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5 results foundAuthor: McCoard, Shirley Title: Scoping Study of Interventions for Offenders with Alcohol Problems in Community Justice Settings Summary: This report presents the findings of a scoping study of alcohol problems among offenders in the community justice setting. It is one of three studies that make up the portfolio of the Alcohol and Offenders Criminal Justice Research Programme which is led by NHS Health Scotland and funded by the Scottish Government. The overarching aim of the portfolio 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 research sought specifically to inform policy and practice by mapping plans, arrangements and procedures in place within local areas throughout Scotland to identify and intervene with offenders with alcohol problems, as part of the criminal justice process or otherwise, in community settings, including identifying emerging good practice. It also sought to establish what is known about the effectiveness of interventions for this group. Details: Edinburgh: NHS Health Scotland, 2011. 130p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed March 18, 2011 at: http://www.healthscotland.com/uploads/documents/15007-Scoping%20Study%20of%20Interventions%20for%20Offenders%20with%20Alcohol%20Problems.pdf Year: 2011 Country: United Kingdom URL: http://www.healthscotland.com/uploads/documents/15007-Scoping%20Study%20of%20Interventions%20for%20Offenders%20with%20Alcohol%20Problems.pdf Shelf Number: 121075 Keywords: Alcohol Abuse (Scotland)Alcohol Related Crime, DisorderCommunity CorrectionsOffender Treatment |
Author: Parkes, Tessa Title: Prison Health Needs Assessment for Alcohol Problems Summary: Alcohol problems are a major and growing public health problem in Scotland with the relationship between alcohol and crime, in particular violent crime, increasingly being recognised. The consequences affect individuals, their families, the health and emergency services, and wider society. The current policy context includes a strategic approach to enhancing the detection, early intervention, treatment and support for alcohol problems across Scotland, as well as efforts to reduce re-offending. This study is part of a wider Scottish Government funded alcohol research programme in criminal justice settings which also includes a pilot of the delivery of alcohol brief interventions and a scoping study of alcohol interventions in community justice settings. It is anticipated that the study findings will inform broader health service development such as the integration of prison health care into the NHS and the update of core alcohol treatment and support services. These developments are set within a policy and practice context which acknowledges alcohol problems in the population and increasingly so the alcohol problem in offenders, along with the importance of applying a person-centred, recovery orientated approach underpinned by the NHS commitment to quality of services. The aim of this study was to undertake a needs assessment of alcohol problems experienced by prisoners and provide recommendations for service improvement including a model of care. The central objectives were to: 1. Conduct a rapid review of the relevant literature on effective interventions for identifying and treating offenders with alcohol problems in prison. 2. Report on the epidemiology of alcohol problems experienced by prisoners in Scotland compared to the general population and other offenders. 3. Undertake an assessment of alcohol problems among offenders within an individual prison. 4. Map current models of care in the Scottish Prison Service (SPS) and how they interface with community care models, including assessing aspects of treatment continuity and finding examples of best practice. 5. In a case study setting, explore and report on attitudes towards the delivery and effectiveness of current alcohol interventions. 6. Conduct a gap analysis between current service provision, best practice, effective interventions and national care standards for substance misuse. Details: Edinburgh: NHS Health Scotland, 2011. 199p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed March 18, 2011 at: http://www.healthscotland.com/uploads/documents/15105-Prison%20Health%20Needs%20Assessment%20for%20Alcohol%20Problems.pdf Year: 2011 Country: United Kingdom URL: http://www.healthscotland.com/uploads/documents/15105-Prison%20Health%20Needs%20Assessment%20for%20Alcohol%20Problems.pdf Shelf Number: 121076 Keywords: Alcohol Abuse (Scotland)Alcohol Related Crime, DisorderOffender TreatmentPrison Health Care |
Author: Orr, Kate Skellington Title: Delivering Alcohol Brief Interventions in the Community Justice Setting: Evaluation of a Pilot Project Summary: This report presents the findings of an independent evaluation of the feasibility and potential effectiveness of using Alcohol Brief Interventions (ABIs) in the community justice setting. It describes the set up and operation of a pilot of ABIs introduced into three Local Authority areas in Scotland, which was operational between January 2010 and April 2011. The pilot was set in the context of an increasing policy and research focus on the relationship between alcohol, offending and health inequalities in Scotland and the UK. It arose from a commitment set out in the Scottish Government’s framework for tackling Scotland’s alcohol misuse problems, ‘Changing Scotland's Relationship with Alcohol: A Framework for Action’, to fund research on the delivery of ABIs in settings outwith the NHS, such as in criminal justice. This report is the third of three projects that were funded as part of the Alcohol and Offenders Criminal Justice Research programme (2009-2011) led by NHS Health Scotland on behalf of the Scottish Government. Although ABIs have been widely researched in primary health care settings, there is little evidence to date of their effectiveness in the community justice setting. The purpose of the study, therefore, was to contribute to the evidence base for ABIs through assessing the feasibility, barriers and potential implications of using the ABI model in day-to-day practice in community justice for recently convicted offenders. Details: Edinburgh: National Health Service Scotland, 2011. 118p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed October 18, 2011 at: http://www.healthscotland.com/uploads/documents/16981-alcoholBriefInterventionsCriminalJusticeSystem.pdf Year: 2011 Country: United Kingdom URL: http://www.healthscotland.com/uploads/documents/16981-alcoholBriefInterventionsCriminalJusticeSystem.pdf Shelf Number: 123040 Keywords: Alcohol Abuse (Scotland)Alcohol Related Crime, DisorderAlcohol Treatment Programs |
Author: McAra, Lesley Title: Patterns of Referral to the Children's Hearing System for Drug and Alcohol Misuse Summary: The purpose of this paper is to explore patterns of referral to the children’s hearings system for drug and/or alcohol misuse. It draws on the findings of the Edinburgh Study of Youth Transitions and Crime (the Edinburgh Study), a longitudinal research programme exploring pathways into and out of offending for a cohort of around 4,300 young people who started secondary school in the City of Edinburgh in 1998. The key findings are as follows: Only a small proportion (10 per cent) of children in the Edinburgh Study cohort with a children’s hearing record, were ever referred to the reporter on J grounds (for drug or alcohol misuse). However J ground referrals were only one of several routes into the hearings system for children with significant substance misuse problems. A further 3 per cent of those with records were referred for Misuse of Drugs Act offences and in another 11 per cent of cases drug and/or alcohol misuse was raised as a key issue in reports. Children known to the hearings system for substance misuse and other children with a hearings record were significantly more likely to be living in a single parent household and to come from a socially deprived background than non-record children. Self-reported substance misuse was significantly higher amongst children known to the hearings system for drug and/or alcohol misuse than amongst other children with a hearings record and non-record children. In official records, alcohol misuse was the most commonly identified problem. Children known to the system for drug and/or alcohol misuse exhibited high levels of anti-social and disruptive behaviour had problematic family and peer relationships and absconded regularly from school. Parental substance misuse, however, was not identified as a common problem in records. The earliest substance misuse referrals were made at age 11 and peaked at sweep five (reference period fourth year of secondary education). A high proportion of these children had a long history of involvement with the system, mostly for offending or being beyond the control of a relevant person. Just over a third of referrals with a substance misuse component resulted in a hearing, the most common outcome of which was a home supervision requirement. Children made subject to compulsory measures of care appear to have only limited access to specialist drug and/or alcohol programmes. Reports indicate that social work interventions focused on: the child’s challenging behaviour; truancy; the capacity of parents to control their children; and parent/child relationship breakdown. Compulsory measures of care may only have a limited impact on substance misuse. Just under two-thirds of those with a hearing had at least one further referral to the hearings system in later years. Moreover drug and/or alcohol misuse was raised as a key issue in the referral process in later years, for just under a half of children made subject to compulsory measures of care. Very few children in the Edinburgh cohort who regularly drank alcohol or took drugs were known to the hearings system. Level of drug use was only a weak predictor of having a hearings record. Substance misusers most likely to be referred were those who: were not living with two birth parents; came from a socially deprived background; exhibited challenging behaviour in the context of school; and came frequently to the attention of the police (importantly the latter were not always the most persistent and serious offenders). The findings are supportive of policy initiatives aimed at broadening the range of community- based services, access to which is not predominantly controlled by the police, schools or social work. The findings also suggest that sports and leisure programmes which aim to divert youngsters away from the streets and into meaningful, structured activities have an important role to play in preventing or reducing substance misuse amongst children. Details: Edinburgh, Scotland: Centre for Law and Society, The University of Edinburgh, 2005. 34p. Source: The Edinburgh Study of Youth Transitions and Crime, Number 6: Internet Resource: Accessed July 18, 2012 at http://www.law.ed.ac.uk/cls/esytc/findings/digest6.pdf Year: 2005 Country: United Kingdom URL: http://www.law.ed.ac.uk/cls/esytc/findings/digest6.pdf Shelf Number: 102905 Keywords: Alcohol Abuse (Scotland)Drug Abuse (Scotland)Juvenile Justice System (Scotland)Juvenile Offenders (Scotland)Substance Abuse (Scotland) |
Author: Richardson, Elizabeth A. Title: Alcohol-related illness and death in Scottish neighbourhoods: is there a relationship with the number of alcohol outlets? Summary: KEY MESSAGES - There are large variations in numbers of alcohol outlets within neighbourhoods across Scotland. - Across the whole of Scotland, neighbourhoods with higher numbers of alcohol outlets had significantly higher alcohol-related death rates. Alcohol-related death rates in neighbourhoods with the most alcohol outlets were more than double the rates in those with the fewest outlets. There were 34 alcohol-related deaths per 100,000 people in neighbourhoods with the most off-sales outlets, compared with 13 per 100,000 in neighbourhoods with the fewest. - Across the whole of Scotland, alcohol-related hospitalisation rates were significantly higher in neighbourhoods with the most alcohol outlets. Details: Edinburgh: Centre for Research on Environment, Society and Health (CRESH), School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh, 2014. 18p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed April 25, 2015 at: http://www.alcohol-focus-scotland.org.uk/media/89684/cresh-research-alcohol-outlets-and-health.pdf Year: 2014 Country: United Kingdom URL: http://www.alcohol-focus-scotland.org.uk/media/89684/cresh-research-alcohol-outlets-and-health.pdf Shelf Number: 135392 Keywords: Alcohol Abuse (Scotland)Alcohol Related Crime, DisorderNeighborhoods |