title: Targeting criminal recidivism in mentally ill offenders: structured clinical approaches.
abstract: Decreasing criminal recidivism in justice-involved individuals with mental illness, is among the most consistently desired outcomes by programs, policy makers and funding agencies. Evidence-based practices with track records of effectiveness in treating mental illness and co-occurring substance abuse, while important clinically, do not necessarily address criminal recidivism. Addressing recidivism, therefore, may require a more targeted criminal justice focus. In this paper, we describe recent challenges to decriminalization approaches and review factors associated with recurrent criminal behavior. In particular, we focus on structured clinical interventions which were created or adapted to target the thoughts and behaviors associated with criminal justice contact.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1500 Waters Place, Bronx, NY 10461, USA. merrill.rotter@gmail.com
authors.forename: Merrill
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rotter
authors.forename: W Amory
authors.initials: WA
authors.lastname: Carr
mesh_terms: D015928:Cognitive Behavioral Therapy; D003156:Community Mental Health Services; D003415:Crime / Q000517:prevention & control*; D003416:Criminal Law; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000628:therapy*; D028642:Persons with Psychiatric Disorders / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D014481:United States