The sequential intercept model and criminal justice : promoting community alternatives for individuals with serious mental illness / edited by Patricia Griffin [and five others] ; contributors, Dan Abreu [and forty others]
The number of individuals with severe mental illness in the criminal justice system is shockingly high. However, there is a wealth of research that shows that the traditional incarceration model is not effective with this population, and that many of these individuals can be helped in the community...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York, New York :
Oxford University Press,
2015.
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| Summary: | The number of individuals with severe mental illness in the criminal justice system is shockingly high. However, there is a wealth of research that shows that the traditional incarceration model is not effective with this population, and that many of these individuals can be helped in the community at less cost without increased risk to public safety by addressing their risk-relevant needs and improving their opportunities for recovery. As a result, during the last decade there has been an increasing interest in community-based alternatives to incarceration for individuals with severe mental i. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (321 pages) : illustrations, tables. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index at the end of each chapters. |
| ISBN: | 9780190234218 0190234210 0199826757 9780199826759 1322570663 9781322570662 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |