Recidivism rates among mentally ill inmates: Impact of the connecticut offender reentry program

Journal of Correctional Health Care

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 20-28

  Kesten, Karen L ^a   Leavitt Smith, Erin ^b   Rau, Douglas R ^c   Shelton, Deborah ^a   Zhang, Wanli ^a   Wagner, Jesse ^a   Trestman, Robert L ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^b Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services ^*  (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UConn Correctional Managed Health Care   (United States)

Author keywords

co occurring disorders; corrections; mental illness; offenders; recidivism

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; CRIME; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRISON; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SELF CARE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; TIME; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CONNECTICUT; CRIME; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; PRISONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SELF CARE; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863076079     PISSN: 10783458     EISSN: 19405200     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1078345811421117     Document Type: Review

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