Mental health court outcomes: A comparison of re-arrest and re-arrest severity between mental health court and traditional court participants

Law and Human Behavior

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 659-674

  Moore, Marlee E ^a   Hiday, Virginia Aldigé ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coerced treatment; Diversion; Mental health court

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COURT; CRIMINAL JUSTICE; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MONITORING; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OFFENDER; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CRIMINAL LAW; CRIMINAL PSYCHOLOGY; FEMALE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMANS; LAW ENFORCEMENT; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTALLY ILL PERSONS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PRISONERS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES;

EID: 33751051882     PISSN: 01477307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10979-006-9061-9     Document Type: Article

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