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P Solomon1, R Rogers, J Draine
1School of Social Work, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia 19104, USA.
The Bulletin of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law
|January 1, 1995
Abstract:
Three case studies are the basis for a discussion of the criminalization hypothesis as it may apply to psychiatric probationers and parolees in the criminal justice system. In each of these cases, the treating psychiatrist faced the problems of noncompliance with treatment and/or restrictive civil commitment standards. The patient's status as a probationer or parolee played a pivotal role in strategies for ensuring treatment through the criminal justice system as opposed to the mental health system or civil commitment process.