Exhibit 5. Participant Identification Mechanisms at Different Criminal Justice Intercepts

From the article "NIJ’s Courts Research: Examining Alternatives to Incarceration for Veterans and Other Policy Innovation," November 1, 2021.

The flowchart shows the linear connection from initial detention to first appearance to home court;  the connection between home court to unsupervised, incarceration, and community corrections; as well as the progression between unsupervised to incarceration to community corrections.

Initial Detention

1.  VJA Self-report form.
2. CJ Self-report form.
3. CJ Agent question.
4. Electronic system (VRSS).

First Appearance

1. Arraignment workgroup questions.
2. Participant self-identification.

Home Court

1. Courtroom workgroup question.
2. Participant self-identification.

Unsupervised

1. Participant self-identification.
2. Treatment provider.

Incarceration

1. CJ Self-report form.
2. CJA Agent questions.
3. VJO Self-report form.
4. Defense counsel question.
5. Participant self-identification.
6. Treatment provider.

Community Corrections

1. Officer self-report form.
2. Officer question.
3. Defense counsel question.
4. Participant self-identification.
5. Treatment provider.

Source: Julie Marie Baldwin and Richard D. Hartley, "Executive Summary: National Institute of Justice’s Multisite Evaluation of Veterans Treatment Courts," Final report to the National Institute of Justice, award number 2015-VV-BX-K020, July 2022, NCJ 305014.