Community-based alternatives for justice-involved individuals with severe mental illness: Diversion, problem-solving courts, and reentry

DeMatteo, David; Laduke, Casey; Locklair, Benjamin; Heilbrun, Kirk

doi:10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2012.09.002

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“…Improved prearrest/booking strategies were planned as part of the broader effort to improve police interactions with such people, enabling officers to identify and divert them to assessment and treatment services rather than arrest them. Appropriateness of diversion is likely to be based on the seriousness of the offence, the safety of the individual and the public (DeMatteo, LaDuke, Locklair, & Heilbrun, ). The appeal of prearrest diversion lies in its promise for reducing criminal recidivism in the longer term, enhancing public safety, saving money, and improving access to the appropriate services for people with mental health problems (Heilbrun et al, ; Kane, Evans, & Shokraneh, ).…”

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“…Appropriateness of diversion is likely to be based on the seriousness of the offence, the safety of the individual and the public (DeMatteo, LaDuke, Locklair, & Heilbrun, 2013). The appeal of prearrest diversion lies in its promise for reducing criminal recidivism in the longer term, enhancing public safety, saving money, and improving access to the appropriate services for people with mental health problems (Heilbrun et al, 2012;Kane, Evans, & Shokraneh, 2018).…”

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The crime, mental health, and economic impacts of prearrest diversion of people with mental health problems: A systematic review

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Shemilt²

2019

Criminal Behav Ment Health

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BackgroundPrearrest diversion strategies are being adopted across the Western world, enabling the police to identify and divert people suspected of having mental disorder towards health and community services rather than the criminal justice system.AimsTo quantify longer‐term criminal justice and mental health outcomes after prearrest diversion of people with suspected mental disorder and consider economic correlates.MethodsA systematic review of published literature on longer term outcomes after prearrest diversion.ResultsOnly two quasi‐experimental studies, with four independent samples, could be included. Findings for criminal and mental health outcomes were inconclusive, but potential for adverse outcomes was identified. Ten studies with cost data suggested that prearrest diversion can lead to overall cost savings.ConclusionsThere is still inadequate evidence on which to base prearrest diversion programmes. Although some benefits have been identified by the review, so have possible harms. Future research and funding strategies must build in high‐quality, systematic evaluation of outcomes before implementing a theoretically attractive strategy more widely.

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The crime, mental health, and economic impacts of prearrest diversion of people with mental health problems: A systematic review

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Shemilt²

2019

Criminal Behav Ment Health

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“…Jail diversion refers to several procedures or programs that prevent inappropriate arrest and detention or remove people from the criminal justice system prior to arraignment or prior to sentencing. It is accomplished by diverting individuals to community-based treatment or rehabilitation or to other sentencing alternatives, such as probation, restitution, or community service (DeMatteo, LaDuke, Locklair, & Heilbrun, 2013).…”

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The opportunities and challenges of multi-site evaluations: Lessons from the jail diversion and trauma recovery national cross-site evaluation

Stainbrook

Penney

Elwyn

2015

Evaluation and Program Planning

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“…Since standard prosecution has proven largely unsuccessful in reducing criminal offending and enhancing (drug) abstinence in offenders with specific (treatment) needs, such as substance use or mental health treatment and social services, a problem solving approach was established in the CJS by moving away from standard prosecution to administering community-based judicial alternatives (Dematteo et al, 2013;Heilbrun et al, 2012). Problem solving courts (PSCs) are, next to diversion to treatment by police officers or by public prosecutors, a result of this therapeutic jurisprudence movement (DeMatteo et al, 2013). PSCs are specialized courts in which the underlying individual problems contributing to criminal offending of a defendant are addressed (Slinger and Roesch, 2010).…”

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Psychosocial functioning of drug treatment court clients: a study of the prosecutor's files in Ghent, Belgium

Wittouck

Dekkers

Vanderplasschen

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Therapeutic Communities: The International Journal of Therapeutic Communities

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Access to this document was granted through an Emerald subscription provided by emerald-srm:368933 [] For AuthorsIf you would like to write for this, or any other Emerald publication, then please use our Emerald for Authors service information about how to choose which publication to write for and submission guidelines are available for all. Please visit www.emeraldinsight.com/authors for more information. About Emerald www.emeraldinsight.comEmerald is a global publisher linking research and practice to the benefit of society. The company manages a portfolio of more than 290 journals and over 2,350 books and book series volumes, as well as providing an extensive range of online products and additional customer resources and services.Emerald is both COUNTER 4 and TRANSFER compliant. The organization is a partner of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and also works with Portico and the LOCKSS initiative for digital archive preservation. AbstractPurpose -Problem solving courts are a result of the therapeutic jurisprudence movement. Drug treatment courts (DTCs), for instance, aim to divert substance using offenders away from the criminal justice system (CJS) to (drug) treatment services. DTCs are associated with reduced criminal offending and substance use. Psychosocial outcomes of DTCs, such as employment, health and family relations, received only little attention. The paper aims to discuss these issues. Design/methodology/approach -This paper focuses on the outcomes regarding substance use and psychosocial variables of a Belgian DTC situated in the Ghent region, which were investigated by a naturalistic evaluation study with a pre-post-design using judicial files. Findings -The results show that Ghent DTC clients were diverted to drug treatment and financial counselling services. Next the Ghent DTC produced beneficial outcomes regarding employment. Contrary to criminal offending (De Keulenaer and Thomaes, 2013), substance use was not significantly reduced in the Ghent DTC sample. Yet more compliance with opioid maintenance treatment was observed. Information on more client centred outcomes such as health and social relations was lacking, precluding a full outcome measurement of psychosocial variables. Research limitations/implications -Future DTC studies should address more client centreed outcomes by gathering information through DTC clients and treatment services instead of solely relying on judicial data sources. In addition, DTCs should develop a clear and uniform registration system regarding these outcomes. Originality/value -Since the therapeutic jurisprudence movement continues to expand, discussion regarding the roles and tasks of the CJS as well as treatment and counselling services is vital. Each actor should maintain its own role and task, regarding monitoring and substantive work, to insure a "problem solving approach" that is in line with the recovery philosophy.

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Community-based alternatives for justice-involved individuals with severe mental illness: Diversion, problem-solving courts, and reentry

Cited by 46 publications

References 48 publications

The crime, mental health, and economic impacts of prearrest diversion of people with mental health problems: A systematic review

The crime, mental health, and economic impacts of prearrest diversion of people with mental health problems: A systematic review

The opportunities and challenges of multi-site evaluations: Lessons from the jail diversion and trauma recovery national cross-site evaluation

Psychosocial functioning of drug treatment court clients: a study of the prosecutor's files in Ghent, Belgium

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