Characteristics of Participants in Jail Diversion and Prison Reentry Programs: Implications for Forensic ACT

Cuddeback, Gary Steven; Wright, Diane; Bisig, Nikki G.

doi:10.1176/appi.ps.201200333

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“…Class 5 was defined by a greater number of drug charges, along with higher rates of drug use disorder, and was accordingly labeled Needs Associated with Drugs. Given their socioeconomic precarity as well as general criminal activity, individuals in these two groups may be more likely to benefit from initiatives such as Housing First coupled with forensic assertive community treatment or intensive case management (Cuddeback et al, 2013; Leclair et al, 2019; Morrissey et al, 2007; Woodhall-Melnik & Dunn, 2016). Moreover, individuals with Needs Associated with Drugs may benefit additionally from integrated dual disorder treatment (Peters et al, 2017) and drug treatment court (Wilson et al, 2006) to link them to appropriate services and decrease the criminalization of their substance use.…”

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A Typology of Lifetime Criminal Justice Involvement Among Homeless Individuals With Mental Illness: Identifying Needs to Better Target Intervention

Lemieux¹,

Leclair

Roy

et al. 2020

Criminal Justice and Behavior

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This study aimed to characterize lifetime criminal involvement among homeless people with mental illness in Canada ( N = 1,682). A latent profile analysis yielded five classes. Most participants fell within the Fewer Needs (75.5%) group, characterized by less complex psychosocial histories and few criminal charges. Participants with Extensive Criminogenic Needs (5.0%) and Acute and Extensive Criminogenic Needs (5.0%) had more charges for justice administration, violent, and mischief/public order offenses and were more likely to have been charged before their first homelessness episode. Participants with Needs Associated with Homelessness (10.6%) and Needs Associated with Drugs (3.8%) were similar, although the former had the longest history of homelessness and the latter had more drug-related charges and were most likely to have drug use disorder. This typology, which sheds light on the cumulative needs associated with different patterns of lifetime criminal involvement among homeless people with mental illness, could guide prevention initiatives and intervention strategies.

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A Typology of Lifetime Criminal Justice Involvement Among Homeless Individuals With Mental Illness: Identifying Needs to Better Target Intervention

Lemieux¹,

Leclair

Roy

et al. 2020

Criminal Justice and Behavior

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“…However, only the youth's aggressive behavior provided clear, independent predictive power. Both of these factors have received considerable attention in the juvenile justice literature (see Cuddeback, Wright, & Bisig, 2013;Nowakowski & Mattern, 2014, but little with respect to juvenile diversion. Aggressive behavior is likely to result in disruptions to a diversion program often leading to dismissal.…”

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Individual and Familial Variables for Predicting Successful Completion of a Juvenile Justice Diversion Program

Loeb

Waung

Sheeran

2015

Journal of Offender Rehabilitation

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A key variable in the success of a juvenile justice diversion program (i.e., avoiding reoffending) is completing the program. Little is known about which variables predict successful completion. The present study examined demographics; behavioral histories; current behaviors; and family, school, and social issues among participants drawn from a metropolitan Detroit diversion program. Logistic regression analyses identified variables predictive of program completion. Key predictors included race, aggressive behavior, previous counseling or treatment, poor academic performance, diagnosed with ADD/ADHD, and parental reports of not contributing to household chores. Recommendations for modifying diversion programs based on these findings are offered.Juvenile diversion programs are predicated on the belief that it is better for the long-term development of youth for them to avoid engagement with correctional institutions. The claim is proffered that the juvenile justice system actually creates more problems than it resolves (Lundman, 1993). The ineffectiveness of

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“…The SIM identifies one of the final areas to provide intervention to justice-involved people with mental illness as the reentry stage: those people who are being released into the community from jails and prisons (Comartin et al, 2021). People with serious mental illness who leave prison after serving sentences for felony charges often face significantly greater challenges in community reentry than those leaving jail after serving sentences for misdemeanor charges (Cuddeback et al, 2013). For example, many individuals leaving prison following conviction on felony offenses are less likely to have access to financial benefits such as SSI, supportive housing, and Medicaid, which is needed to access most community-based mental health treatment programs, as such as benefits are often terminated when a person undergoes a lengthy period of incarceration (Baillargeon et al, 2010).…”

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The Sequential Intercept Model and Forensic Assertive Community Treatment (FACT) for People with Serious Mental Illness: Implications for Social Work Practice

Zampella

2023

JoFSW

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In the United States, adults with serious mental illness are overrepresented in the criminal justice system. The sequential intercept model is a novel framework that identifies three major stages where interventions for this population can best be utilized: pretrial diversion, post-plea alternative to incarceration (ATI), and community reentry from jail and prison. This paper begins with a review of the literature that supports the application of Forensic Assertive Community Treatment (FACT) across these three stages. This paper will also draw on the influences of therapeutic jurisprudence, which holds that the courts can be used to both advance public safety and enhance access to mental health services for justice involved people with serious mental illness. The literature has suggested that patients receiving FACT services have been found to have lower rates of psychiatric hospitalization and criminal justice recidivism in comparison to those who received traditional mental health services. This paper will touch on cutting edge practices to reduce psychiatric hospitalization and criminal justice recidivism rates among people with mental illness that are currently in use. In particular, programs involving law enforcement integration such as ACT-PI teams, co-response teams, and crisis intervention training will be explored. This paper will focus on applications and limitations of FACT across the various stages of the sequential intercept model, with a particular focus of using FACT as a way to reduce racial and gender disparities within the criminal justice system among people with serious mental illness. In light of the broad support the literature highlights for FACT when applied earlier within the criminal justice system, social work practice efforts should accordingly focus on expansion of early access to FACT services. In particular, criminal justice policy efforts should be expanded with respect to utilization of these services at the pretrial diversion and ATI stages, where they are historically underutilized.

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Characteristics of Participants in Jail Diversion and Prison Reentry Programs: Implications for Forensic ACT

Abstract: Population- and gender-specific strategies and interventions could be warranted to better serve FACT consumers. This study furthers the literature about the needs of justice-involved consumers and offers important information for providers of FACT for jail diversion and prison reentry.

Cited by 11 publications

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A Typology of Lifetime Criminal Justice Involvement Among Homeless Individuals With Mental Illness: Identifying Needs to Better Target Intervention

A Typology of Lifetime Criminal Justice Involvement Among Homeless Individuals With Mental Illness: Identifying Needs to Better Target Intervention

Individual and Familial Variables for Predicting Successful Completion of a Juvenile Justice Diversion Program

The Sequential Intercept Model and Forensic Assertive Community Treatment (FACT) for People with Serious Mental Illness: Implications for Social Work Practice

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