Is treatment for alcohol use disorder associated with reductions in criminal offending? A national data linkage cohort study in England

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 161, Issue , 2016, Pages 67-76

  Willey, Helen ^a,d   Eastwood, Brian ^a,c,d   Gee, Ivan L ^b,d   Marsden, John ^a,c  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d Psychology and Neuro science ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alcohol use disorder; Crime; Outcome; Re offending; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL USE DISORDER; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRIME; DEMOGRAPHY; DETOXIFICATION; ENGLAND; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GROUP THERAPY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OFFENDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIOLENCE; ALCOHOL-RELATED DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; ALCOHOL-RELATED DISORDERS; COHORT STUDIES; CRIME; CRIMINALS; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOTHERAPY;

EID: 84973548032     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: 18790046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2016.01.020     Document Type: Article

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