The Alcohol and Offenders Criminal Justice Research Programme is a portfolio of three studies led by NHS Health Scotland on behalf of the Scottish Government (2009-2011). The overarching aim is to understand better the extent and nature of alcohol problems in offenders and which effective interventions can address them, recognising that the criminal justice setting is an opportunity to detect and intervene in an often ‘hard to reach’ population.
This year the research programme has released 3 reports:
- Prison health needs assessment for alcohol problems
- Interventions for offenders with alcohol problems in community justice settings
- Delivery of alcohol brief interventions in the criminal justice system: evaluation of a pilot project
In England the Alcohol Learning Centre hosts Offender Health pages, including links to the Offender Health IBA pilot.
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