Criminal Justice

Findings from the British Crime Survey and police recorded crime.

In respect of drug and alcohol-related crime it reports:

'According to the 2009/10 BCS, victims believed the offender(s) to be under the influence of alcohol in half (50%) of all violent incidents, similar to the level in the 2008/09 survey.

Based on the 2009/10 BCS, there were 986,000 violent incidents where the victim believed the offender(s) to be under the influence of alcohol (Tables 3.19 and 3.20). In one in five (20%) violent incidents the victim believed the offender(s) to be under the influence of drugs; again the difference was not statistically significant compared with 2008/09. The 2009/10 BCS estimates that there were 396,000 incidents where the victim perceived the offender(s) to be under the influence of drugs.

The number of alcohol-related and drug-related violent incidents are similar to the levels in 2008/09 (the apparent differences are not statistically significant). Within the context of an overall fall in the number of violent crimes, longer-term trends show there have also been significant decreases since 1995 in the number of violent incidents in which victims believed offender(s) were under the influence of either alcohol or drugs. However, the proportion of both alcohol-related and drug-related violent incidents has increased over this period (Table 3.20).'

The National Offender Management Service (NOMS) has developed best practice guidance for probation staff on the effective commissioning, management and delivery of a range of interventions for alcohol misusing offenders.

The guidance is likely to be of interest to all those who commission, manage or deliver interventions to offenders with alcohol problems. It is also provides comprehensive outlines of the various alcohol treatment and intervention approaches and their relevance to correctional services.

This article seeks to complement the correlational research by reviewing the experimental literature on alcohol and interpersonal aggression.

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Outcome studies on drug and alcohol offenders coerced into treatment by the criminal justice system were reviewed.

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Presentation on using Health trainers to provide IBA training in Offender health settings. Workshop delivered by Sara Mitchell, Programme Lead Offender Health DH, Jim McNally Health Trainer, Sue Green, East of England Health Trainers, Brian Leigh, Health Trainer Lead Hampshire Prison, Eric Pudaloff, HIM, HMP Chelmsford. Dec 09.

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