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Criminal Justice Involvement and Service Need among Men on Methadone who Have Perpetrated Intimate Partner Violence.

Social Intervention Group, Columbia University School of Social Work, New York, NY, USA.
Journal of Criminal Justice (impact factor: 1.24). 07/2010; 38(4):835-840. DOI:10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2010.05.012 pp.835-840
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ABSTRACT Perpetrators of male-to-female intimate partner violence (IPV) may be likely to have multiple service needs, the extent of which may vary with respect to criminal justice involvement. The salience of the criminal justice system and the potential impact on service needs due to arrest and incarceration is underscored given the association between substance use and IPV. This study utilized a sample of men in methadone treatment who perpetrated male-to-female IPV in order to examine associations between criminal justice involvement and perceived additional service need(s). Results indicate that the likelihood of having a service need(s) significantly increased as time since most recent arrest or incarceration decreased. These findings highlight the need and potential benefit that can be derived from greater coordination amongst the criminal justice, IPV prevention, and drug treatment systems and service providers.

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Keywords

additional service need(s)
 
associations
 
criminal justice
 
criminal justice involvement
 
criminal justice system
 
drug treatment systems
 
greater coordination
 
IPV
 
IPV prevention
 
male-to-female intimate partner violence
 
multiple service
 
potential benefit
 
recent arrest
 
service need(s)
 
substance use