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

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...

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Published in:Law and human behavior 2003-06, Vol.27 (3), p.289-298
Main Authors: Pandiani, John A, Rosenheck, Robert, Banks, Steven M
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Addictive behaviors
Adult
Age groups
Aged
Antisocial personality disorder
Arrest rates
Arrests
At Risk Populations
Behavior
Behavioral Health Services
Commitment of Mentally Ill - statistics & numerical data
Convictions
Criminal arrests
Criminal justice
Datasets
Drug Abuse
Florida - epidemiology
Health Care Utilization
Health services
Human
Humans
Imprisonment
Legal Arrest
Male
Mental Disorders
Mental health
Mental health care
Mental Health Services
Mental Health Services - utilization
Mental illness
Middle Aged
Military Veterans
Models, Statistical
Observatories
Population
Population estimates
Risk Assessment
Risk Factors
Studies
Substance abuse
Substance-Related Disorders - epidemiology
Substance-Related Disorders - therapy
Veterans
Veterans - statistics & numerical data
Violence
Violent crimes
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Summary: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.
ISSN:0147-7307
1573-661X
DOI:10.1023/A:1023483807731