title: Predictors of arrest during forensic assertive community treatment.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  An emerging adaptation of the assertive community treatment model is forensic assertive community treatment (FACT), which aims to prevent criminal recidivism. This study examined predictors of arrest among patients in a prototype program and considered the implications of study findings for future development of the FACT model.
  
  
  METHODS
  Demographic and clinical data from all 130 patients treated in Project Link from 1997 through 2003 were merged with a statewide criminal record database to identify variables associated with arrest.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Poisson regression revealed a history of arrests for violent offenses before treatment and evictions from residential treatment, and antisocial traits were associated with arrest during treatment. Substance abuse was not associated with arrest, but the sample lacked heterogeneity for this factor.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Variables associated with arrest were similar to those seen in the general population. In the absence of a standardized model of intervention, FACT programs should incorporate interventions that target modifiable risk factors in order to prevent criminal recidivism among high-risk patients.
authors.affiliation: University of Pennsylvania Law School, 3400 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA. steven.erickson@law.upenn.edu
authors.forename: Steven K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Erickson
authors.forename: J Steven
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Lamberti
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Weisman
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Crilly
authors.forename: Nikhil
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Nihalani
authors.forename: Elina
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Stefanovics
authors.forename: Rani
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Desai
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003158:Community Psychiatry; D003415:Crime / Q000517:prevention & control*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D035846:Law Enforcement; D008297:Male; D009518:New York; D016012:Poisson Distribution; D012307:Risk Factors; D055502:Secondary Prevention