Estimating the impact of mental illness on costs of crimes: a matched samples comparison

This study uses a propensity scoring and matching approach to compare the costs of crimes committed by former inmates with mental illness (MI) and without MI. Our findings indicate that the recidivism costs of those with MI over the course of 3 years of follow-up are nearly 3 times as large as simil...

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Main Author: Ostermann, Michael (Author)
Contributors: Matejkowski, Jason
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2014
In: Criminal justice and behavior
Year: 2014, Volume: 41, Issue: 1, Pages: 20-40
Online Access: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
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