Screening for alcohol use in criminal justice settings: An exploratory study

Alcohol and Alcoholism

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 423-427

  Coulton, Simon ^a   Newbury Birch, Dorothy ^b   Cassidy, Paul ^c   Dale, Veronica ^d   Deluca, Paolo ^e   Gilvarry, Eilish ^f   Godfrey, Christine ^d   Heather, Nick ^g   Kaner, Eileen ^b   Oyefeso, Adenekan ^h   Parrott, Steve ^d   Phillips, Tom ^e,i   Shepherd, Jonathan ^j   Drummond, Colin ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c Teams Family Practice ^*  (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^e KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f Northern Regional Drug and Alcohol Services   (United Kingdom)

^g NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^h ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ Clinical Psychology Service for Older People   (United Kingdom)

^j CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL USE DISORDER IDENTIFICATION TEST; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; CRIMINAL JUSTICE; CUSTODY; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; FAST ALCOHOL SCREENING TEST; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH STATUS QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; POLICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRISON; PROBATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; READINESS TO CHANGE QUESTIONNAIRE; SCREENING TEST; SINGLE ALCOHOL SCREENING QUESTION; VIOLENCE;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLISM; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CRIMINAL LAW; CRIMINALS; DATA COLLECTION; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SUBSTANCE ABUSE DETECTION;

EID: 84864008560     PISSN: 07350414     EISSN: 14643502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/alcalc/ags048     Document Type: Article

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