Faculty Proceedings, Presentations, Speeches and Lectures
Date Range
2019-03-14 to 2019-03-16
Event Location / Date(s)
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Presentation Date
3-15-2019
Document Type
Poster
Description
Since the first Mental Health Court (MHC) in 1997, there has been a steady increase of MHCs all over the country. With the introduction of these new specialty courts have also come to introduction of diversion programs. Diversion programs work to connect offenders who have mental illnesses to community-based mental health treatment services as an alternative to incarceration. Typically, with the completion of the program comes with the benefit of having their charges dropped. Diversion programs aim to reduce recidivism in offenders with mental illness and improve their access to treatment.
NSUWorks Citation
Wolfson, A. P.,
Millen, D. H.,
Detullio, D. B.,
Kennedy, T. D.,
De Lucca, M.
(2019). Exploring the Impacts of Predictor Variables on Success in a Mental Health Diversion Program. .
Available at: https://nsuworks.nova.edu/cps_facpresentations/4644