An accumulating body of research data points to the disproportionate presence of persons with mental illness in America's jails. Preventing the jail detention of people with mental illness has become an agreed-upon goal for actors in both the mental health and criminal justice systems. Toward that...
ith mental illness. Jail diversion models for people with mental illness.Jail diversion models for people with mental illness.Amrhein, CharlesBarberRioja, Virginia
Investments in mental health care and research are critical: globally, psychiatric and neurological disorders comprise approximately 13% of the disability-adjusted life years and nearly one-third of years lived with disability [1]. The prevalence of mental illness is higher among people detained within...
Crisis intervention team (CIT) training in the jail/detention setting: a case illustration. Research has documented the over-representation of persons with severe and persistent mental illness (SPMJ) in jails and prisons. Further increased attenti... AS Tucker,J Mendez,SL Browning,... - 《Inter...
How the Service Needs Priorities of People with Mental Illness Shape Community Reintegration Efforts after Release from JailAmy Blank Wilson, PhD
mental illnessarrest preventionjail diversionHistorically, as many as 7–10% of US police contacts have involved persons with mental illnesses, with a disproportionate amount of these encounters resulting in arrest, usually for minor offenses. Crisis Intervention Teams (CIT) were created, and have ...
Mental health courts are growing in popularity as a form of jail diversion for justice system-involved people with serious mental illness. This is the firs... Henry,J,Steadman,... - 《Archives of General Psychiatry》 被引量: 155发表: 2011年 Effects of diversion on adults with co-occurring...
Ohio Supreme Court Justice Evelyn Lundberg Stratton states that offenders with mental illnesses committing a low-level crime could be sentenced to jail, on probation, or on community control.ChaversMikelCapitol Ideas
Focuses on efforts to keep mentally ill people from going to jail. Claim that it is cheaper to treat such individuals in mental hospitals than to incarcera... Lamberg,Lynne - 《Jama Journal of the American Medical Association》 被引量: 13发表: 2004年 ...
You ate the first respectable citizen who has called on me since my incarceration, and being in jail makes one appreciate friends.When did you come to town?” “Yesterday afternoon.” “And you came out this morning?Why, my dear, you are more than good.”He smiled down at her with ...