What features would a safe and effective approach to managing people with substance dependency in prisons have?
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The Scottish Government’s Vision for Justice aims to support rehabilitation, use custody only where there is no alternative and work to reduce reoffending and revictimisation. It also aims to establish an effective, modern person-centred and trauma-informed approach to justice in which everyone can have trust, including as victims, those accused of crimes and as individuals in civil disputes. As such, Justice Analytical Services have identified the theme of ‘Sentencing Prisons & Rehabilitation’ as a research priority. Robust research on offenders, their rehabilitation and sentencing patterns will inform work towards these aims.
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University of Central Lancashire And Crime Reduction Initiatives
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Lead research organisation: UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE
Why might this be relevant?
The project aims to design and implement a whole system recovery model of substance misuse treatment, aligning with the goal of managing people with substance dependency in prisons effectively.
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An Alcohol Brief Intervention (ABI) for male remand prisoners: an MRC complex intervention framework development and feasibility study
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Lead research organisation: University of Edinburgh
Why might this be relevant?
The project specifically targets male remand prisoners with alcohol issues, addressing the question's concern about managing substance dependency in prisons.
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Enforced alcohol abstinence: does it reduce reoffending?
Whilst there has been intense focus on illicit drugs and associated violence in crime policy in recent years, alcohol is used to a greater degree and implicated in many more crimes, especially those of violence. Courts a...
Funded by: ESRC
Lead research organisation: University of Liverpool
Why might this be relevant?
The project investigates the impact of enforced alcohol abstinence on reoffending, directly related to managing substance dependency in prisons as per the question.