Contrasting jail diversion and in-jail services for mental illness and substance abuse: Do they serve the same clients?

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2005

Abstract

Baseline data from a study of jail diversion services and in-jail behavioral health services were used to examine the differences in clients served by these two models of responding to people with co-occurring mental health and substance abuse problems in the criminal justice system. Clients of the diversion service had more acute psychiatric symptoms and were more likely to have a diagnosis of psychosis NOS. Clients of the in-jail service were more likely to have been on probation or parole in the past and to have received substance abuse treatment. Different service models may attract and serve different populations of clients. Diversion services may cast a wider net that includes clients who may not have otherwise been involved in forensic services. Copyright © 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Publication Title

Behavioral Sciences and the Law

Volume

23

Issue

2

First Page

171

Last Page

181

Comments

This article was published in Behavioral Sciences and the Law, Volume 23, Issue 2, Pages 171-181.

The published version is available at http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/bsl.637.

Copyright © 2005 Wiley.

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