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Desistance, recovery, and justice capital
Desistance, recovery, and justice capital:
Putting it all together
31st October 2022
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Desistance, recovery, and justice capital:
Putting it all together
WDP’s Capital Card scheme incentivises and empowers people in substance misuse treatment and recovery
Alcohol dependency affects not only the individual but their family. This world-first study from Sheffield Hallam and Adfam reveals the far-reaching extent of family harms and huge gains of recovery.
Public Health England announces a quality improvement programme to keep heroin users in treatment.
Harm reduction, a focus on NPS & Chemsex and a national recovery champion all feature in the new drug strategy with the Home Office still taking the lead.
A new conceptual paper by Breaking Free Online argues that digital technologies are idea to address substance misuse and offending behaviour at the same time.
The latest turnaround post features Peter Yarwood telling his story of leaving behind 20 years in crime to found one of the UK’s biggest recovery communities.
How user-focused organisations go the extra mile to help recovering drug users and offenders get into work and turn their lives around.
Fascinating new book by Doctor Hannah Graham explores how probation officers resolve conflicts between their own values & the requirements of their organisation
New research seeks to establish a basket of indicators to define recovery, now updated with SURE self-checklist: Substance Use Recovery Evaluator
Understanding the whole person The Revolving Doors Agency has just (26 November 2015) published the first in a series of literature reviews on severe and multiple
Olivia Ianculescu of Castle Craig Hospital looks at twelve of the best addiction recovery apps.
