Complex needs in justice-involved populations

Complex needs in justice-involved populations

Edited by
Stuart Kinner, Centre for Adolescent Health, Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Australia

The Editors of Health & Justice are proud to launch a new special issue of the journal, exploring the complex health and social needs of justice-involved populations. People who cycle through the criminal justice system are characterised by a high prevalence of health-related problems such as substance dependence, mental disorder, infectious and chronic disease, and intellectual disability. These problems are typically set against a backdrop of extreme social disadvantage; they often co-occur and sometimes interact in a 'syndemic' fashion. However, despite a large and growing literature on the health of justice-involved populations, comparatively few papers have considered the co-occurrence of these needs, or the implications of this complexity for policy or service responses.

Full-length empirical papers, systematic reviews and brief reports are considered. Both adults and young people in the juvenile justice system are in scope.

​​​​​​​Pic by NY - http://nyphotographic.com/ under CC BY-SA 3.0

1. Content Type:Research Article

   Confronting the opioid epidemic: public opinion toward the expansion of treatment services in Virginia

   Public opinion polls have consistently shown Americans prefer treatment over arrest policies for opioid users. As the opioid epidemic remains a major health problem in the United States, it is important to det...

   Authors:Amy Kyle Cook and Nicola Worcman

   Citation:Health & Justice 2019 7:13

   Published on: 23 July 2019

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2. Content Type:Research Article

   Older adults in jail: high rates and early onset of geriatric conditions

   The number of older adults in the criminal justice system is rapidly increasing. While this population is thought to experience an early onset of aging-related health conditions (“accelerated aging”), studies ...

   Authors:Meredith Greene, Cyrus Ahalt, Irena Stijacic-Cenzer, Lia Metzger and Brie Williams

   Citation:Health & Justice 2018 6:3

   Published on: 17 February 2018

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3. Content Type:Research Article

   Maternal incarceration, child protection, and infant mortality: a descriptive study of infant children of women prisoners in Western Australia

   There are no population statistics collected on a routine basis on the children of prisoners in Australia. Accordingly, their potential vulnerability to adverse outcomes remains unclear. This study draws on li...

   Authors:Caitlin McMillen Dowell, Gloria C. Mejia, David B. Preen and Leonie Segal

   Citation:Health & Justice 2018 6:2

   Published on: 15 January 2018

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4. Content Type:Study Protocol

   The development of a healing model of care for an Indigenous drug and alcohol residential rehabilitation service: a community-based participatory research approach

   Given the well-established evidence of disproportionately high rates of substance-related morbidity and mortality after release from incarceration for Indigenous Australians, access to comprehensive, effective...

   Authors:Alice Munro, Anthony Shakeshaft and Anton Clifford

   Citation:Health & Justice 2017 5:12

   Published on: 4 December 2017

   The Correction to this article has been published in Health & Justice 2018 6:5

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5. Content Type:Research Article

   The continuum of hepatitis C care for criminal justice involved adults in the DAA era: a retrospective cohort study demonstrating limited treatment uptake and inconsistent linkage to community-based care

   Incarcerated populations are disproportionately burdened by hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. The introduction of highly-effective, direct-acting antiviral (DAA) treatment has potential to substantially reduc...

   Authors:Karli R. Hochstatter, Lauren J. Stockman, Ryan Holzmacher, James Greer, David W. Seal, Quinton A. Taylor, Emma K. Gill and Ryan P. Westergaard

   Citation:Health & Justice 2017 5:10

   Published on: 30 October 2017

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6. Content Type:Research Article

   Manifestations of HIV stigma and their impact on retention in care for people transitioning from prisons to communities

   While most people living with HIV who are incarcerated in United States receive appropriate HIV care while they are in prison, interruptions in antiretroviral therapy and virologic failure are extremely common...

   Authors:Rebecca Kemnitz, Theresa C. Kuehl, Karli R. Hochstatter, Emily Barker, Anna Corey, Elizabeth A. Jacobs, Michael D. Repplinger, William J. Ehlenbach, David W. Seal, James M. Sosman and Ryan P. Westergaard

   Citation:Health & Justice 2017 5:7

   Published on: 6 June 2017

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