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Offers cases with wide ranging policy implications regarding structural and functional changes institutions and organizations might consider, given the confines of context and resources, to improve the conditions of mentally ill offenders.
List of contents
List of Contributors. Introduction. (S.W. Hartwell). Part I -- Programming and Program Evaluation -- Two Cases from Massachusetts. A Public Health Approach to Address the Mental Health Needs of Juvenile Offenders. (R.A. McMackin, E. Pittel). E Pluribus Unum: Creating a Multi-Organizational Structure for Serving Arrestees with Serious Mental Illness. (J.C. Clayfield et al.). Part II -- Risk Assessment -- Two Cases from Around the Globe. Rambo: The Evaluation of an Intervention Program for UK Mentally Abnormal Young Offenders. (T.I. Mutale). Risk Assessment and Violent Recidivism Risk Management in Convicts from Argentina. (J.O. Folino). Part III -- Mitigating Circumstances -- Two Cases from the Courts. Offender Ethnicity and Juvenile Court Referrals to Substance Abuse Services. (C.S. Breda). Benefits and Risks of Using "Diminished Capacity" Mitigation in Death Penalty Proceedings. (B. Bjerregaard, M.D. Smith, S.J. Fogel). Part IV -- Prisons -- Two Cases on Identification and Treatment of Mentally Ill Offenders Behind Bars. Screening for Serious Mental Illness among Criminal Offenders. (J.A. Swartz, A.J. Lurigio). The Impact of a Residential Treatment Unit on the Prison Adjustment Of Mentally Disordered Inmates. (C. Gagliardi). Part V -- Assessing Outcomes -- Two Studies Examining Outcomes of Ex-Offenders with Mental Illness. Beyond Recidivism: Identifying Additional Measures of Success for Special Offenders Programs. (A.M. Cote, K.A. Mahaffy). The Organizational Response to Community Re-Entry. (S.W. Hartwell).
Summary
Offers cases with wide ranging policy implications regarding structural and functional changes institutions and organizations might consider, given the confines of context and resources, to improve the conditions of mentally ill offenders.
