RT Article
T1 Short-Term Outcomes for Offenders With Mental Illness Released From Incarceration
JF International journal of offender therapy and comparative criminology
VO 47
IS 2
SP 145
OP 158
A1 Hartwell, Stephanie
LA Undetermined
YR 2003
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1639310290
AB Using data on 247 offenders with mental illness, this analysis seeks to identify characteristics that distinguish those who are returned to prison or a psychiatric hospital with those who remain in the community. Sociodemographic, mental health, criminal history, and service variables are compared across a range of outcome categories with a focus on those reinstitutionalized and those reincarcerated. Those returning to institutions have somewhat different mental health service and criminal justice histories than the engaged/community group. In particular, the group that is reincarcerated is more likely released from misdemeanor sentences, and the group being released from felony sentences is more likely to be found in a psychiatric hospital after release from correctional custody. These findings have implications regarding the cumulative effects of engagement with the criminal justice system and the process through which persons with mental illness and a criminal history cycle through institutions
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