Citation

Hall DL, Miraglia RP, Lee LW, Chard-Wierschem D, Sawyer D. J. Am. Acad. Psychiatry Law 2012; 40(2): 221-231.

Affiliation

NYS Office of Mental Health, 44 Holland Avenue, Albany, NY 12229. donna.hall@omh.ny.gov.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2012, American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, Publisher American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

22635294

Abstract

Correctional and forensic mental health systems throughout the country are routinely called on to manage and provide treatment for mentally ill prison inmates. This study identifies criminal justice and mental health predictors of general re-arrest and re-arrest for violence in seriously mentally ill (SMI) persons leaving prison in New York State. Both length and diversity of criminal history predicted general re-arrest, as did substance abuse diagnoses, participation in community mental health treatment, parole supervision, and coordinated parole and mental health services. Only demographics and criminal justice measures were predictive of re-arrest for violence. The rate of re-arrest for violence in this SMI sample was lower than that of general prison release populations.

Language: en