RT Article
T1 Recidivism Outcomes for Suburban Mental Health Court Defendants
JF American journal of criminal justice
VO 37
IS 1
SP 76
OP 91
A1 Dirks-Linhorst, P. Ann
A2 Linhorst, Donald M.
LA English
YR 2012
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1764274121
AB Mental health courts have recently emerged as one means to reduce the number of persons with mental illness in the criminal justice system. Using a post-test only comparison group design, this study examined rearrest rates for 1 year post discharge among three groups meeting admission criteria for a municipal mental health court. The rearrest rate of defendants who successfully completed the program ( N = 351) was 14.5%, compared to 38% among defendants negatively terminated from the program ( N = 137), and 25.8% among defendants who chose not to participate ( N = 89). This positive result held even when controlling for a range of variables in a Cox regression survival analysis. Factors associated with rearrest are identified for each of the three groups.
K1 Diversion
K1 Mentally ill offenders
K1 Recidivism
K1 Mental health court
DO 10.1007/s12103-010-9092-0