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  1. Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT) provides an opportunity to address opioid addiction among justice-involved individuals, an often difficult to reach population. This potential has been increasingly recogniz...

    Authors: Jordan M. Hyatt and Philipp P. Lobmaier

    Citation: Health & Justice 2020 8:7

    Content type: Short report

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  2. In the U.S., approximately one in seven HIV-infected individuals experience incarceration at least once in their lifetime. While HIV-infected individuals experience positive health outcomes during periods of i...

    Authors: Tawandra L. Rowell-Cunsolo, Gloria Hu and Rahwa Haile

    Citation: Health & Justice 2020 8:6

    Content type: Research Article

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  3. Correctional systems in several U.S. states have entered into partnerships with Academic Medical Centers (AMCs) to provide healthcare for people who are incarcerated. This project was initiated to better under...

    Authors: Jason E. Glenn, Alina M. Bennett, Rebecca J. Hester, Nadeem N. Tajuddin and Ahmar Hashmi

    Citation: Health & Justice 2020 8:5

    Content type: Research Article

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  4. Complex interacting social, economic and historical factors influence the availability and uptake of alcohol and drugs, including among Indigenous communities. Self-harm and suicide as well as homelessness and...

    Authors: S. Nathan, K. Maru, M. Williams, K. Palmer and P. Rawstorne

    Citation: Health & Justice 2020 8:4

    Content type: Research Article

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  5. Drugs and crime are linked and diversion from the criminal justice system into drug treatment is a well-established policy response. The point of arrest is a pivotal moment to initiate a drug-specific interven...

    Authors: Marc Connor, Gill Green, Neale Thomas, Arun Sondhi and David Pevalin

    Citation: Health & Justice 2020 8:3

    Content type: Research Article

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  6. School safety is fundamental to fostering positive outcomes for children. Violence remains a critical public health issue with 8.1% of elementary and 21.8% of middle school students reporting daily or weekly b...

    Authors: Andria B. Eisman, Justin Heinze, Amy M. Kilbourne, Susan Franzen, Christopher Melde and Edmund McGarrell

    Citation: Health & Justice 2020 8:2

    Content type: Study Protocol

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  7. In response to the dramatic increase in the number of women incarcerated in the United States—and a growing awareness that a small proportion of women enter prison pregnant and have unique health needs—some pr...

    Authors: Virginia Pendleton, Jennifer B. Saunders and Rebecca Shlafer

    Citation: Health & Justice 2020 8:1

    Content type: Research Article

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  8. The criminal justice-involved population has a higher disease burden than the general population and a high risk of death post-incarceration. However, this group underutilizes healthcare, especially preventive...

    Authors: Devin Walsh-Felz, Ryan Westergaard, Gabrielle Waclawik and Nancy Pandhi

    Citation: Health & Justice 2019 7:20

    Content type: Research Article

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  9. Opioid use disorder (OUD) is among the most prevalent medical condition experienced by incarcerated persons, yet medication assisted therapy (MAT) is uncommon. Four jail and prison systems partnered with resea...

    Authors: Warren J. Ferguson, Joan Johnston, Jennifer G. Clarke, Peter J. Koutoujian, Kathleen Maurer, Colleen Gallagher, Julie White, Dyana Nickl and Faye S. Taxman

    Citation: Health & Justice 2019 7:19

    Content type: Research Article

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  10. Between 12,000 and 16,000 veterans leave incarceration annually. As is known to be the case for justice-involved populations in general, mental health disorders (MHDs) and substance use disorders (SUDs) are hi...

    Authors: Bo Kim, Rendelle E. Bolton, Justeen Hyde, B. Graeme Fincke, Mari-Lynn Drainoni, Beth Ann Petrakis, Molly M. Simmons and D. Keith McInnes

    Citation: Health & Justice 2019 7:18

    Content type: Short report

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  11. Specialty mental health probation (SMHP) is designed to improve outcomes for the large number of people with serious mental illnesses who are on probation and/or parole. The evidence for specialty mental healt...

    Authors: Tonya B. Van Deinse, Alicia Bunger, Stacey Burgin, Amy Blank Wilson and Gary S. Cuddeback

    Citation: Health & Justice 2019 7:17

    Content type: Research Article

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  12. High prevalence of chronic middle ear disease has persisted in Australian Aboriginal children, and the related hearing impairment (HI) has been implicated in a range of social outcomes. This study investigated...

    Authors: Vincent Yaofeng He, Jiunn-Yih Su, Steven Guthridge, Catia Malvaso, Damien Howard, Tamika Williams and Amanda Leach

    Citation: Health & Justice 2019 7:16

    Content type: Research Article

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  13. While involvement in the legal system offers an opportunity to educate, screen, and treat high-risk youth, research shows that staff attitudes toward these practices can serve as barriers to implementation. Th...

    Authors: Sheena K. Gardner, Katherine S. Elkington, Danica K. Knight, Sofia Huang, Ralph J. DiClemente, Anne C. Spaulding, Carrie B. Oser, Angela A. Robertson and Connie Baird-Thomas

    Citation: Health & Justice 2019 7:15

    Content type: Research Article

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  14. Social problem-solving is one technique used to help reduce incidence of self-harm. Our study evaluated the feasibility and acceptability of the adaptation and implementation of a brief Problem-Solving Trainin...

    Authors: Amanda E. Perry, Mitch G. Waterman, Allan O. House and Joanne Greenhalgh

    Citation: Health & Justice 2019 7:14

    Content type: Research Article

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  16. Over seven million imprisoned and jailed women are released into the community each year and many are ill-equipped to meet the challenges of re-integration. Upon release into their community, women are faced w...

    Authors: Sharla A. Smith, Glen P. Mays, Tracie C. Collins and Megha Ramaswamy

    Citation: Health & Justice 2019 7:12

    Content type: Research Article

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  17. Youth involved in the juvenile justice (JJ) system have high needs for behavioral health services, especially related to substance use and mental disorders. This study aimed to understand the extent to which e...

    Authors: Christy K. Scott, Michael L. Dennis, Christine E. Grella, Rodney R. Funk and Arthur J. Lurigio

    Citation: Health & Justice 2019 7:11

    Content type: Research Article

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  19. The number of older prisoners has risen exponentially over the last two decades, especially in high-income countries. Due to the increased and somewhat inadequately met health and social care needs of this gro...

    Authors: Caroline Lee, Samantha Treacy, Anna Haggith, Nuwan Darshana Wickramasinghe, Frances Cater, Isla Kuhn and Tine Van Bortel

    Citation: Health & Justice 2019 7:9

    Content type: Research article

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  21. Men who have sex with men (MSM) who are incarcerated are at increased risk for HIV acquisition, yet there are challenges associated with disclosing sexual identity/orientation among people who are incarcerated.

    Authors: Lauren Brinkley-Rubinstein, Meghan Peterson, Nickolas D. Zaller and David A. Wohl

    Citation: Health & Justice 2019 7:7

    Content type: Short report

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  22. In the criminal justice system, special populations, such as older adults or patients with infectious diseases, have been identified as particularly vulnerable to poor health outcomes. Military veterans involv...

    Authors: Andrea K. Finlay, Mandy D. Owens, Emmeline Taylor, Amia Nash, Nicole Capdarest-Arest, Joel Rosenthal, Jessica Blue-Howells, Sean Clark and Christine Timko

    Citation: Health & Justice 2019 7:6

    Content type: Research Article

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  23. Approximately three quarters of a million adults are detained in US jails, and rural detention centers are responsible for the largest recent increases in this population. It is estimated that two thirds of ja...

    Authors: Albert M. Kopak, Kaitlin Guston, Lucas Maness and Norman G. Hoffmann

    Citation: Health & Justice 2019 7:5

    Content type: Research Article

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  24. The number of older adults on parole and probation is growing at an unprecedented rate, yet little is known about the mental health needs and treatment utilization patterns among this group. The objective of t...

    Authors: William C. Bryson, Brandi P. Cotton, Lisa C. Barry, Martha L. Bruce, Jennifer Piel, Stephen M. Thielke and Brie A. Williams

    Citation: Health & Justice 2019 7:4

    Content type: Research Article

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  25. Between 12,000 and 16,000 veterans leave incarceration every year, yet resources are limited for reentry support that helps veterans remain connected to VA and community health care and services after leaving ...

    Authors: Bo Kim, Megan B. McCullough, Molly M. Simmons, Rendelle E. Bolton, Justeen Hyde, Mari-Lynn Drainoni, B. Graeme Fincke and D. Keith McInnes

    Citation: Health & Justice 2019 7:3

    Content type: Short report

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  26. Historically, police departments focused solely on criminal justice issues. Recently, there has been a dynamic shift in focus, with Law Enforcement professional groups assuming more responsibility for tackling...

    Authors: Iniobong Enang, Jennifer Murray, Nadine Dougall, Andrew Wooff, Inga Heyman and Elizabeth Aston

    Citation: Health & Justice 2019 7:2

    Content type: Research Article

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  28. Prisons are a key location to access Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) infected people who inject drugs (PWID). Prison health care structures are complex and optimising health care delivery to this high need, marginalis...

    Authors: D. Crowley, M. C. Van Hout, C. Murphy, E. Kelly, J. S. Lambert and W. Cullen

    Citation: Health & Justice 2018 6:23

    Content type: Research Article

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  29. This article critically explores the implementation and evaluation of a project designed, delivered and evaluated by frontline staff to improve prison responses to prisoner suicide and self-harm. We begin by e...

    Authors: Paul Biddle, Wendy Dyer, Richard Hand and Charlitta Strinati

    Citation: Health & Justice 2018 6:22

    Content type: Research Article

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  30. In an effort to reduce the increasing number of persons with mental illness (PMI) experiencing incarceration, co-responding police-mental health teams are being utilized as a way to divert PMI from the crimina...

    Authors: Katie Bailey, Staci Rising Paquet, Bradley R. Ray, Eric Grommon, Evan M. Lowder and Emily Sightes

    Citation: Health & Justice 2018 6:21

    Content type: Research Article

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  31. Substance misuse, including problematic drug and alcohol use, are significant issues in society that can have multiple detrimental effects. Many people access support for their substance misuse during prison s...

    Authors: Sarah Elison-Davies, Glyn Davies, Jonathan Ward, Stephanie Dugdale, Samantha Weston, Andrew Jones, Michelle Brides and John Weekes

    Citation: Health & Justice 2018 6:20

    Content type: Study Protocol

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  32. Histories of self-harm and suicide attempts are common among people in prison in Australia, and substance dependence is an established risk factor for these lifetime experiences. We describe the prevalence of ...

    Authors: Ashleigh C. Stewart, Reece Cossar, Paul Dietze, Gregory Armstrong, Michael Curtis, Stuart A. Kinner, James R. P. Ogloff, Amy Kirwan and Mark Stoové

    Citation: Health & Justice 2018 6:19

    Content type: Research Article

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  33. Prisoners are at increased risk of self-harm and when either intent is expressed, or an act of self-harm carried out, prisoners in the UK are subject to self-harm/suicide monitoring (referred to as “open ACCT”...

    Authors: Mike C. Horton, Wendy Dyer, Alan Tennant and Nat M. J. Wright

    Citation: Health & Justice 2018 6:18

    Content type: Research Article

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  34. The consequences of substance use disorders (SUDs) are varied and broad, affecting many sectors of society and the economy. Economic evaluation translates these consequences into dollars to examine the net eco...

    Authors: Kathryn E. McCollister, Xuan Yang, Sean M. Murphy, Jared A. Leff, Richard A. Kronmal, Heidi M. Crane, Redonna K. Chandler, Faye S. Taxman, Daniel J. Feaster, Lisa R. Metsch, William E. Cunningham, Frederick L. Altice and Bruce R. Schackman

    Citation: Health & Justice 2018 6:17

    Content type: Research Article

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  35. Incarceration disproportionately affects people living with HIV/AIDS. When people are released from jail or prison, they face multiple barriers to HIV care, and those who do engage in care may have suboptimal ...

    Authors: Mariya I. Masyukova, David B. Hanna and Aaron D. Fox

    Citation: Health & Justice 2018 6:16

    Content type: Research Article

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  37. There has long been concern about the number of people who die in custody in England and Wales, particularly in prisons or police stations. The concern is obviously heightened when people die either at their o...

    Authors: Jake Phillips, Nicola Padfield and Loraine Gelsthorpe

    Citation: Health & Justice 2018 6:14

    Content type: Research Article

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  38. Suicide is the leading cause of death in prisons worldwide. Improved understanding of the factors associated with suicide is necessary to inform targeted suicide prevention and interventions. Here we aim to (a...

    Authors: Amanda Butler, Jesse T. Young, Stuart A. Kinner and Rohan Borschmann

    Citation: Health & Justice 2018 6:13

    Content type: Short report

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  39. Youth under juvenile justice (JJ) supervision are at high-risk of adverse outcomes from substance use, making prevention important. Few studies have examined prevention-related attitudes of JJ employees, yet s...

    Authors: Jessica M. Sales, Gail Wasserman, Katherine S. Elkington, Wayne Lehman, Sheena Gardner, Larkin McReynolds, Tisha Wiley and Hannah Knudsen

    Citation: Health & Justice 2018 6:12

    Content type: Research Article

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  40. The Bureau of Justice Statistics’ Deaths in Custody Reporting Program is the primary source for jail suicide research, though the data is restricted from general dissemination. This study is the first to exami...

    Authors: Amanda L. Thomas, Jacqueline Scott and Jeff Mellow

    Citation: Health & Justice 2018 6:11

    Content type: Research Article

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  41. The link between substance use and involvement in the juvenile justice system has been well established. Justice-involved youth tend to have higher rates of drug use than their non-offending peers. At the same...

    Authors: Jacqueline Horan Fisher, Jennifer E. Becan, Philip W. Harris, Alexis Nager, Connie Baird-Thomas, Aaron Hogue, John P. Bartkowski and Tisha Wiley

    Citation: Health & Justice 2018 6:10

    Content type: Study Protocol

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  42. Young people who engage in multiple risk behaviour (high-risk young people) such as substance abuse, antisocial behaviour, low engagement in education and employment, self-harm or suicide ideation are more lik...

    Authors: Alice Knight, Myfanwy Maple, Anthony Shakeshaft, Bernie Shakehsaft and Tania Pearce

    Citation: Health & Justice 2018 6:8

    Content type: Research Article

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  43. This paper describes the means by which a United States National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)-funded cooperative, Juvenile Justice-Translational Research on Interventions for Adolescents in the Legal System ...

    Authors: Jennifer E. Becan, John P. Bartkowski, Danica K. Knight, Tisha R. A. Wiley, Ralph DiClemente, Lori Ducharme, Wayne N. Welsh, Diana Bowser, Kathryn McCollister, Matthew Hiller, Anne C. Spaulding, Patrick M. Flynn, Andrea Swartzendruber, Megan F. Dickson, Jacqueline Horan Fisher and Gregory A. Aarons

    Citation: Health & Justice 2018 6:9

    Content type: Study Protocol

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  44. Women in the criminal justice (CJ) system experience complex and comorbid medical, psychiatric, and substance use disorders, which often contribute to CJ involvement. To identify intersections between CJ and h...

    Authors: Camila D. Odio, Megan Carroll, Susan Glass, Ashley Bauman, Faye S. Taxman and Jaimie P. Meyer

    Citation: Health & Justice 2018 6:7

    Content type: Research Article

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  45. Adults on probation are at greater risk of both using substances and having a mental disorder compared to the general population. Several theories explain the relationship between substance use and poor mental...

    Authors: Matthew E. Rossheim, Melvin D. Livingston, Jennifer A. Lerch, Faye S. Taxman and Scott T. Walters

    Citation: Health & Justice 2018 6:6

    Content type: Research Article

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  46. Upon publication of the original article (Munro et al., 2017), the authors noticed the following errors.

    Authors: Alice Munro, Anthony Shakeshaft and Anton Clifford

    Citation: Health & Justice 2018 6:5

    Content type: Correction

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    The original article was published in Health & Justice 2017 5:12

  47. The paper presents a systematic review and metasynthesis of findings from qualitative evaluations of community reentry programs. The programs sought to engage recently released adult prison inmates with either...

    Authors: Sacha Kendall, Sarah Redshaw, Stephen Ward, Sarah Wayland and Elizabeth Sullivan

    Citation: Health & Justice 2018 6:4

    Content type: Research Article

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  48. The number of older adults in the criminal justice system is rapidly increasing. While this population is thought to experience an early onset of aging-related health conditions (“accelerated aging”), studies ...

    Authors: Meredith Greene, Cyrus Ahalt, Irena Stijacic-Cenzer, Lia Metzger and Brie Williams

    Citation: Health & Justice 2018 6:3

    Content type: Research Article

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  49. There are no population statistics collected on a routine basis on the children of prisoners in Australia. Accordingly, their potential vulnerability to adverse outcomes remains unclear. This study draws on li...

    Authors: Caitlin McMillen Dowell, Gloria C. Mejia, David B. Preen and Leonie Segal

    Citation: Health & Justice 2018 6:2

    Content type: Research Article

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  50. Dual substance dependence and psychiatric and psychological morbidities are overrepresented in prison populations and associated with reoffending. In the context of an increasing prison population in Australia...

    Authors: Reece Cossar, Mark Stoové, Stuart A. Kinner, Paul Dietze, Campbell Aitken, Michael Curtis, Amy Kirwan and James R. P. Ogloff

    Citation: Health & Justice 2018 6:1

    Content type: Research Article

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