Isomorphic Pressures on Jail Diversion: From Serious Mental Illness to Opioid Use Disorder

• NCJ Number: 302687
• Journal: Prison Journal Volume: 101 Issue: 2 Dated: January 2021 Pages: 187-209
• Author(s): Monte D. Staton ; Barbara Andraka-Christou ; Dennis P. Watson
• Date Published: January 2021
• Length: 13 pages
• Grant Number(s): 2013-MO-BX-0027
• Sponsoring Agency: Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA)
• Publication Format: Article
• Publication Type: Research (Applied/Empirical)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

This article explains how jail diversion introduced in one Midwestern county changed its focus over time from persons with serious mental illness (PSMI) to persons with opioid use disorder (POUD).

Abstract

Applying the theory of institutional isomorphism, the authors use both qualitative interview and quantitative program data to explore the isomorphic pressures that caused programming change resulting from an opioid addiction crisis at the expense of arrested PSMI not appropriate for treatment with Vivitrol®. (publisher abstract modified)