A aimulation modeling approach for planning and costing jail diversion programs for persons with mental illness

A core public policy question for jail diversion programs, regardless of what outcomes they achieve, is whether and to what extent they generate cost savings. Apart from a general pattern of cost shifting from the criminal justice system to the community mental health system, studies on the costs of...

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Main Author: Hughes, David (Author)
Contributors: Steadman, Henry J. ; Case, Brian ; Griffin, Patricia A. ; Leff, H. S.
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2012
In: Criminal justice and behavior
Year: 2012, Volume: 39, Issue: 4, Pages: 434-446
Online Access: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
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Keywords:
cost savings
Jail diversion
Mental Illness
simulation model