OBJECTIVE This study investigated individual-level and neighborhood-level predictors of criminal legal involvement of veterans during the critical transition period from military to civilian life. HYPOTHESES We hypothesized that substance use, mental health, and personality disorders will increase the incidence of criminal legal involvement, which will be highest among veterans living in socioeconomically disadvantaged neighborhoods after military discharge. METHOD We analyzed data from a longitudinal cohort study of 418,624 veterans who entered Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) health care after leaving the military. Department of Defense (DoD) data on clinical diagnoses, demographics, and military history were linked to VA data on neighborhood of residence and criminal legal involvement. RESULTS Criminal legal involvement in the 2 years following military discharge was most strongly predicted by younger age, substance use disorder, and being male. Other predictors included the military branch in which veterans served, deployment history, traumatic brain injury, serious mental illness, personality disorder, having fewer physical health conditions, and living in socioeconomically disadvantaged neighborhoods. These factors combined in multivariable analysis yielded a very large effect size for predicting criminal legal involvement after military separation (area under the curve = .82). The incidence of criminal legal involvement was 10 times higher among veterans with co-occurring substance use disorder, serious mental illness, and personality disorder than among veterans with none of these diagnoses, and these rates were highest among veterans residing in more socioeconomically disadvantaged neighborhoods. CONCLUSIONS To our knowledge, this is the largest longitudinal study of risk factors for criminal legal involvement in veterans following military discharge. The findings supported the hypothesis that veterans with co-occurring mental disorders living in socioeconomically disadvantaged neighborhoods were at higher risk of criminal legal involvement, underscoring the complex interplay of individual-level and neighborhood-level risk factors for criminal legal involvement after veterans leave the military. These results can inform policy and programs, such as the DoD Transition Assistance Program (TAP) and the VA Military to Civilian Readiness Pathway program (M2C Ready), to enhance community reintegration and prevent criminal legal involvement among veterans transitioning from military to civilian life. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved).

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最近分离的退伍军人中的刑事法律参与：LIMBIC 研究的结果。

目标 本研究调查了退伍军人在从军人生活向平民生活的关键过渡时期涉及刑事法律的个人层面和社区层面的预测因素。假设 我们假设物质使用、心理健康和人格障碍会增加涉及刑事法律的发生率，这在退伍后生活在社会经济弱势社区的退伍军人中最高。方法 我们分析了一项纵向队列研究的数据，该研究纳入了 418,624 名退伍军人，这些退伍军人在离开军队后进入退伍军人事务部 (VA) 医疗保健部门。国防部 (DoD) 关于临床诊断、人口统计和军事历史的数据与 VA 关于居住区和刑事法律参与的数据相关联。结果 退伍后 2 年内的刑事法律卷入最强烈的预测是年龄较小、物质使用障碍和男性。其他预测因素包括退伍军人服役的军事部门、部署历史、创伤性脑损伤、严重的精神疾病、人格障碍、身体健康状况较差以及生活在社会经济不利的社区。这些因素结合在多变量分析中产生了非常大的影响大小，用于预测军事分离后的刑事法律卷入（曲线下面积 = .82）。同时患有物质使用障碍、严重精神疾病和人格障碍的退伍军人的刑事法律卷入率是没有这些诊断的退伍军人的 10 倍，在居住在社会经济条件较差的社区的退伍军人中，这些比率最高。结论 据我们所知，这是对退伍军人退伍军人刑事法律卷入风险因素的最大纵向研究。研究结果支持这样的假设，即生活在社会经济弱势社区的同时患有精神障碍的退伍军人有更高的刑事法律卷入风险，强调退伍军人退伍后个人层面和社区层面的刑事法律卷入风险因素之间复杂的相互作用. 这些结果可以为政策和计划提供信息，例如国防部过渡援助计划 (TAP) 和 VA 军民准备途径计划 (M2C Ready)，加强社区重返社会，防止从军队过渡到平民生活的退伍军人涉及刑事法律问题。（PsycInfo 数据库记录 (c) 2022 APA，保留所有权利）。