Justice-Based OT: A Scoping Review and Analysis

2021 ◽  
Vol 75 (Supplement_2) ◽  
pp. 7512510227p1-7512510227p1
Author(s):  
Jaime P. Muñoz ◽  
Yinao Wang ◽  
Abigail Catalano
Keyword(s):  
Criminal Justice ◽  
Criminal Justice System ◽  
Practice Guidelines ◽  
Scoping Review ◽  
Justice System ◽  
Or Practice ◽  
Primary Author ◽  
Distinct Role

Abstract Date Presented 04/13/21 This scoping review analyzed OT practice in justice-based systems as depicted in 140 sources appearing in publications between 1943 and 2019. This analysis may inform students, practitioners, and researchers and support efforts to define a distinct role for OTs in justice-based systems. Results may help define competencies or practice guidelines and inform the development of practices, programs, and research addressing the needs of individuals involved in the criminal justice system. Primary Author and Speaker: Jaime P. Muñoz Additional Authors and Speakers: Mimi Stroud, Suzanne Walter, Courtney Stonesifer, Yk Liao, and Samantha Marrah

Diversion in the Criminal Justice System

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Mueller-Smith ◽  
Kevin T. Schnepel
Keyword(s):  
Criminal Justice ◽  
Criminal Justice System ◽  
Justice System ◽  
Harris County ◽  
Natural Experiments ◽  
Abrupt Changes ◽  
Or Practice ◽  
Employment Rates ◽  
First Time ◽  
Second Chance

Abstract This article provides the first causal estimates on the popular, cost-saving practice of diversion in the criminal justice system, an intervention that provides offenders with a second chance to avoid a criminal record. We exploit two natural experiments in Harris County, Texas where first-time felony defendants faced abrupt changes in the probability of diversion. Using administrative data and regression discontinuity methods, we find robust evidence across both experiments that diversion cuts reoffending rates in half and grows quarterly employment rates by nearly 50% over 10 years. The change in trajectory persists even 20 years out and is concentrated among young black men. An investigation of mechanisms strongly suggests that stigma associated with a felony conviction plays a key role in generating these results. Other possible mechanisms including changes in incarceration, other universal adjustments in policy or practice, and differences in criminal processing are ruled out empirically.

Occupational Therapy’s Role in the Criminal Justice System: A Scoping Review

2017 ◽  
Vol 71 (4_Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. 7111520314p1 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jaime Muñoz ◽  
Justin T. McTish ◽  
Joelle M. Ruggeri ◽  
Gesina Phillips ◽  
Abigail Catalano
Keyword(s):  
Criminal Justice ◽  
Criminal Justice System ◽  
Scoping Review ◽  
Justice System ◽  
System A

scholarly journals A scoping review of military veterans involved in the criminal justice system and their health and healthcare

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrea K. Finlay ◽  
Mandy D. Owens ◽  
Emmeline Taylor ◽  
Amia Nash ◽  
Nicole Capdarest-Arest ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Criminal Justice ◽  
Criminal Justice System ◽  
Scoping Review ◽  
Justice System ◽  
Military Veterans
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