Articles

Implementation of contingency management in probation agencies using a case controlled longitudinal design: a PDSA study protocol

Moving evidence-based practices (EBPs) from clinical research settings to real world work environments is challenging. Grounded in the work of Proctor and colleagues on “bench-trench” partnerships, quality imp...

Authors: Faye S Taxman and Danielle S Rudes

Implementing drug abuse treatment services in criminal justice settings: introduction to the CJ-DATS study protocol series

Despite a growing pipeline of effective clinical treatments, there remains a persistent research-to-practice gap in drug abuse services. Delivery of effective treatment services is especially lacking in the U....

Authors: Lori J Ducharme, Redonna K Chandler and Tisha RA Wiley

Bridging the gap between health and justice

Authors: Lior Gideon

Incarceration as a catalyst for worsening health

The primary aim of this paper is to explicate the mechanisms through which incarceration affects health. Guided by theories that emphasize the compounding nature of inequality and with a focus on those that ar...

Authors: Lauren Brinkley-Rubinstein

Prior criminal charges and outcomes among individuals initiating office-based buprenorphine treatment

There is little data on the impact of prior criminal activity on the treatment of opioid dependence with office-based buprenorphine. The goal of this study was to investigate the association between prior crim...

Authors: Elizabeth E Harris, Janet S Jacapraro and Darius A Rastegar

Complex health-related needs among young, soon-to-be-released prisoners

To estimate the prevalence and co-occurrence of health-related needs among young people aged 18 to 24 years transitioning out of adult prisons.

Authors: Kate van Dooren, Alun Richards, Nick Lennox and Stuart A Kinner