Episode 114: Rachel Nesbit on mandating mental health treatment for probationers

Rachel Nesbit talks about the effects of mandating mental health treatment for probationers.

“The Role of Mandated Mental Health Treatment in the Criminal Justice System” by Rachel Nesbit.

OTHER RESEARCH WE DISCUSS IN THIS EPISODE:

• “Calgary Diversion Program: A Community-Based Alternative to Incarceration for Mentally Ill Offenders” by Craig Mitton, Liz Simpson, Leslie Gardner, Fran Barnes, and Gerald McDougall.

• “Mental Health Treatment and Criminal Justice Outcomes” by Richard G. Frank and Thomas G. McGuire.

• “Thinking, Fast and Slow? Some Field Experiments to Reduce Crime and Dropout in Chicago" by Sara B. Heller, Anuj K. Shah, Jonathan Guryan, Jens Ludwig, Sendhil Mullainathan, and Harold A. Pollack.

• “Effectiveness of Using Incentives to Improve Parolee Admission and Attendance in Community Addiction Treatment” by Michael L. Prendergast, Elizabeth A. Hall, Jason Grossman, Robert Veliz, Liliana Gregorio, Umme S. Warda, Kory Van Unen, and Chloe Knight.

• “A Randomized Trial of the Effectiveness of Using Incentives to Reinforce Parolee Attendance in Community Addiction Treatment: Impact on Post-treatment Outcomes” by Elizabeth A. Hall, Michael L. Prendergast, and Umme Warda.

• “A Randomized Trial of Probation Case Management for Drug-involved Women Offenders” by Joseph Guydish, Monica Chan, Alan Bostrom, Martha A. Jessup, Thomas B. Davis, and Cheryl Marsh.

• “The First 90 Days Following Release from Jail: Findings from the Recovery Management Checkups for Women Offenders (RMCWO) Experiment” by Christy K. Scott and Michael L. Dennis.

• "Can Recidivism Be Prevented From Behind Bars? Evidence From a Behavioral Program" by William Arbour.

• Probable Causation Episode 102: William Arbour.

• “Reducing the Burden of Mental Illness on the Criminal Justice System: Evidence from Light-Touch Outreach” by Mary Kate Batistich, William N. Evans and David C. Phillips.

• Probable Causation Episode 67: David Phillips.

• “Mental Health and Criminal Involvement: Evidence from Losing Medicaid Eligibility” by Elisa Jácome.

• Probable Causation Episode 60: Elisa Jácome.

• "In-Kind Welfare Benefits and Reincarceration Risk: Evidence from Medicaid" by Marguerite Burns and Laura Dague.

• Probable Causation Episode 103: Marguerite Burns and Laura Dague.