NADCP invites submissions to the next volume of our peer-reviewed Journal for Advancing Justice: “Sustaining Long-Term Recovery as Part of Justice Reform.” This volume is scheduled to be published in spring of 2024 and is supported with grant funding from the Office of National Drug Control Policy, Executive Office of the President.

About Volume V
Despite advances in and expanded accessibility to treatment for substance use disorders, overdose deaths continue to rise in the United States. As communities seek solutions, there is growing momentum to better understand what helps individuals build toward and achieve sustained, long-term recovery. Perceptions of what recovery, long-term recovery, and recovery capital mean vary widely; it is clear that more research in this area is needed to help better define these terms and develop metrics to measure the impact of policies, programs, and practices designed to help individuals build recovery capital and achieve sustained recovery.
Submission Guidelines and Priority Topics

We seek original research reports; research-based review articles or meta-analyses; or articles outlining a testable, conceptual paradigm and set of data-based recommendations. Priority topics for this volume include:

• Methods for assessing, enhancing, or building on recovery capital to help individuals achieve long-term recovery, including justice-involved persons
• Effective roles and functions of peer recovery support specialists or peer mentors
• Effective strategies to enhance or build on recovery capital and how to apply or adapt these strategies for justice-involved persons
• Policies, programs, or practices demonstrated to enhance cultural equity and inclusion for marginalized groups in building recovery capital
• Models of recovery-oriented systems of care (ROSC) that have been shown to enhance long-term outcomes or show promise for doing so, and how these may need to be adapted for justice-involved persons
• Optimum program lengths and dosages of services based on participant need and criminogenic risk levels for justice-involved persons
• Collaborative strategies for the treatment and justice systems to effectively coordinate care and help build recovery capital for justice-involved individuals

How to Submit Your Work
Authors may submit an abstract or precis of their proposed submission or may submit a full manuscript for consideration. Abstracts and manuscripts must be submitted using the journal’s online submission form. The deadline for full manuscript submission is Friday, September 1, 2023.