Comparison of social circumstances, substance use and substance-related harm in soon-to-be-released prisoners with and without intellectual disability

A Bhandari; K van Dooren; G Eastgate; N Lennox; SA Kinner

Journal article

Comparison of social circumstances, substance use and substance-related harm in soon-to-be-released prisoners with and without intellectual disability

A Bhandari, K van Dooren, G Eastgate, N Lennox, SA Kinner

Journal of Intellectual Disability Research | WILEY | Published : 2015

DOI: 10.1111/jir.12162

University of Melbourne Researchers

Stuart Kinner Author Melbourne School of Population and Global Health

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Funding Acknowledgements

The authors wish to thank participants in the Passports project and Queensland Corrective Services for supporting the project. The Passports project was funded by NHMRC Strategic Award #409966. Stuart Kinner is supported by NHMRC Career Development Award #1004765. The authors wish to acknowledge the invaluable contribution to study conceptualisation and design of the late Professor Konrad Jamrozik.