Prisoners have high rates of mental illness and the transition from prison to the community is
a problematic time for the provision of mental health services and a range of negative …

Research into serious mental illness and probation is reviewed. In addition, there is a
specific review of the role of specialist mental health probation staff in the United States …

Although the research on specialty mental health probation (SMHP) is promising, there have
been no randomized controlled trials (RCT) of the prototypical model advanced in the …

Importance Probation is a cornerstone of efforts to reduce mass incarceration. Although it is
understudied, specialty probation could improve outcomes for the overrepresented group of …

Background Community sentences are widely used in many countries, often comprising the
majority of criminal justice sanctions. Psychiatric disorders are highly prevalent in community …

Background Specialty mental health probation (SMHP) is designed to improve outcomes for
the large number of people with serious mental illnesses who are on probation and/or …

This paper presents the results of a qualitative study designed to explore and identify the
resources that probation officers need to implement specialized mental health probation …

Although supervising persons with mental illness can pose special challenges for
community parole/probation officers (PPOs), few studies have investigated whether the …

Executive summary Forensic mental health services (FMHSs) were established in Aotearoa
New Zealand in the early 1990s following the findings of the government Commission of …

We undertook a Rapid Evidence Assessment to explore the existing empirical evidence
relating to the impact of probation caseloads on recidivism. Over 3,000 potentially relevant …