NCJ Number
109234
Journal
Police Studies Volume: 10 Issue: 4 Dated: (Winter 1987) Pages: 185-191
Date Published
1987
Length
7 pages
Annotation
The research in this article is a reanalysis of an earlier work which studied the comparative arrest rate of mentally ill offenders (Teplin, 1980).
Abstract
The findings of this earlier research suggest that mentally ill offenders are arrested at higher rates than offenders that do not show signs of mental illness; hence the mentally ill are being 'criminalized.' A reanalysis of this data shows that mentally ill offenders are not being arrested at proportionately higher rates. Further, this finding shows that only offenders with multiple signs of mental illness are placed in custody while others are diverted to other alternatives. (Publisher abstract)