Influence of a residential drug and alcohol program on young people's criminal conviction trajectories

Whitten, Tyson; Cale, Jesse; Nathan, Sally; Williams, Megan; Baldry, Eileen; Ferry, Mark; Hayen, Andrew

doi:10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2022.102026

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“…Complicating matters further is that therapeutic communities have relatively low retention rates; the average time to drop-out is 38-180 days [26] and the likelihood of attrition is greatest within the first 30 days [24]. Yet adolescents in communitybased programs appear to experience significant benefit from as little as 1-3 months [18,[27][28][29], leading some to suggest that 90 days may be an appropriate minimum duration of care [30].…”

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Duration of stay and rate of subsequent criminal conviction and hospitalisation for substance use among young people admitted to a short‐term residential program

Whitten

Cale

Nathan

et al. 2023

Drug and Alcohol Review

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IntroductionThis study examined the association between program duration and rate of criminal conviction and hospitalisation for substance use up to 15 years later among young people admitted to a short‐term residential program for drug and alcohol use.MethodsData were derived from linked administrative records of all clients referred to a modified therapeutic community for young people from January 2001 to December 2016 in New South Wales, Australia (n = 3059). Cox proportional hazards regression analyses examined the rate of conviction (separately for any offence, violent offence, non‐violent offence and administrative offence) and hospitalisation for substance use, up to 15 years post‐program among young people who attended treatment for 1–29 days, 30–59 days, 60–89 days and 90–120 days.ResultsThirty days or more in treatment was independently associated with a lower rate of conviction for any offence and a non‐violent offence, as well as hospitalisation for substance use, while 60 days or more was associated with a lower rate of conviction for a violent and administrative offence, relative to those who spent 1–29 days in the program. Additional months in the program were also associated with reduced rates of conviction and hospitalisation, although 90–120 days appeared to confer no additional benefits than 60–89 days.Discussion and ConclusionsAt least 60 days may be the minimum duration needed for short‐term, therapeutic community programs to reduce the risk of conviction across all crime types and hospitalisation for substance use.

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Duration of stay and rate of subsequent criminal conviction and hospitalisation for substance use among young people admitted to a short‐term residential program

Whitten

Cale

Nathan

et al. 2023

Drug and Alcohol Review

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“…Residential services provide young people with a safe AOD‐free environment where they can participate in therapies and programmes and gain support from AOD workers. While residential services focus on reduced substance use, they also attend to mental health and social and physical problems to assist young people in other domains of life, and attendance has been associated with reduced AOD use, symptoms of ill‐mental health and criminal activity (de Andrade et al., 2019; Vanderplasschen et al., 2013; Whitten et al., 2023).…”

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‘I just wanted a change, a positive change’: Locating hope for young people engaged with residential alcohol and drug services in Victoria, Australia

Caluzzi

MacLean

Gray

et al. 2023

Sociology Health & Illness

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In this article, we investigate young people’s involvement with residential alcohol and other drug (AOD) services as part of their broader engagement with hope. This study draws on qualitative interviews conducted with 20 young people aged 17–23 from Victoria, Australia, who were either in, or had recently left, residential AOD services. Interviews explored their experiences with AOD services and included questions about their hopes for the future. We found hope located in social relationships, productive discourses and AOD settings themselves. Hope also presented differently according to the external resources young people had available to them, giving some young people greater capacity to action their hoped‐for futures than others. Given many young people seek reimagined futures as part of their use of residential AOD services, this creates a valuable opportunity for services to help shape achievable hopes and boost service engagement. We suggest that hope can materialise in a variety of ways but caution against relying on it as a motivational strategy without providing young people with other resources. A more sustainable narrative of hope may require a solid foundation of resources, allowing young people with AOD problems to gain a sense of control over their lives and their imagined futures.

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What Works in Reducing Re‐offending Among Persons Who Misuse Substances or Are Substance Dependent

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2024

The Wiley Handbook of What Works in Correctional Rehabilitation

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Influence of a residential drug and alcohol program on young people's criminal conviction trajectories

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Duration of stay and rate of subsequent criminal conviction and hospitalisation for substance use among young people admitted to a short‐term residential program

Duration of stay and rate of subsequent criminal conviction and hospitalisation for substance use among young people admitted to a short‐term residential program

‘I just wanted a change, a positive change’: Locating hope for young people engaged with residential alcohol and drug services in Victoria, Australia

What Works in Reducing Re‐offending Among Persons Who Misuse Substances or Are Substance Dependent

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