SynthesisJournal of traumatic stress2020
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Justice Involvement Among Military Veterans: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
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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
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- Veterans' lived experiences with transitioning from prison: an evaluation of goals and barriers to success after incarceration.Journal of social distress and the homeless · 2026Article
- Social determinants of health associated with initiation of evidence-based psychotherapy for posttraumatic stress disorder in a national sample of veterans.Journal of behavioral medicine · 2026Article
- Anger mediates the relationship between changes in alcohol use and violence: A longitudinal examination among Iraq/Afghanistan-era veterans.Psychological trauma : theory, research, practice and policy · 2026Article
- Deconstructing Trauma: How Military Experiences Affect Veteran Prison Misconduct.The Psychiatric quarterly · 2026Article
- The Metabolic Mind: Revisiting Glucose Metabolism and Justice Involvement in Neurolaw.NeuroSci · 2025Article
- From Bacillus Criminalis to the Legalome: Will Neuromicrobiology Impact 21st Century Criminal Justice?Brain sciences · 2025Article
- Military veterans wellness program: Performance measurement framework.Journal of military, veteran and family health · 2025Article
- Assessing the impact of combat trauma on the severity, expression, and course of posttraumatic stress disorder in justice-involved veterans.Psychological trauma : theory, research, practice and policy · 2025Article
- The Intersection of Ultra-Processed Foods, Neuropsychiatric Disorders, and Neurolaw: Implications for Criminal Justice.NeuroSci · 2024Article
- At Risk and Underserved: Veterans Treatment Court Team Member Perspectives on Service Delivery Challenges.Victims & offenders · 2024Article
- Acute stress symptoms in general population during the first wave of COVID lockdown in Italy: Results from the COMET trial.Brain and behavior · 2023Article
- Disentangling the relationship between posttraumatic stress disorder, criminogenic risk, and criminal history among veterans.Law and human behavior · 2023Article
- Post-traumatic stress disorder and the risk of violent crime conviction in Sweden: a nationwide, register-based cohort study.The Lancet. Public health · 2023Article
- Suicide risk among veterans using VHA justice-involved services: a latent class analysis.BMC psychiatry · 2023Article
- Childhood Maltreatment and Use of Aggression among Veterans with Co-occurring PTSD and Alcohol Use Disorder: The Mediating Role of Hostile Cognitions.Journal of aggression, maltreatment & trauma · 2023Article
- Correlates of Incarceration History Among Military Veterans.Military psychology : the official journal of the Division of Military Psychology, American Psychological Association · 2022Article
- Lifetime risk and correlates of incarceration in a nationally representative sample of U.S. adults with non-substance-related mental illness.Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology · 2022Article
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Abstract
There is evidence of an association between posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and criminal justice involvement among military veterans. For this study, we systematically reviewed the literature to examine the association between PTSD and criminal justice involvement among military veterans, assess the magnitude of this association, and identify strengths and limitations of the underlying evidence. Five databases were searched for a larger scoping review, and observational studies that assessed PTSD and criminal justice involvement were selected from the scoping review database (N = 191). Meta-analyses were conducted, pooling odds ratios (ORs) via restricted maximum likelihood random-effects models. The main outcomes were criminal justice involvement (i.e., documentation of arrest) and PTSD (i.e., PTSD assessment score indicating probable PTSD). Of 143 unique articles identified, 10 studies were eligible for the meta-analysis. Veterans with PTSD had higher odds of criminal justice involvement (OR = 1.61, 95% CI [1.16, 2.23], p = .002) and arrest for violent offenses (OR = 1.59, 95% CI [1.15, 2.19], p = .002) compared to veterans without PTSD. The odds ratio of criminal justice involvement among military veterans with PTSD assessed using the PTSD Checklist was 1.98, 95% CI [1.08, 3.63], p = .014. Considerable heterogeneity was identified, but no evidence of publication bias was found. Criminal justice involvement and PTSD are linked among military veterans, highlighting an important need for clinicians and healthcare systems working with this population to prioritize PTSD treatment to reduce veterans' new and recurring risk of criminal justice involvement.
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