The  Role of Law Enforcement in the Reduction of Substance Use and Other Behavioral Health Risks: Substance Use as a Focus: United States as an Example

Zili Sloboda; Christopher Ringwalt

doi:10.56331/ijps.v3i2.9847

The Role of Law Enforcement in the Reduction of Substance Use and Other Behavioral Health Risks: Substance Use as a Focus: United States as an Example

المؤلفون

Zili Sloboda Applied Prevention Science International
Christopher Ringwalt Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.56331/ijps.v3i2.9847

الكلمات المفتاحية:

Prevention، Law Enforcement، Policing، Prevention Science، Policing Science

الملخص

Reducing behavioral health risks requires a comprehensive range of prevention and treatment services delivered by professionals who are ‘housed’ within various community-based provider silos. Law enforcement constitutes an important silo that has not been closely associated with prevention, and particularly with evidence-based prevention programs and practices. Yet within communities there are well-defined prevention roles that law enforcement can play to support and enhance ongoing prevention programming. These roles, as informed by police science, are very much related to the overall role of law enforcement in the communities that officers serve. In this paper we discuss these roles and guidelines and make recommendations as to the training and functioning of law enforcement officers within a prevention framework.

السيرة الشخصية للمؤلف

Christopher Ringwalt، Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation

Chris Ringwalt, Senior Scientist, has 30 years of experience in the design, development, analysis, and reporting of epidemiological, etiological, and evaluation studies relating to public health issues. His research has focused primarily on the prevention of adolescent and adult risk behaviors, particularly alcohol, tobacco, and other drug (ATOD) use. He has recently retired from the Injury Prevention Research Center at the University of North Carolina.

التنزيلات

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منشور

2025-05-01

كيفية الاقتباس

Sloboda, Zili, و Christopher Ringwalt. 2025. "The Role of Law Enforcement in the Reduction of Substance Use and Other Behavioral Health Risks: Substance Use As a Focus: United States As an Example". International Journal of Police Science 4 (1). https://doi.org/10.56331/ijps.v3i2.9847.