Health Interventions in the Legal System

Intervention design, implementation, and evaluation at the interface of behavioral health and legal systems

Design

Working with community partners to identify interventions and program components to achieve client outcomes

Implementation

Identifying factors that impact program implementation and developing strategies to address challenges and barriers

Evaluation

Conducting outcome and process evaluations to determine whether and how an intervention works

Complex Systems

Our research involves public and private sectors, large agencies, small non-profit organizations, and behavioral health, criminal-legal, and social service systems. This work requires attention to complex systems and the multi-level factors that impact program implementation and ultimately client outcomes.