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Date: April 30, 2024 Tue
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Results for mentally ill offenders, diversion
1 results foundAuthor: Senior, Jane Title: Liaison and Diversion Services: Current Practices and Future Directions Summary: Liaison and diversion services designed to divert people with mental illness away from the criminal justice system have proliferated in England and Wales over the last twenty years. They are universally regarded to be a “good thing”, but there is no robust body of research evidence to support the belief that they improve the health, social and criminal outcomes of people who are in contact with them. Current government policy supports the continued development of liaison and diversion services if they can prove a significant contribution to reducing criminal recidivism and improvements to both individual and public health. Offender Health at the Department of Health commissioned the Offender health Research Network to review current practices around liaison and diversion and make a number of recommendations for future service development. We concluded that liaison and diversion schemes provide a service for clients who are currently not always well served by mainstream health and social services, but there appear to be opportunities for service improvement through a standardisation of approach; a national model of practice; improved data collection; and more consideration to the conduct of ongoing evaluations into service impact and outcomes. Details: Manchester, UK: Offender Health Research Network, Centre for Mental Health Risk, 2011. 65p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed May 2, 2012 at: http://www.networks.nhs.uk/nhs-networks/health-and-criminal-justice-liaison-and-diversion/documents/OHRN%20L-%20D%20Report%20-%20Nov%202011.pdf Year: 2011 Country: United Kingdom URL: http://www.networks.nhs.uk/nhs-networks/health-and-criminal-justice-liaison-and-diversion/documents/OHRN%20L-%20D%20Report%20-%20Nov%202011.pdf Shelf Number: 125126 Keywords: Mental Health ServicesMentally Ill Offenders, Diversion |