Diverting Special Categories of Offenders to Community Treatment Programs

2017 ◽  
pp. 93-112
Author(s):  
Peter C. Kratcoski
Keyword(s):  
Community Treatment ◽  
Treatment Programs ◽  
Community Treatment Programs

Evaluating Community Treatment Programs

1964 ◽  
Vol 15 (11) ◽  
pp. 617-619
Author(s):  
E. M. Gruenberg ◽  
Sydney Brandon
Keyword(s):  
Community Treatment ◽  
Treatment Programs ◽  
Community Treatment Programs

A Multisite Study of Community Treatment Programs for Mentally Ill Offenders With Major Mental Disorders

2007 ◽  
Vol 34 (2) ◽  
pp. 211-228 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sheilagh Hodgins ◽  
Anders Tengström ◽  
Asa Eriksson ◽  
Reidar Österman ◽  
Robert Kronstrand ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Disorders ◽  
Mentally Ill ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Community Treatment ◽  
Treatment Programs ◽  
Mentally Ill Offenders ◽  
Forensic Patients ◽  
Two Samples ◽  
Reasons For Decisions ◽  
Community Treatment Programs

This article presents reasons for undertaking “The Comparative Study of the Prevention of Crime and Violence by Mentally Ill Persons” and reasons for decisions regarding the study design and choice of measures. A brief portrait of the forensic patients that have been recruited is also presented. Community treatment programs could offer long-term cost-effective care for offenders with major mental disorders (MMDs). The study aims to identify the necessary ingredients of an effective program. Sites are selected in four countries where identification of most, if not all, persons with MMD who commit crimes within the catchment area was possible. Within each site, two samples of patients with MMD are recruited, one from a forensic hospital and one from a general psychiatric hospital. Assessments are completed prior to discharge. Participants are followed during a 5-year period. Comparisons of the forensic patients recruited in the four sites indicate many more similarities than differences.

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