A Multisite Study of Community Treatment Programs for Mentally Ill Offenders With Major Mental Disorders
| Autor: | Robert Kronstrand, Irma Kotilainen, Åsa Eriksson, Reidar Österman, Kirsi Väänänen, Aila Vokkolainen, Anders Tengström, Alexander Levin, Heikki Vartiainen, Sheilagh Hodgins, Rüdiger Müller-Isberner, Derek Eaves, Sten Levander, Eila Repo-Tiihonen, Roland Freese, Deborah Ross, Eva Tuninger, Markku Eronen, Jari Tiihonen, Christopher D. Webster, Stephen D. Hart |
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| Rok vydání: | 2007 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Injury control business.industry Mentally ill Human factors and ergonomics Poison control Sample (statistics) Suicide prevention Occupational safety and health 030227 psychiatry Pathology and Forensic Medicine 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Injury prevention Medicine 030212 general & internal medicine business Psychiatry Law General Psychology Clinical psychology |
| Zdroj: | Criminal Justice and Behavior. 34:211-228 |
| ISSN: | 1552-3594 0093-8548 |
| Popis: | This article presents reasons for undertaking “The Comparative Study of the Prevention of Crime and Violence by Mentally Ill Persons” and reasons for decisions regarding the study design and choice of measures. A brief portrait of the forensic patients that have been recruited is also presented. Community treatment programs could offer long-term cost-effective care for offenders with major mental disorders (MMDs). The study aims to identify the necessary ingredients of an effective program. Sites are selected in four countries where identification of most, if not all, persons with MMD who commit crimes within the catchment area was possible. Within each site, two samples of patients with MMD are recruited, one from a forensic hospital and one from a general psychiatric hospital. Assessments are completed prior to discharge. Participants are followed during a 5-year period. Comparisons of the forensic patients recruited in the four sites indicate many more similarities than differences. |
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