Characteristics of START Assessments Completed in Mental Health Jail Diversion Programs

Behavioral Sciences and the Law

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 448-469

  Desmarais, Sarah L ^a   Van Dorn, Richard A ^a,b   Telford, Robin P ^a   Petrila, John ^a   Coffey, Tim ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^c Eleventh Judicial Circuit   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CRIME; CRIMINAL LAW; FEMALE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MENTAL PATIENT; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PRISON; PRISONER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION STUDY; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COMMITMENT OF MENTALLY ILL; CRIME; CRIMINAL LAW; FEMALE; FLORIDA; HUMANS; MALE; MENTALLY ILL PERSONS; MIDDLE AGED; PRISONERS; PRISONS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; VIOLENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864767271     PISSN: 07353936     EISSN: 10990798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bsl.2022     Document Type: Article

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