ARC Associates

Policy Studies, Research Reports and Service Direcotries

(Under Construction)

Policy Issues

• Marijuana updated May 2020
  
• Opiates NEW (10/24/17)
• Child and Adolescent Health & Welfare (June 2020)
  

Enforcement and Criminal Justice Populations

Parish Jail and State Prison Popultaions

• Jefferson Parish Correctional Center Descriptive Analysis of Prisoners' Behavioral Health Problems (Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office, December 2013)
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• Substance Dependence, Abuse, and Treatment of Jail Inmates, 2002 (Bureau of Justice Statistics, July 2005)
  
• Drug Use and Dependence, State and Federal Prisoners, 2004 (Bureau of Justice Statistics, Oct. 2006)
  
• Re-entry Initiatives Overview (Louisiana Dept. of Public Safety and Corrections Web Site)
  

Drug Courts

• Louisiana Drug Court Program (brochure) (Louisiana Supreme Court, 2011)
  
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Criminal Offences

• Crime in New Orleans: Analyzing Crime Trends and New Orleans' Response to Crime (Bureau of Justice Statiistics, March 2011)

Arrests

• ADAM Priliminary 2000 Findings on Drug Use & Drug Markets (NIJ Arrestee Drug Abuse Monitoring System, Dec. 2001) includes New Orleans
• ADAM II, 2012 Annual Report (Office of National Drug Control Policy, May 2013) ADAM II does not include New Orleans.
• ADAM II, 2010 Annual Report (Office of National Drug Control Policy, May 2011) ADAM II does not include New Orleans.

Drug Threat Assessment

• 2014 Drug Threat Assessment (Gulf Coast High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas Program, Dec. 2013)
  
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General Population

Health and Behavioral Health

• New Orleans Mental Health Dashboard, Emergency and Outpatient Utilization (New Orleans Health Dept., published monthly, click here and choose "Health Data" tab)
• Child and Family Health in New Orleans (New Orleans Health Dept., Dec. 2013)
  
• NOLA for Life Playbook: Promoting Life for All Youth, Strategic Plan to Prevent Youth Violence (New Orleans Health Dept., Sept. 2013)
  
• New Orleans Community Health Improvement Report (New Orleans Health Dept., Jan. 2013)
  
• Behavioral Health in New Orleans, 2012 (New Orleans Health Dept., Summer 2012)
  
• Place Matters for Health in Orleans Parish (Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, June 2012)
  
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Emergency Room Visits

• Syndromic Surveillance for Synthetic Drug at Vodoo Fest, October 2012 (Louisiana Early Event Detection System, 2012)  
• Highlights From DAWN-ED: New Orleans, 2002 (Drug Abuse Warning Network - Emergency Department, The DAWN Report, April 2004)  

Prevention, Treatment and Recovery Resources

Service Providers

• Behavioral Health Resource Guide in the Greater New Orleans Area (New Orleans Health Dept., Nov. 2013)
  
• Guide to Primary Care Resources in the Greater New Orleans Area (New Orleans Health Dept., Dec. 2013)
  
• Children and Youth Behavioral Health Resources (New Orleans Health Department, Nov. 2013)
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