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Improving Officer Safety in Interactions With Citizens Suffering From Mental Illness

May 2017

Cara Altimus, former ASSS Fellow with NIJ, discusses the importance of law enforcement and first responders understanding mental illness, its causes, and how it affects the brain. She speaks about the correlation between drug addiction and mental illness. Altimus also addresses establishing procedures and systems so that police officers and first responders can safely and successfully interact with individuals with drug addiction and/or mental illness.

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The Victim-Offender Overlap: Examining Police and Service System Networks of Response among Violent Conflicts

2016-V3-GX-0009

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2016

$579,558

Assessing a school, justice, and behavioral health collaborative approach to improving school safety

2016-CK-BX-0010

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2016

$2,985,543

Bulletin 4: Prediction and Risk/Needs Assessment (Study Group on the Transitions Between Juvenile Delinquency and Adult Crime)

Date Published

July 2013

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Trajectories of Delinquency and the Juvenile Justice System's Response

2013-JF-FX-0057

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2018

$500,000

Mental and Substance Use Disorders Among Adult Men on Probation or Parole: Some Success Against a Persistent Challenge

Date Published

May 2011

Agencies

NIJ, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

Publication Type

Program/Project Evaluation

Testing Integrative Models to Improve School Safety: Positive Behavior Interventions Support and the Olweus Bullying Prevention Program

2014-CK-BX-0012

Open

Funding First Awarded

2014

$2,460,220

Brevard Public Schools - School Climate and Safety Study

2014-CK-BX-0014

Open

Funding First Awarded

2014

$2,269,744

Enhancing School Safety Through Digital Intelligence: Evaluating Campus Shield

2014-CK-BX-0019

Open

Funding First Awarded

2014

$4,273,799

Use of Research Evidence within Domestic Violence-Serving Organizations

2014-IJ-CX-0032

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2014

$78,602

Trajectories of Delinquency and the Juvenile Justice System's Response: Collateral Consequences in Young Adulthood

2013-JF-FX-0057

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2018

$500,000

Voices from the Field: How California Stakeholders View Public Safety Realignment

Date Published

January 2014

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Aftercare Services for Juvenile Parolees with Mental Disorders: A Collaboration Between the Ohio Department of Youth Services (DYS) and Columbus Children's Research Institute

Date Published

August 2007

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Trajectories of Delinquency and the Juvenile Justice Systems Response

2013-JF-FX-0057

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2018

$499,996

Evaluation of the FY2012 Bureau of Justice Assistance Second Chance Act Adult Offender Reentry Demonstration Projects

2012-RY-BX-0001

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2013

$600,000

Evaluation of the FY2011 Bureau of Justice Assistance Second Chance Act Adult Offender Reentry Demonstration Projects (Focus Area 2)

2012-RY-BX-0001

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2012

$2,934,589

Impact of Incarceration on Families: A Single-Jurisdiction Pilot Study Using Triangulated Administrative Data & Qualitative Interviews

2012-IJ-CX-0034

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2012

$498,707

Assessing the Effectiveness of Four Juvenile Justice Interventions on Adult Criminal Justice and Child Welfare Outcomes

2012-IJ-CX-0041

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2012

$342,737

Evaluating the Cost Effectiveness of the Elder Abuse Forensic Center Model

2011-IJ-CX-0015

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2011

$484,448

Keeping the Peace: Police Discretion and Mentally Ill Persons

Journal

National Institute of Justice Journal

Date Published

July 2000

Agencies

NIJ

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Process and Outcome Evaluations of the Fort Peck Tribes Community Wellness Court

Date Published

December 2005

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Program/Project Evaluation

Intimate Partner Violence: Justice System Response and Public Health Service Utilization in a National Sample

Date Published

March 2009

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Sex Offender Residency Restrictions: How Mapping Can Inform Policy

Date Published

July 2008

Agencies

NIJ

Publication Type

Program/Project Evaluation

Speech to the National Association of State Forensic Mental Health Directors

The Mentally Ill Offender: Viewing Crime
and Justice Through a Different Lens

INTRODUCTION

Thank you for the kind invitation to address this conference of the National Association of State Mental Health Forensic Directors. Several months ago, I readily accepted Judy Cox's invitation to speak to you. At the time, it seemed like a pretty straightforward proposition -- I enjoy opportunities to speak with people who...

Developing and Validating a Brief Jail Mental Health Screen for Women, Final Report

Date Published

September 2007

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Test/Measurement