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Relationship between the social and demographic characteristics of post‐sentence offenders and the outcomes of forensics psychiatric referrals
Author(s) -
Prandoni Jogues R.
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.124
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1097-4679
pISSN - 0021-9762
DOI - 10.1002/1097-4679(198401)40:1<309::aid-jclp2270400158>3.0.co;2-g
Subject(s) - referral , mental health , socioeconomic status , psychology , psychiatry , clinical psychology , officer , medicine , family medicine , population , environmental health , political science , law
Abstract Examined the relationship between the social and demographic characteristics of post‐sentence offenders ( N = 240) and outcome of outpatient forensic psychiatric referrals using multiple regression analysis. The referral process was divided into three stages: Decision to refer, compliance with referral, and outcome of referral, and the following research questions were explored: (1) whether there were differences between the social and demographic characteristics of offenders who were referred by court order of the sentencing judge and those referred by their probation officer; (2) the relationship between socioeconomic status and recompletion of referral; (3) the relationship between socioeconomic status and recommendation for further mental health services; and (4) the relationship between source of referral and recommendation for mental health services. Results suggest that the relationship between social and demographic variables and the offender's interaction with a forensic mental health system is markedly different from the voluntary clients and mental health resources studied in earlier research.