Who is this report for? The audience for this report is broad, but will be of particular interest to commissioners and practitioners working in the fields of criminal justice, health and social care. It is also of great relevance to policy-makers with an interest in crime prevention and health improvement. What is the Transition to Adulthood Alliance? The Transition to Adulthood (T2A) Alliance ...

Criminal Justice Social Worker – an accredited social worker based in a local authority (Council), who oversees community-based offender supervision, undertakes assessments and prepares reports to aid decision-making at various points in the criminal justice process. Criminal justice social workers are the Scottish equivalent of a probation and parole officer. Local Authorities – councils. Curr...

Personal characteristics of criminal defendants including sex,1 age and education,2 and race have been shown to relate to outcome of the defendant's contact with the criminal justice system. Whether mental disorder relates to outcome is uncertain, although there is anecdotal evidence to suggest that in some cases judges may be influenced by a history of mental disorder to acquit the gUilty. 4 W...

BACKGROUND Although HIV and tuberculosis (TB) prevalence are high in prisons throughout sub-Saharan Africa, little research has been conducted on factors related to prevention, testing and treatment services. METHODS To better understand the relationship between prison conditions, the criminal justice system, and HIV and TB in Zambian prisons, we conducted a mixed-method study, including: fac...

Law enforcement officers, and the criminal justice system more generally, encounter psychotic individuals at a high rate due to legal infractions committed consciously or resulting from symptoms of the disorder. The purpose of this study was to determine whether a broad range of biopsychosocial symptoms predicted more severe legal problems. In addition, we studied whether a biopsychosocial mode...

BACKGROUND Trauma survivors often have to negotiate legal systems such as refugee status determination or the criminal justice system. METHODS & RESULTS We outline and discuss the contribution which research on trauma and related psychological processes can make to two particular areas of law where complex and difficult legal decisions must be made: in claims for refugee and humanitarian prot...

CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND BEHAVIOR, Vol. 38 No. 2, February 2011 127-145 DOI: 10.1177/0093854810388160 © 2011 International Association for Correctional and Forensic Psychology AUTHOR’S NOTE: The author would like to thank the editor and the anonymous reviewers for their very helpful comments and suggestions. The author would also like to thank Erica Olschansky for her proofreading assistance with t...

This study used hierarchical linear modeling (HLM) to examine the extent to which the organizational characteristics of state corrections agencies and local criminal justice facilities interacted in their associations with the extent to which local facilities are using evidence-based substance abuse treatment practices (EBPs). The study used data collected from two nationally representative sur...