Citation

Cuddeback GS, Grady M, Blank Wilson A, Van Deinse T, Morrissey JP. Int. J. Offender Ther. Comp. Criminol. 2019; 63(12): 2157-2170.

Affiliation

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2019, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/0306624X19842994

PMID

31014153

Abstract

Individuals who have committed sex offenses (ISOs) with severe mental illnesses are a complex population to serve and more research is needed to guide practice and policy, especially around community supervision, enrollment in Medicaid, housing, employment, criminal justice contacts, and reincarceration after prison reentry. To further the literature in this area, we used logistic regression to model recidivism and admissions to violator or prison facilities among 127 ISOs with severe mental illnesses and 2,935 people with severe mental illnesses who were incarcerated in prison for other crimes. Compared to prison releasees with severe mental illnesses who committed crimes other than sex offenses, prison releasees with severe mental illnesses who committed sex offenses were admitted to violator facilities at higher rates, when controlling for substance use, Medicaid enrollment, homelessness, and unemployment. Implications for practice, policy and research are discussed.

Language: en

Keywords

community supervision; recidivism; severe mental illnesses; sex offenders