TY - JOUR
T1 - Is Diversion Swift?
T2 - Comparing Mental Health Court and Traditional Criminal Justice Processing
AU - Redlich, Allison D.
AU - Liu, Siyu
AU - Steadman, Henry J.
AU - Callahan, Lisa
AU - Robbins, Pamela C.
PY - 2012/4/1
Y1 - 2012/4/1
N2 - Formal diversion programs are increasingly popular options for offenders with mental illness. Diversion is recommended, and often assumed, to be swift in that eligible persons should be quickly identified and enrolled. In this study, the authors examine the length from initial arrest to enrollment into mental health court and compare it to time from arrest to disposition for offenders with and without mental illness traditionally processed. The authors, using medians as the metric and limiting the period to 1 year, found time to mental health court was 70 days, whereas traditional processing for offenders with and without known mental illness was 37 and 76 days, respectively. The authors also found detention status during this period to have a large effect on processing time.
AB - Formal diversion programs are increasingly popular options for offenders with mental illness. Diversion is recommended, and often assumed, to be swift in that eligible persons should be quickly identified and enrolled. In this study, the authors examine the length from initial arrest to enrollment into mental health court and compare it to time from arrest to disposition for offenders with and without mental illness traditionally processed. The authors, using medians as the metric and limiting the period to 1 year, found time to mental health court was 70 days, whereas traditional processing for offenders with and without known mental illness was 37 and 76 days, respectively. The authors also found detention status during this period to have a large effect on processing time.
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U2 - 10.1177/0093854811432424
DO - 10.1177/0093854811432424
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84863268201
VL - 39
SP - 420
EP - 433
JO - Criminal Justice and Behavior
JF - Criminal Justice and Behavior
SN - 0093-8548
IS - 4
ER -