RT Article
T1 Mental Health Peer Navigators: Working With Criminal Justice–Involved Populations
JF The prison journal
VO 97
IS 3
SP 318
OP 341
A1 Portillo, Shannon
A2 Taxman, Faye S. 1955-
A2 Goldberg, Victoria
LA English
YR 2017
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/174242497X
AB Although peer navigators have gained traction within health care, they are still a relatively new feature of criminal justice-involved organizations. Based on data gathered from interviews, nonparticipant observations, and focus groups from a nonprofit that employs peer navigators to assist clients returning from prison with diagnosed mental illnesses, we argue that peer navigators play multiple roles that extend beyond the client level by influencing the organization and its interaction with the community. Importantly, we discuss these implications for the organization and suggest structure and socialization issues for the integration of criminal justice-involved peer navigators.
K1 Mental Health
K1 Organizational Change
K1 Peer navigators
K1 Reentry
DO 10.1177/0032885517704001