RT Article
T1 Examining College Student Perceptions of Criminal Justice Outcomes Among Persons With Mental Illness
JF International journal of offender therapy and comparative criminology
VO 64
IS 9
SP 1027
OP 1049
A1 Dierenfeldt, Rick
A2 Iles, Gale
A2 Scott, Samantha
A2 Smith, Merideth
LA English
YR 2020
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1738563960
AB An extensive body of literature has documented punitive responses to mental illness in the United States that have coalesced around arrest and incarceration. Similarly, studies have highlighted the lack of treatment options available to persons with mental illness, as well as the fact the persons with mental illness are particularly susceptible to offering false confessions. Research on perceptions of these realities is, however, comparatively limited. This study contributes to the literature through the use of survey methodology to examine the perceptions of college students at a mid-sized university in the Southeastern United States as they relate to criminal justice outcomes among persons with mental illness. Results of multinomial regression models suggest that these perceptions are shaped by factors such as political orientation, semester standing, and punitiveness.
K1 Perceptions of mental illness
K1 False confessions
K1 Political orientation and attitudes toward mental illness
K1 Punitiveness
DO 10.1177/0306624X19899642