing opioid use among justice-involved youth as they transition to adulthood: leveraging safe adults (LeSA).BMC public health · 2021Trial
- Randomized controlled trial of twelve-step volunteer linkage for women with alcohol use disorder leaving jail.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2021Trial
- Peer recovery services for persons returning from prison: Pilot randomized clinical trial investigation of SUPPORT.Journal of substance abuse treatment · 2021Trial
- Impact of extended release naltrexone on health-related quality of life in individuals with legal involvement and opioid use disorders.Substance abuse · 2021Trial
- Preliminary efficacy and mediators of interpersonal psychotherapy for reducing posttraumatic stress symptoms in an incarcerated population.Psychotherapy research : journal of the Society for Psychotherapy Research · 2020Trial
- Initiating methadone in jail and in the community: Patient differences and implications of methadone treatment for reducing arrests.Journal of substance abuse treatment · 2019Trial
- Do patient characteristics moderate the effect of extended-release naltrexone (XR-NTX) for opioid use disorder?Journal of substance abuse treatment · 2018Trial
- Effect of continuing care for people with cocaine dependence on criminal justice sentences.Behavioral sciences & the law · 2018Trial
- "Being able to speak": What individuals in jail perceived as helpful about participating in alcohol-related brief interventions.Substance abuse · 2018Trial
- Extended-release naltrexone reduces alcohol consumption among released prisoners with HIV disease as they transition to the community.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2017Trial
- A randomized study of the use of screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment (SBIRT) for drug and alcohol use with jail inmates.Journal of substance abuse treatment · 2017Trial
- A randomized clinical trial of buprenorphine for prisoners: Findings at 12-months post-release.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2017Trial
- A Pilot Study of a Brief Motivational Intervention for Incarcerated Drinkers.Journal of substance abuse treatment · 2016Trial
- Extended-release naltrexone opioid treatment at jail reentry (XOR).Contemporary clinical trials · 2016Trial
- Juvenile Justice-Translational Research on Interventions for Adolescents in the Legal System (JJ-TRIALS): a cluster randomized trial targeting system-wide improvement in substance use services.Implementation science : IS · 2016Trial
152 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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Authors and funding
3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
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Abstract
Despite increasing evidence that addiction is a treatable disease of the brain, most individuals do not receive treatment. Involvement in the criminal justice system often results from illegal drug-seeking behavior and participation in illegal activities that reflect, in part, disrupted behavior ensuing from brain changes triggered by repeated drug use. Treating drug-involved offenders provides a unique opportunity to decrease substance abuse and reduce associated criminal behavior. Emerging neuroscience has the potential to transform traditional sanction-oriented public safety approaches by providing new therapeutic strategies against addiction that could be used in the criminal justice system. We summarize relevant neuroscientific findings and evidence-based principles of addiction treatment that, if implemented in the criminal justice system, could help improve public heath and reduce criminal behavior.
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