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In this article, it first describes a model of individual susceptibility to interrogative influence. Then suggests which features
of individuals diagnosed with particular mental disorders might render them prone to succumbing to either false or coerced confessions.
The purpose of the two projects discussed in this report was to create and validate mental health screening instruments corrections staff can use during intake of inmates.
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This problem-oriented guide for police explores challenges and solutions in the important interface between law enforcement and the mentally ill.
Intended for law enforcement agencies establishing programs and practices to better serve people with mental illness.
Explores how law enforcement agencies nationwide have implemented innovative treatment of citizens with mental illness who interact with the criminal justice system.
This article presents a non-technical
summary of systematic reviews. After discussing the need for different evidence to respond to different questions, it
examine some of the challenges in locating “evidence.” It considers two policy-relevant examples of systematic reviews addressing popular justice programs (Scared Straight and D.A.R.E.) and conclude with the argument that systematic reviews
and meta-analyses offer the most useful information to decision makers who want to base their decisions on “what works” rather than ideology, tradition, politics, or anecdote.
Examines an alternative model to mental health courts for improving the processing and prognosis of mentally persons following arrest.
This report to the Washington State Legislature summarizes the cost benefit of various measures aimed at reducing crime rates.
This article offers a reviewof the literature that exists on individualswith dual diagnosis
and discusses policies creating the trajectories for mentally ill individuals with
substance abuse problems and their community reentry after involvement with the
criminal justice system.
This article suggests some of the ways in which communities have attempted to respond to these issues, and highlights the fact that judges have become significant leaders as well as innovators in such efforts.
This study estimated current prevalence rates of serious mental illness among adult male and female inmates in five jails during two time periods (four jails in each period). Across jails and study phases the rate of current serious mental illness for male inmates was 14.5% (asymmetric 95% confidence interval [CI]=11.0%–18.9%) and for female inmates it was 31.0% (asymmetric CI=21.7%–42.1%). The estimates in this study have profound implications in terms of resource allocation for treatment in jails and in community-based settings for individuals with mental illness who are involved in the justice system.