The Organizational Response to Persons with Mental Illness Involved with the Criminal Justice System, Volume 12 (Research in Social Problems and Public ... in Social Problems and Public Policy)

225 Pages·2005·1.35 MB·English

by  Stephanie Hartwell

THE ORGANIZATIONAL RESPONSE
TO PERSONS WITH MENTAL
ILLNESS INVOLVED WITH THE
CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM
RESEARCH IN SOCIAL PROBLEMS
AND PUBLIC POLICY
Series Editors: William R. Freudenburg and
Ted I. K. Youn
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RESEARCH IN SOCIAL PROBLEMS AND PUBLIC POLICY
VOLUME 12
THE ORGANIZATIONAL
RESPONSE TO PERSONS
WITH MENTAL ILLNESS
INVOLVED WITH THE
CRIMINAL JUSTICE
SYSTEM
EDITED BY
STEPHANIE W. HARTWELL
Department of Sociology, University of Massachusetts,
Boston, USA
2005
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CONTENTS
LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS ix
INTRODUCTION
Stephanie W. Hartwell xi
PART I:
PROGRAMMING AND PROGRAM EVALUATION – TWO
CASES FROM MASSACHUSETTS
A PUBLIC HEALTH APPROACH TO ADDRESS THE
MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS OF JUVENILE
OFFENDERS
Robert A. McMackin and Elliot Pittel 3
E PLURIBUS UNUM: CREATING A MULTI-
ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE FOR SERVING
ARRESTEES WITH SERIOUS MENTAL ILLNESS
Jonathan C. Clayfield, Albert J. Grudzinskas, Jr., 27
William H. Fisher and Kristen Roy-Bujnowski
PART II:
RISK ASSESSMENT – TWO CASES FROM AROUND THE
GLOBE
RAMBO: THE EVALUATION OF AN INTERVENTION
PROGRAM FOR UK MENTALLY ABNORMAL
YOUNG OFFENDERS
Theodore I. Mutale 53
v
vi CONTENTS
RISK ASSESSMENT AND VIOLENT RECIDIVISM
RISK MANAGEMENT IN CONVICTS FROM
ARGENTINA
Jorge O. Folino 75
PART III:
MITIGATING CIRCUMSTANCES – TWO CASES FROM THE
COURTS
OFFENDER ETHNICITY AND JUVENILE COURT
REFERRALS TO SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVICES
Carolyn S. Breda 91
BENEFITS AND RISKS OF USING ‘‘DIMINISHED
CAPACITY’’ MITIGATION IN DEATH PENALTY
PROCEEDINGS
Beth Bjerregaard, M. Dwayne Smith and 111
Sondra J. Fogel
PART IV:
PRISONS – TWO CASES ON IDENTIFICATION AND
TREATMENT OF MENTALLY ILL OFFENDERS BEHIND
BARS
SCREENING FOR SERIOUS MENTAL ILLNESS
AMONG CRIMINAL OFFENDERS
James A. Swartz and Arthur J. Lurigio 137
THE IMPACT OF A RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT
UNIT ON THE PRISON ADJUSTMENT OF
MENTALLY DISORDERED INMATES
Christine Gagliardi 163
Contents vii
PART V:
ASSESSING OUTCOMES – TWO STUDIES EXAMINING
OUTCOMES OF EX-OFFENDERS WITH MENTAL ILLNESS
BEYOND RECIDIVISM: IDENTIFYING ADDITIONAL
MEASURES OF SUCCESS FOR SPECIAL OFFENDERS
PROGRAMS
Anne Marie Cote´ and Kimberly A. Mahaffy 181
THE ORGANIZATIONAL RESPONSE TO
COMMUNITY RE-ENTRY
Stephanie W. Hartwell 197
LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS
Beth Bjerregaard Department of Criminal Justice,
University of North Carolina at
Charlotte, Charlotte, NC, USA
Carolyn S. Breda Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN,
USA
Jonathan C. Clayfield Psychiatry Department, University of
Massachusetts, Worcester, MA, USA
Anne Marie Cote´ Department of Sociology and
Anthropology, Millersville University,
Millersville, PA, USA
William H. Fisher Psychiatry Department, University of
Massachusetts, Worcester, MA, USA
Sondra J. Fogel School of Social Work, University of
South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA
Jorge O. Folino Programa E.R.L., Procuracio´ n General,
Buenos Aires, La Plata, Argentina
Christine Gagliardi University of Massachusetts, Boston,
NY, USA
Albert J. Grudzinskas, Jr. Psychiatry Department, University of
Massachusetts, Worcester, MA, USA
Stephanie W. Hartwell Department of Sociology, University of
Massachusetts, Boston, MA, USA
Arthur J. Lurigio College of Arts and Sciences, Loyola
University, Chicago, IL, USA
Kimberly A. Mahaffy Department of Sociology and
Anthropology, Millersville University,
Millersville, PA, USA
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x LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS
Robert A. McMackin Massachusetts Department of Public
Health, Jamaica Plain, MA, USA
Theodore I. Mutale Bethlem Royal Hospital, Beckenham,
UK
Elliot Pittel Massachusetts Department of Public
Health, Jamaica Plain, MA, USA
Kristen Roy-Bujnowski Psychiatry Department, University of
Massachusetts, Worcester, MA, USA
M. Dwayne Smith Department of Criminology, University
of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA
James A. Swartz Jane Addams College of Social Work,
University of Illinois at Chicago,
Chicago, IL, USA