ReviewSubstance abuse : research and treatment2020
Systematic Review of Criminal and Legal Involvement After Substance Use and Mental Health Treatment Among Veterans: Building Toward Needed Research.
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- A randomized controlled trial of moral reconation therapy to reduce risk for criminal recidivism among justice-involved adults in mental health residential treatment.Journal of consulting and clinical psychology · 2022Trial
- Dialectical behavior therapy for justice-involved veterans: randomized clinical trial protocol comparing treatment approaches for veterans with criminal-legal involvement.BMC psychology · 2026Article
- At Risk and Underserved: Veterans Treatment Court Team Member Perspectives on Service Delivery Challenges.Victims & offenders · 2024Article
- High Risk of Substance Use Disorder-Related Outcomes in Veterans Released from Correctional Facilities in Mid to Late Life.Journal of general internal medicine · 2023Article
- Social determinants of health among noncitizen deported US veterans: A participatory action study.PLOS global public health · 2023Article
- Substance use and criminogenic thinking: Longitudinal latent class analysis of veterans with criminal histories.Journal of substance abuse treatment · 2022Article
- Correlates of Incarceration History Among Military Veterans.Military psychology : the official journal of the Division of Military Psychology, American Psychological Association · 2022Article
- Criminal legal involvement among recently separated veterans: Findings from the LIMBIC study.Law and human behavior · 2022Article
- Desistance from crime following substance use treatment: the role of treatment retention, social network and self-control.BMC psychiatry · 2021Article
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Abstract
Evidence indicates that substance use and mental health treatment is often associated with reduced criminal activity. The present systematic review examined this association among military veterans, and aimed to provide a comprehensive summary of needed research to further contribute to reduced criminal activity among veterans. This systematic review was derived from a scoping review that mapped existing research on justice-involved veterans' health. For the current systematic review, a subset of 20 publications was selected that addressed the question of whether criminal activity declines among veterans treated for substance use and mental health disorders. Generally, veterans improved on criminal outcomes from pre- to post-treatment for opioid use, other substance use, or mental health conditions, and more sustained treatment was associated with better outcomes. This occurred despite high rates of criminal involvement among veterans prior to entering treatment. Needed are substance use and mental health treatment studies that include women justice-involved veterans, follow criminally-active veterans for longer periods of time, and use validated and reliable measures of criminal activity with fully transparent statistical procedures. Future randomized trials should evaluate new treatments against evidence-based treatments (versus no-treatment control conditions). Subsequent studies should examine how to link veterans to effective treatments, facilitate sustained treatment engagement, and ensure the availability of effective treatments, and examine mechanisms (mediators and moderators) that explain the association of treatment with reduced criminal activity among veterans. Best practices are needed for reducing criminal activity among the minority of justice-involved veterans who do not have diagnosed substance use and/or mental health disorders.
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