Community Treatment of Severely Mentally Ill Offenders Under the Jurisdiction of the Criminal Justice System: A Review

1999 ◽  
Vol 50 (7) ◽  
pp. 907-913 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Richard Lamb ◽  
Linda E. Weinberger ◽  
Bruce H. Gross
Keyword(s):  
Criminal Justice ◽  
Criminal Justice System ◽  
Mentally Ill ◽  
Justice System ◽  
Community Treatment ◽  
Mentally Ill Offenders ◽  
System A ◽  
Severely Mentally Ill

“That’s Just the Tip of It Because It Goes Deeper Than That”: A Qualitative Exploration Into the Role of Mental Illness in Offending Onset and Subsequent Offending Behavior

2016 ◽  
Vol 29 (4) ◽  
pp. 341-364
Author(s):  
Stacy Calhoun
Keyword(s):  
Mental Illness ◽  
Criminal Justice ◽  
Criminal Justice System ◽  
Mentally Ill ◽  
Justice System ◽  
Psychiatric Symptoms ◽  
Mentally Ill Offenders ◽  
Direct Role ◽  
Youth At Risk ◽  
Illegal Activities

There continues to be considerable debate regarding the most effective ways to reduce the number of mentally ill offenders in the adult criminal justice system. What is often missing from this national discussion is an examination of the factors associated with their initial involvement in illegal activities. This qualitative study assesses the self-perceived role that psychiatric symptoms had in the onset and continued offending of a sample of 28 parolees with mental illness. The findings showed that psychiatric symptoms rarely played a direct role in the onset and continued offending in this sample. Furthermore, the majority of the sample started offending prior to the age of 18, highlighting the need to devote more resources toward delivering evidence-based interventions to youth at risk of becoming involved in a criminal lifestyle as one strategy for reducing the number of mentally ill who become involved in the adult criminal justice system.

Criminalization of the Mentally Ill: Part I. Police Perceptions

1988 ◽  
Vol 33 (2) ◽  
pp. 81-86 ◽  
Author(s):  
H.L. Holley ◽  
J. Arboleda-Florez
Keyword(s):  
Mental Illness ◽  
Criminal Justice ◽  
Criminal Justice System ◽  
Mentally Ill ◽  
Justice System ◽  
Mentally Ill Offenders ◽  
Study Cohort ◽  
Prospective Longitudinal Study ◽  
Police Perceptions ◽  
Prospective Longitudinal

This paper reports the findings from Phase I of an ongoing prospective, longitudinal study of mentally ill offenders. The study documents the nature, extent and location of mentally ill offenders in the criminal justice system in Southern Alberta, evaluates mechanisms which are used to identify mentally ill offenders in need of treatment, identifies existing psychiatric services available within the criminal justice system and documents their psychiatric service utilization patterns. A study cohort of 611 was identified at their time of arrest and followed through the justice process from initial detention until final release. Part I on this study focusses on the period of arrest. More specifically, police perceptions of disturbed behaviour are examined. The prevalence of police-identified offenders is reported and police judgments regarding possible causes of disturbed behaviour (that is, mental illness, drugs, alcohol) and recommendations for psychiatric treatment are examined. Discrepancies between official recommendations made by police to a bail magistrate (and recorded on the arrest report) and unofficial recommendations collected as part of the study are explained in terms of differing decision-making models; clinical versus legal. Finally, the importance of police perceptions concerning the presence of mental illness as opposed to substance abuse are identified as important factors which influence the decision to recommend psychiatric examinations.

scholarly journals Mentally Ill Offenders Involved With the U.S. Criminal Justice System

SAGE Open ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 215824401349702 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christine M. Sarteschi
Keyword(s):  
Criminal Justice ◽  
Criminal Justice System ◽  
Mentally Ill ◽  
Justice System ◽  
Mentally Ill Offenders ◽  
The U.S

Girls in the criminal justice system: A thematic inspection

2015 ◽  
Vol 62 (2) ◽  
pp. 184-185
Author(s):  
Madeline Petrillio
Keyword(s):  
Criminal Justice ◽  
Criminal Justice System ◽  
Justice System ◽  
System A
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