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Abstract: Many treatments are not rigorously evaluated as to their effectiveness, and it is uncertain which types of interventions are more effective than others in reducing illicit drug use. The aim of this paper is to provide a systematic mapping of the research literature of the effectiveness of 12-step programs in reducing illicit drug use. A systematic literature search was conducted based on 17 international and Nordic bibliographic databases. A total of 15,993 references were screened, and eleven unique studies were finally included in this mapping. The included studies demonstrated conflicting results regarding the effectiveness of the 12-step treatment and TSF in reducing individuals’ drug use. Two studies reported a positive effect of the TSF treatment compared to the comparison conditions in reducing drug use. Six studies reported no differences between the 12-step program and the comparison condition, and the remaining three studies reported a greater effect of the comparison condition. However, the included studies demonstrate that, in general, 12-step programs and the comparison conditions have some positive effects in reducing drug use and supporting abstinence among the participants. Keywords: 12-step, TSF, illicit drugs, mapping, literature review.Download Full Article |
Editor’s Choice | International Journal of Criminology and Sociology
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The below articles have been selected by the Editor in Chief to be the top articles published in the journal. The topic, scientific quality and importance in the field where collectively considered while making this selection
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| Gambling Addiction Defence on Trial: Canadian Expert Witness Perspectives - Pages 319-326 Garry Smith and Rob Simpson DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.6000/1929-4409.2014.03.27 The Role of Gender Dynamics in the Relationship between Parental Maltreatment and Juvenile Theft in South Korea - Pages 309-318 Social Disorganization and Neighborhood Crime in Argentine Shantytowns - Pages 300-308 Community Policing, Workplace Structure and Attitudes Toward Lesbians and Gay Men and their Civil Liberties - Pages 284-299 Mafia Women: A Study on Language and Mental Representations of Women Engaged with Mafia Members - Pages 267-274 Thinking Differently about ‘False Allegations’ in Cases of Rape: The Search for Truth - Pages 239-248 Micro-Place Disorder, Subjective Powerlessness and Violent Youth Group Involvement: Testing an Integrative Control Theory - Pages 200-221 |
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The Center Holds Quite Well: An Ethnographic Study of Social Structure and Control in Jehovah’s Witness Religious Organization - Pages 1-9 Inmate Tattoos and In-Prison and Post-Prison Violent Behavior - Pages 20-31 Why do they Keep Going Back? Exploring Women’s Discursive Experiences of Intimate Partner Abuse - Pages 57-71 Estimating the Benefits of a Faith-Based Correctional Program - Pages 227-239 Aging Prisoners: A Brief Report of Key Legal and Policy Dilemmas - Pages 322-327 |
Editorial Board
Editor-in-Chief:
Mitchel P. Roth
(Sam Houston State University in Huntsville, Huntsville, TX, USA) View Profile
Associate Editor:
Dieter Bogenhold
(Alpen-Adria University Klagenfurt, Austria) View Profile
Editorial Board Members:
Francis D. Boateng (University of Mississippi, University, USA)
ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8411-271X
Sampson Lee Blair (State University of New York, NY, USA)
ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5039-7139
Philip J. Levchak (University of Hartford, West Hartford, USA)
ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5036-9007
Pamela Black (The Pennsylvania State University, Pennsylvania, USA)
ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8921-7729
Youngki Woo (University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Brownsville, South Korea)
ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7600-7693
Matt Clement (Royal Holloway University of London, UK)
ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4195-3599
Michelle Sereno (Everglades University, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA)
ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0860-5819
Ai Suzuki (Fukushima University, Fukushima, Japan)
ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9131-1880
Yoav Mehozay (The University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel)
ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9453-0787
Jared R. Dmello (The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia)
ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8805-1061
Mahmut Cengiz (George Mason University (GMU), USA)
Yumi E. Suzuki (Wichita State University, Kansas, USA)
Daniel K. Pryce (Old Dominion University, Virginia, USA)
ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5859-6116
Katalin Parti (Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, USA)
ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8484-3237
Gang Li (Northwest University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China)
ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0465-9892
Holger NITSCH (Bavarian Police University, Fürstenfeldbruck, Germany)
ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2091-0274
Emily R. Strohacker (The Pennsylvania State University, USA)
International Journal of Criminology and Sociology | Volume 3
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An Evidence Based Study of the Different Factors that Influence the Formation of Hammer Transfer Stains in a Crime Scene - Pages 402-413 Violence and Healing: Exploring the Power of Collective Occupations - Pages 388-401 Juvenile Probationers, Restitution Payments, and Empathy: An Evaluation of a Restorative Justice Based Program in Northeastern Pennsylvania - Pages 377-387 DNA Evidence: Examining Police Officers’ Knowledge of Handling Procedures in a Mid-Size Department - Pages 360-376 A Bio-Social Review to Mitigate the Punishment of Unwanted Acts - Pages 348-359 “It’s not easy but it's still possible to be an abstainer here”: Non-Drug Use Among Young Men in a Slum Area in Makassar, Indonesia - Pages 336-347 An Analysis of Coherence of Chinese Courtroom Discourse - Pages 327-335 Gambling Addiction Defence on Trial: Canadian Expert Witness Perspectives - Pages 319-326 The Role of Gender Dynamics in the Relationship between Parental Maltreatment and Juvenile Theft in South Korea - Pages 309-318 Social Disorganization and Neighborhood Crime in Argentine Shantytowns - Pages 300-308 Community Policing, Workplace Structure and Attitudes Toward Lesbians and Gay Men and their Civil Liberties - Pages 284-299 A Comparative Analysis of Human Trafficking: The United States of America (USA) and the Republic of South Africa (RSA) - Pages 275-283 Mafia Women: A Study on Language and Mental Representations of Women Engaged with Mafia Members - Pages 267-274 Counting Shadows – Measuring trafficking in Persons in Australia - Pages 249-266 Thinking Differently about ‘False Allegations’ in Cases of Rape: The Search for Truth - Pages 239-248 Vocabularies of Legitimation: Understanding Normative Killings - Pages 222-238 Micro-Place Disorder, Subjective Powerlessness and Violent Youth Group Involvement: Testing an Integrative Control Theory - Pages 200-221 A Brief History of Prohibition and Treatment Solutions for Substance Abusers - Pages 186-199 Some Current Developments in Brazilian Sociology of Crime: Towards a Criminology? - Pages 175-185 Internment in the United Kingdom During the Twentieth Century and Its Links to the Evolution of Immigration Detention - Pages 168-174 The Individual Agency and Social Structure Dialectic: Exploring Women’s Experiences of Remand Custody through Arts and Community-Based Research - Pages 158-167 Evidence for a Big Brother Effect in Survey-Based Fear of Crime Research - Pages 146-157 The Predictive Effects of Self-Esteem, Moral Self, and Moral Reasoning on Delinquent Behaviors of Hong Kong Young People - Pages 133-145 Malicious Peace: Violent Criminal Organizations, National Governments and Truces - Pages 125-132 U.S. Territorial Exclusion in Federal Sentencing Research: Can it be Justified? - Pages 113-124 Is the Crime of Aggression Really Accountable? Reflections about Syria - Pages 108-112 12-Step Programs to Reduce Illicit Drug Use - Pages 100-107 New Economic Geography and the Conception of Social Factors of Criminality: Areas of Common Interest and Prospects for Synthesis - Pages 93-99 A Legal Inquiry into the Proliferation and Control of Small Arms in Nigeria - Pages 77-92 Sex Trafficking: Examining Links to Prostitution and the Routine Activity Theory - Pages 61-76 Judicial Perceptions of Media Portrayals of Offenders with High Functioning Autistic Spectrum Disorders - Pages 46-60 Empowering the Frontline Police Officers to Cope with Police Social Service Role Strain in China - Pages 20-45 Are Crime Victims Being Gagged Under the Israeli Criminal Justice Procedures? - Pages 5-19 Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and Offending Behaviour- Case Report - Pages 1-4 Disclaimer Statement |
Reviewer Board
Cristina Sáenz Pérez (University of Leeds (Leeds, UK))
Ena Kazic Cakar (International University of Sarajevo, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Leilei Zhang (Chiang Mai University, Thailand)
James F. Albrecht (Pace University, New York, USA) View Profile
Fangzhou Wang (University of Texas-Arlington, Arlington, USA) View Profile
Franca Beccaria (Helsinki university. Eclectica, Helsinki, Finland) View Profile
Isabella Merzagora ("State University, Milan, Italy) View Profile
Gerardo Pastore (University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy) View Profile
Gill H. Boehringer (Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia) View Profile
Gilda Scardaccione (La Sapienza University, Rome, Italy) View Profile
Joselyne Chenane Nkogo (University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, Massachusetts, USA) View Profile
Emmanuel J. Johnson (School of Human Behavior, Louisiana College, Pineville, USA)