Simon Coulton|Dorothy Newbury?Birch|Paul Cassidy|Veronica Dale|Paolo Deluca|Éilish Gilvarry|Christine Godfrey|Nick Heather|Eileen Kaner|Adenekan Oyefeso|Steve Parrott|Tom Phillips|Jonathan Shepherd|Colin Drummond
Screening for Alcohol Use in Criminal Justice Settings: An Exploratory Study
University of Kent|Newcastle University|Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust|University of York|King's College London|University of York|Northumbria University|Newcastle University|St George's, University of London|University of York|Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust|King's College London|Cardiff University|King's College London
examine feasibility acceptability alcohol screening delivery brief interventions within criminal justice settingsa quantitative survey aged 18 english criminal justice settings three custody suites within police stations three prisons three probation officesthe fast alcohol screening test fast modified version single alcohol screening question msasq compared alcohol use disorders identification test audit gold standard participants completed health status questionnaire eq5d questions service utilization readiness change questionnaire questions relating acceptability feasibility delivering brief interventions perception coercion includedfive hundred ninetytwo individuals approached 251 eligible 205 82 consented take part study mean audit score 199 sd 135 73 scored 8 audit higher percentage approached probation setting consented take part 81 prison 36 police setting 10 scoring audit positive likely involved violent offences 365 vs 94 p 0001 less likely involved offences involving property 277 vs 453 p 003 three quarters sample 74 reported would feel coerced engage intervention alcohol use fast msasq acceptable screening properties compared audit area curves 097 092 respectivelythe results confirm major problem alcohol use criminal justice system impacts health criminal behaviour three criminal justice settings probation found suitable screening participants positive receiving interventions alcohol use probation settings