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Introduction to therapeutic communities
- Author:
- KENNARD David
- Publisher:
- Jessica Kingsley
- Publication year:
- 1998
- Pagination:
- 192p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Sets the work of therapeutic communities within their historic and social context, looking in detail at the influence of leaders in the field, to create a backdrop against which current practice can be viewed. Examines communities aimed at specific sectors of society, including drug abusers, offenders, people with mental health problems, and people with severe personality disorders. Part two describes the day to day running of a therapeutic community, and the responsibilities, anxieties and rewards experienced by members of staff.
Providing recovery services for offenders with co-occurring disorders
- Authors:
- KLEINPETER Christine, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Dual Diagnosis, 3(1), 2006, pp.59-85.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
Providing adequate treatment and supervision for drug offenders with co-occurring disorders in the United States has been a challenge because they are usually not eligible for drug court and often fail to comply with the conditions of probation in other drug diversion programs. The authors report the results of a process evaluation of the Co-Occurring Disorders Court (CODC) implemented by the Superior Court of the County of Orange, California. Drug offenders who are chronically, persistently mentally ill and diagnosed with bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, or a major depressive disorder participated in an 18-month program that provides integrated treatment. Following evaluation by a psychiatrist and the drug court team (judge, public defender, probation officer, and mental health caseworker), they are placed on medication and referred to residential and/or outpatient drug treatment. During the program they are randomly drug tested and their progress is monitored by the drug court team; they receive sanctions for program non-compliance or rewards for program compliance. In the first two years of operation the CODC admitted 72 offenders. The study findings indicate the majority of participants are being stabilized on their medications, which increases their treatment stay and improves their quality of life. At 6 months the participants show advances in social functioning, decreasing problems due to substance use, and productivity in the achievement of life goals. The results of the process evaluation indicate the program is achieving the stated objectives. (Copies of this article are available from: Haworth Document Delivery Centre, Haworth Press Inc., 10 Alice Street, Binghamton, NY 13904-1580).
For your own good
- Author:
- SIMS Jean
- Journal article citation:
- Care and Health Magazine, 64, 2004, pp.18-19.
- Publisher:
- Care and Health
The Home Office's new 'Women's Offending Reduction Programme Action Plan' to reduce offending reveals women with drugs misuse or mental health problems are sometimes sent to prison for 'their own safety' despite evidence that prison is not a healthy place to be.
Rearrest: does HIV serostatus make a difference?
- Authors:
- HARRIS V. L., et al
- Journal article citation:
- AIDS Care, 14(6), December 2002, pp.839-849.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Correctional facilities have become collection and containment centres for HIV-seropositive individuals. This is due to factors that affect incarceration in general: past criminal behaviour, age and crime type. In addition, the sex trade industry, intravenous drug use and community instability are likely factors affecting this particular population. The objective of this study was to determine whether HIV-positive offenders have higher rates of rearrest than HIV-negative offenders. Statistical adjustment for mental illness, age, race, ethnicity, substance abuse history and past criminal history did not affect rearrest significantly. Nonetheless, HIV-positive individuals who presented with mental health needs appeared to be significantly more vulnerable to rearrest after the first three months of release into the community.
Building a strong alternative to crime
- Author:
- HARRIS Linda
- Journal article citation:
- Addiction Today, 12(70), May 2001, pp.20-21.
- Publisher:
- Addiction Recovery Foundation
Now that Drug Treatment and Testing Orders are used nationally, looks at how the first UK drug court is faring.
Mental health and criminal justice issues among perpetrators of elder abuse
- Authors:
- BROWNWELL Pat, BERMAN Jacquelin, SALAMONE Aurora
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Elder Abuse and Neglect, 11(4), 1999, pp.81-94.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
Recent studies on elder abuse suggest that the pathology or impairment of the abuser may be a stronger predictor of elder abuse than characteristics of the victim. To examine the relationship between elder abuse, abuser pathology, and the criminal justice system, the New York City Department for the Ageing (DFTA) undertook a survey of older victims of reported domestic abuse seeking assistance from the DFTA Elderly Crime Victims Resource Center. Preliminary findings from the survey indicate that impaired abusers were significantly younger than unimpaired abusers and more likely to live with their elderly victims, to be unemployed, and to have a history of involvement with the criminal justice system.
Bridging a gap
- Author:
- BOND Heather
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 25.6.98, 1998, pp.28-29.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Describes a visit to CAST, a project working to ease transition back to the community for women leaving prison or rehabilitation centres.
Mental disorders and criminal behaviour
- Authors:
- MODESTIN Jiri, AMMANN Roland
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Psychiatry, 166, May 1995, pp.667-675.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
The study, performed at the Psychiatric University Hospital of Berne looked at the relationship between mental disorders and criminal behaviour. It was concluded from the results that alcoholism and drug abuse contribute significantly to criminal behaviour, independent of sociodemographic factors; however, with a few exceptions, mental disorders such as schizophrenia and affective disorders do not contribute to criminal behaviour.
Scare in the community: Britain in a moral panic
- Editor:
- NEATE Polly
- Publisher:
- Community Care
- Publication year:
- 1995
- Pagination:
- 44p.,diags.,tables.
- Place of publication:
- Sutton
5 essays by experts in the fields of youth crime, drugs, lone parenting, child abuse, and mental illness and violence, all looking at the effects of moral panic on policy making.
A survey of intellectual disabilities amongst men on remand in prison
- Authors:
- MURPHY Glynis H., HARNETT Hedley, HOLLAND Anthony J.
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Handicap Research, 8(2), 1995, pp.81-98.
- Publisher:
- BIMH Publications
Men detained in a South London prison on remand were screened for intellectual disabilities (mental handicap) over a three-month period. It is concluded that men with intellectual disabilities were not over-represented in prison but that there were a number of men close to the disability range who were psychologically very vulnerable.