Clive Tobutt
University of Surrey, UK
Title: Primary Health Care in Criminal Justice Settings with Alcohol Identification and Brief Advice. What are the best settings for a Randomised Controlled Trial?
Biography
Biography: Clive Tobutt
Abstract
To identify areas in the English criminal justice system where deployment of alcohol screening and brief interventions could be reduce alcohol consumption and related harms. A rapid review of the existing evidence, both for prevalence of alcohol use disorders and the effectiveness of screening and brief interventions in criminal justice settings as well as conducting key informant interviews. There have been no randomised controlled trials in Police Custody settings, although there have been feasibility studies. There has been only one trial in the Magistrates court, and those incarcerated and released from prison would be novel subjects for an RCT, however with young offenders there are a lack of trails and none from the United Kingdom and with the advancement of AssestPlus screening it would appear more feasible to embed a research team here than in other criminal justice settings. Suggested settings for further research of alcohol brief interventions are from the Magistrates Court, Prison and youth justice settings. Each presents methodological challenges with regards to conducting a RCT, however Youth Justice Settings may offer an advantage above other settings.