Joseph J Cocozza
Biographic Data
| ID | 100230 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Joseph J Cocozza |
| GIVEN NAMES | Joseph J |
| FAMILY NAME | Cocozza |
| SIGNATURE | COCOZZA J J |
| AFFILIATIONS | New York State Department of Mental Hygiene, Albany |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 50 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1976 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Advancing Evidence-Based Practices for Juvenile Justice Reform Through Community Development
There is a general agreement in the literature concerning what works and what does not work in reducing delinquent behavior with juvenile offenders in communities; however, this knowledge has had limited penetration into general public, political, and policymaking venues, as it is reported that less than 10% of juvenile offenders are afforded evidence-based community services. This article describes how Louisiana, through a combination of state, …
Death Concern among Mental Health Workers
Concerns toward death of 106 mental health workers were measured by means of Dickstein's Death Concern Scale. Analyses of the data indicated that respondents, marital status and medical condition had significant effects on death concern scores. Results are discussed within the context of clinical psychology
An Attempt to Change the Negative, Stigmatizing Image of Mental Patients through Brief Reeducation
To test the hypothesis that presenting data generally contradictory to a person's negative image of the will reduce that person's negative view of the patient, 26 female and 12 male college students, undergraduate juniors and seniors with 15.3 yr. of formal education and a mean age of 23.3 yr., were given the semantic differential (3) as measure of a person's image (constructs) of patients. This 30-item version (1) of the 7-point scale allows res…
The Medicalization of Criminal behavior among Mental Patients
The concept of medicalization suggests that a wider range of behaviors is becoming defined as legitimate for medical intervention. Through a comparison of the arrest rates of mental patients released during 1968 and 1975 with the general population rates, the relevance of this process to criminal behavior is examined. In both years the arrest rates for the patient groups exceeded those of the general population, these higher rates being explained…
From Maximum Security to Secure Treatment: Organizational Constraints
This study focuses on an organization at the interface of the criminal justice and mental health systems. The institution examined was a maximum security mental hospital, primarily for incompetent felony defendants, as it was attempting to change from a custodial to a treatment orientation. Interest centered on whether structural factors in this type of organization place significant constraints on the ability of the organization to change in the…
Trends in Violent Crime Among Ex‐mental Patients
A central component of the public's conception of the mentally ill is that they are dangerous. This belief receives support from recent studies of the arrest rates of ex‐mental patients which suggest that arrests for violent crimes have increased. In order to investigate this issue, samples were taken at two points in time. Analysis of arrest rates revealed that very few ex‐mental patients were subsequently arrested for violent crimes, although t…
Prediction in Psychiatry: An Example of Misplaced Confidence in Experts
Although prediction is usually considered an integral part of science, there appears to be at least one situation in which prediction is as much guesswork as science. This is the prediction of a patient's potential dangerousness by psychiatrists. Our paper reports the findings of a three year longitudinal study of specific psychiatric predictions of dangerousness. We report data on: the impact of non-psychiatric factors in these decisions; the ju…
Selective Reporting and the Public's Misconceptions of the Criminally Insane
A subgroup of the mentally ill which has received much media attention is the criminally insane. However, little is known concerning the public's attitudes toward this subgroup. Using survey data from the Albany, N.Y. SMSA, the authors find that the core public perception of the criminally insane, compared to most people and to mental patients, is that they are unpredictable and dangerous. The public's perceptions appear to be heavily influenced …
Criminal Violence
Selective Reporting and the Public's Misconceptions of the Criminally Insane
A subgroup of the mentally ill which has received much media attention is the criminally insane. However, little is known concerning the public's attitudes toward this subgroup. Using survey data from the Albany, N.Y. SMSA, the authors find that the core public perception of the criminally insane, compared to most people and to mental patients, is that they are unpredictable and dangerous. The public's perceptions appear to be heavily influenced …
Prediction in Psychiatry: An Example of Misplaced Confidence in Experts
Although prediction is usually considered an integral part of science, there appears to be at least one situation in which prediction is as much guesswork as science. This is the prediction of a patient's potential dangerousness by psychiatrists. Our paper reports the findings of a three year longitudinal study of specific psychiatric predictions of dangerousness. We report data on: the impact of non-psychiatric factors in these decisions; the ju…
The Medicalization of Criminal behavior among Mental Patients
The concept of medicalization suggests that a wider range of behaviors is becoming defined as legitimate for medical intervention. Through a comparison of the arrest rates of mental patients released during 1968 and 1975 with the general population rates, the relevance of this process to criminal behavior is examined. In both years the arrest rates for the patient groups exceeded those of the general population, these higher rates being explained…
Trends in Violent Crime Among Ex‐mental Patients
A central component of the public's conception of the mentally ill is that they are dangerous. This belief receives support from recent studies of the arrest rates of ex‐mental patients which suggest that arrests for violent crimes have increased. In order to investigate this issue, samples were taken at two points in time. Analysis of arrest rates revealed that very few ex‐mental patients were subsequently arrested for violent crimes, although t…
Advancing Evidence-Based Practices for Juvenile Justice Reform Through Community Development
There is a general agreement in the literature concerning what works and what does not work in reducing delinquent behavior with juvenile offenders in communities; however, this knowledge has had limited penetration into general public, political, and policymaking venues, as it is reported that less than 10% of juvenile offenders are afforded evidence-based community services. This article describes how Louisiana, through a combination of state, …
Criminal Violence
Selective Reporting and the Public's Misconceptions of the Criminally Insane
A subgroup of the mentally ill which has received much media attention is the criminally insane. However, little is known concerning the public's attitudes toward this subgroup. Using survey data from the Albany, N.Y. SMSA, the authors find that the core public perception of the criminally insane, compared to most people and to mental patients, is that they are unpredictable and dangerous. The public's perceptions appear to be heavily influenced …
From Maximum Security to Secure Treatment: Organizational Constraints
This study focuses on an organization at the interface of the criminal justice and mental health systems. The institution examined was a maximum security mental hospital, primarily for incompetent felony defendants, as it was attempting to change from a custodial to a treatment orientation. Interest centered on whether structural factors in this type of organization place significant constraints on the ability of the organization to change in the…
Trends in Violent Crime Among Ex‐mental Patients
A central component of the public's conception of the mentally ill is that they are dangerous. This belief receives support from recent studies of the arrest rates of ex‐mental patients which suggest that arrests for violent crimes have increased. In order to investigate this issue, samples were taken at two points in time. Analysis of arrest rates revealed that very few ex‐mental patients were subsequently arrested for violent crimes, although t…
Prediction in Psychiatry: An Example of Misplaced Confidence in Experts
Although prediction is usually considered an integral part of science, there appears to be at least one situation in which prediction is as much guesswork as science. This is the prediction of a patient's potential dangerousness by psychiatrists. Our paper reports the findings of a three year longitudinal study of specific psychiatric predictions of dangerousness. We report data on: the impact of non-psychiatric factors in these decisions; the ju…
The Medicalization of Criminal behavior among Mental Patients
The concept of medicalization suggests that a wider range of behaviors is becoming defined as legitimate for medical intervention. Through a comparison of the arrest rates of mental patients released during 1968 and 1975 with the general population rates, the relevance of this process to criminal behavior is examined. In both years the arrest rates for the patient groups exceeded those of the general population, these higher rates being explained…
An Attempt to Change the Negative, Stigmatizing Image of Mental Patients through Brief Reeducation
To test the hypothesis that presenting data generally contradictory to a person's negative image of the will reduce that person's negative view of the patient, 26 female and 12 male college students, undergraduate juniors and seniors with 15.3 yr. of formal education and a mean age of 23.3 yr., were given the semantic differential (3) as measure of a person's image (constructs) of patients. This 30-item version (1) of the 7-point scale allows res…
Death Concern among Mental Health Workers
Concerns toward death of 106 mental health workers were measured by means of Dickstein's Death Concern Scale. Analyses of the data indicated that respondents, marital status and medical condition had significant effects on death concern scores. Results are discussed within the context of clinical psychology
Advancing Evidence-Based Practices for Juvenile Justice Reform Through Community Development
There is a general agreement in the literature concerning what works and what does not work in reducing delinquent behavior with juvenile offenders in communities; however, this knowledge has had limited penetration into general public, political, and policymaking venues, as it is reported that less than 10% of juvenile offenders are afforded evidence-based community services. This article describes how Louisiana, through a combination of state, …
Psychology (7 works) · Psychiatry (6 works) · Criminology (5 works) · Medicine (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Clinical Psychology (3 works) · Clinical Psychology (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Mental health (3 works) · Mental Health and Psychiatry (3 works)