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Assessing the effectiveness of mental health courts: A quantitative review
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The findings suggest that MHCs are an effective intervention but this assertion is not definitive as many of the studies are not as strong as would be ideal thus limiting the conclusions.About:
This article is published in Journal of Criminal Justice.The article was published on 2011-01-01. It has received 166 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Mental health court & Mental health.read more
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Effect of behavioral health services and neighborhood disadvantages on recidivism: a comparison of mental health court and traditional court participants
TL;DR: In this paper, the impact of behavioral health services and neighborhood disadvantage on recidivism among offenders with mental illness in mental health courts (MHCs) and in traditional courts was investigated.
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Deciding to participate in mental health court: Exploring participant perspectives
TL;DR: Interviews with MHC participants suggest that individuals participated in MHC to avoid incarceration and obtain treatment, and understood the court to function in four distinct ways.
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Rearrests During Mental Health Court Supervision: Predicting Rearrest and Its Association with Final Court Disposition and Postcourt Rearrests
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors used a sample of 811 participants of a municipal mental health court, and found that 23.2% of participants were rearrested during court supervision.
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“People, places, and things:” Network factors matter in the experiences of mental health court participants
TL;DR: Study results suggest network factors are significantly associated with treatment adherence and play an important role in recovery and have implications for social work practice and research.
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What Works in Reentry and How to Improve Outcomes
TL;DR: In this paper, a review of the scientific literature regarding prisoner reentry initiatives is presented, where the authors synthesize a vast body of literature on the prisoner re-entry phenomenon and provide to both the academician and correctional professionals ways to understand prisoner reentration.
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A Coefficient of agreement for nominal Scales
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Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses: The PRISMA Statement
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