Effectiveness 2 Years Postexit of a Recently Established Mental Health Court

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ID3756695
AuthorsPadraic J Burns (North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA), Padraic Burns (North Carolina State University), Virginia Aldigé Hiday (North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA), B Ray (0000-0003-3643-775X, Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis)
Year2013
Volume57
Issue2
Pages189-208
Publication date2013-02-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Behavioral Scientist (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0002-7642 • E-ISSN: 1552-3381
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0002764212465416
OpenAlexW2094458074
LanguageEN
Citations received16
References cited49

There are now more than 300 mental health courts in the United States; yet studies on their effectiveness in reducing criminal recidivism are relatively few, and most follow defendants after entry into the court, during their participation, and sometimes, for a short period following exit. Using a preenrollment-postexit design that follows participants of one mental health court for 2 years after exit, this article examines criminal recidivism of participants after they no longer receive the court's services, supervision, and support. It investigates participant demographic, clinical, and criminal history and key arrest characteristics as well as process measures and graduation as predictors of two measures of recidivism, arrests, and postexit jail days. Its findings support the hypothesis that mental health courts can reduce criminal recidivism postexit and point to criminal history, time in mental health court, and graduation as the main influences on recidivism

Criminal record · Criminology · Graduation (instrument) · Mental health · Psychiatry · Recidivism · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis · Engineering · Mental Health Treatment and Access · Psychology · Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending

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