scholarly journals Mother-Son Connectedness, Substance Use, and Young Men's Criminal Justice System Involvement

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
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Kim Moreno
Keyword(s):  
Substance Use ◽  
Criminal Justice ◽  
Criminal Justice System ◽  
Justice System ◽  
System Involvement

Health Care Needs and Utilization Among New Yorkers with Criminal Justice System Involvement

2021 ◽  
Vol 56 (S2) ◽  
pp. 48-48
Author(s):  
Scarlett Wang ◽  
Sherry Glied ◽  
Kacie Dragan ◽  
John Billings ◽  
Maria Baquero ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Criminal Justice ◽  
Criminal Justice System ◽  
Justice System ◽  
Health Care Needs ◽  
Care Needs ◽  
System Involvement ◽  
New Yorkers

Public Health and the Criminal Justice System

2019 ◽  
pp. 225-240
Author(s):  
Gary Tennis ◽  
Kenneth J. Martz ◽  
Jac A. Charlier
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Substance Use ◽  
Criminal Justice ◽  
Criminal Justice System ◽  
Substance Use Disorders ◽  
Justice System ◽  
Public Health Intervention ◽  
Health Care Intervention ◽  
Incarcerated Population

Approximately two-thirds of America’s incarcerated population suffers with untreated or undertreated substance use disorders, and many of those individuals commit several crimes related to drug use and addiction on a daily basis prior to being incarcerated. To end the opioid epidemic in the United States we not only need to bolster our health care and public health response to substance use disorders, we need to engage the criminal justice system as a specific touchpoint for public health intervention in communities and states across the country. The principal argument in the chapter is that while individuals with opioid and/or other substance use disorders should get treatment before ever being involved in crime—if they are justice-involved, it is imperative that the criminal justice system serve as a belated but necessary public health and health care intervention supportive of treatment, recovery, and prevention of addiction.

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