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Elevated Risk of Arrest for Veteran's Administration Behavioral Health Service Recipients in Four Florida Counties

Elevated Risk of Arrest for Veteran's Administration Behavioral Health Service Recipients in Four... This paper examines the relative contribution of mental and substance abuse disorders to criminal justice involvement by examining the relative risk of arrest for three groups of adult male recipients of VA behavioral health care services. These groups include men served for both substance abuse and mental health, for only substance abuse, and for only mental health. The relative risk of multiple offences is compared to relative risk of a single offense for each group. Results indicated that relative risk of multiple arrests for the dual diagnosis group is substantially greater than for either of the single diagnosis groups, and greater than the relative risk for recipients of nonbehavioral health services. Relative risk of arrest for recipients of only mental health services is no different than the relative risk for other veterans living in the region under examination. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Law and Human Behavior Springer Journals

Elevated Risk of Arrest for Veteran's Administration Behavioral Health Service Recipients in Four Florida Counties

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Publisher
Springer Journals
Copyright
Copyright © 2003 by American Psychology-Law Society/Division 41 of the American Psychology Association
Subject
Psychology; Law and Psychology; Criminology and Criminal Justice, general; Personality and Social Psychology; Community and Environmental Psychology
ISSN
0147-7307
eISSN
1573-661X
DOI
10.1023/A:1023483807731
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Abstract

This paper examines the relative contribution of mental and substance abuse disorders to criminal justice involvement by examining the relative risk of arrest for three groups of adult male recipients of VA behavioral health care services. These groups include men served for both substance abuse and mental health, for only substance abuse, and for only mental health. The relative risk of multiple offences is compared to relative risk of a single offense for each group. Results indicated that relative risk of multiple arrests for the dual diagnosis group is substantially greater than for either of the single diagnosis groups, and greater than the relative risk for recipients of nonbehavioral health services. Relative risk of arrest for recipients of only mental health services is no different than the relative risk for other veterans living in the region under examination.

Journal

Law and Human BehaviorSpringer Journals

Published: Oct 7, 2004

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