MacArthur Mental Health Court Study

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Project Citation:

Policy Research Associates, Steadman, Henry J, and Redlich, Allison. MacArthur Mental Health Court Study. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2022-02-08. https://doi.org/10.3886/E100510V2

Project Description

Summary: The MacArthur Mental Health Court (MHC) project is a longitudinal study examining the effectiveness of these specialty courts in reducing recidivism, reducing the number of jail days and stays, and increasing access to community mental health and substance use treatment. The study included four data collection sites (two in CA, one in MN, and one in IN), two samples (newly enrolled MHC clients and a comparison sample of offenders with mental illness in the traditional criminal justice system), two interview time points (baseline and 6-month follow-up), and the collection of objective criminal justice and court data up to 18 months post-enrollment in the MHC/post-arrest. This comprehensive project was funded by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Network on Community Mandated Treatment, led by Professor John Monahan, and was conducted by Policy Research Associates (Principal Investigator: Dr. Henry J. Steadman).

Funding Sources: John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. Research Network on Community Mandated Treatment

Scope of Project

Subject Terms: mental health; trial courts

Geographic Coverage: Hennepin County, MN, Marion County, IN, Santa Clara County, CA, San Francisco County, CA

Time Period(s): 4/20/2004 – 1/20/2008

Collection Date(s): 11/22/2005 – 8/28/2008

Universe: Newly enrolled mental health court (MHC) participants in four locations
Newly arrested offenders with mental health issues in four locations

Data Type(s): administrative records data; survey data

Collection Notes: Survey data at baseline (entry into MHC or criminal justice system)
Survey data at 6-month follow-up
Administrative data from courts

Methodology

Sampling: There were two samples: MHC and TAU (treatment as usual) samples.
The MHC sample were newly enrolled clients in the four participating courts who provided informed consent to participate.
The TAU sample were newly arrested offenders with mental health problems in the jails of the same four cities as the courts, who also provided informed consent. In addition, the TAU sample had to be eligible for the MHC (criteria relating to criminal charges and mental health) but could not have been referred to, or rejected from the MHC.

Data Source: Self-report interviews at baseline and 6-months later.
Administrative court records

Collection Mode(s): face-to-face interview

Scales: Several Likert scales were used.
Colorado Symptoms Inventory
Insight and Treatment Attitudes Questionnaire

Unit(s) of Observation: Individuals, Arrests

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