EFFECTIVENESS BANK alert: Alcohol screening and brief intervention in English probation services

ALCOHOL SCREENING AND BRIEF INTERVENTION IN ENGLISH PROBATION SERVICES

The probation arm of the largest alcohol screening and brief intervention study yet conducted in Britain found that the proportion of offenders drinking at risky levels fell just as much after the most minimal of screening and intervention methods as after more sophisticated and longer (but still brief) alternatives.

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