A Treatment Program for Potentially Violent Offender Patients

Described is the program at the Isaac Ray Center at Rush Medical Coll (Chicago, Ill), an ambulatory forensic clinic established in 1978 to develop services for the potentially violent mentally disordered offender. The three-part intervention, involving assessment, treatment, & followup of offend...

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Published in:International journal of offender therapy and comparative criminology 1981-01, Vol.25 (1), p.53-59
Main Authors: Rogers, Richard, Cavanaugh, James L.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Forensic psychiatry
Mental illness/Mentally ill
Offender/Offenders
Rehabilitation of criminals
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Summary:Described is the program at the Isaac Ray Center at Rush Medical Coll (Chicago, Ill), an ambulatory forensic clinic established in 1978 to develop services for the potentially violent mentally disordered offender. The three-part intervention, involving assessment, treatment, & followup of offenders, is detailed, with a brief case discussion provided as illustration. Preliminary results indicate that the center has been successful in averting recidivism (50%) & in providing treatment intervention for this population, as well as in helping to integrate the mental health services within the criminal justice system. 1 Table, 17 References. K. Hyatt.
ISSN:0306-624X
1552-6933
DOI:10.1177/0306624X8102500107