tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2777149089680235167.post7824062342014114775..comments2023-10-30T10:33:15.646-04:00Comments on theSeed: Crazy People in Jail - Mental Health and Criminal JusticeAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12626482643150419473noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2777149089680235167.post-3304440495894963022012-12-16T08:38:03.562-05:002012-12-16T08:38:03.562-05:00I based this particular post on the following stud...I based this particular post on the following study:<br />* Dale E. McNiel & Renée L. Binder, Effectiveness of a Mental Health Court in Reducing Criminal Recidivism and Violence, The American Journal of Psychiatry (September 1, 2007). http://ajp.psychiatryonline.org/article.aspx?articleid=98922the seedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08318729399322803709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2777149089680235167.post-89144697743378043682012-12-15T20:18:12.762-05:002012-12-15T20:18:12.762-05:00hi where did you get the info from the statistics ...hi where did you get the info from the statistics "...crimes was 26% lower than that of individuals who did not receive treatment. And the likelihood of these treated individuals to be charged with a violent crime are 55% lower than individuals.."???Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2777149089680235167.post-73952615354033472702012-08-30T21:03:56.447-04:002012-08-30T21:03:56.447-04:00Your thoughts are always appreciated & welcome...Your thoughts are always appreciated & welcomed!!<br />Thanksthe seedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08318729399322803709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2777149089680235167.post-92178362914389957102012-08-30T20:55:00.581-04:002012-08-30T20:55:00.581-04:00Sorry, by some people are just bad I mean that the...Sorry, by some people are just bad I mean that they are sociopaths ..Martha Stout, PhD from Harvard in "The Sociopath Next Door" estimates that 1 in 25 are sociopaths (half genetically based, half environmentally based) and incapable of remorse. Yes, criminals and mentally ill and not amenable to therapy as most character disorders are not. This is what I meant by innately bad. I could be wrong and in many cases I am...just my thoughts!Phil Dzialohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04150881545903849250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2777149089680235167.post-67484084552904690192012-08-30T20:27:05.550-04:002012-08-30T20:27:05.550-04:00I'm not sure where you stand, Phil. The first ...I'm not sure where you stand, Phil. The first paragraph confuses me a little.<br /><br />But in regards to what I wrote, I am in no way implying that I believe all offenders should have the opportunity to go through the process this way. Some people ARE just bad! For whatever reason...childhood (don't they always point to this?!), a bad experience, peer pressure...they choose to commit the crime. I'm just saying that if those that actually had a mental disorder were put in front of a judge in a mental health court, meaning someone who hasn't been so jaded by the sort of folks that usually get put in front of him or her that he just wants to "throw the book" at everyone,the defendant may have a real chance of becoming a productive citizen. Isn't that what the ultimate goal of the penal system should be? Recidivism is expensive!!the seedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08318729399322803709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2777149089680235167.post-18410411788028114652012-08-30T19:36:10.118-04:002012-08-30T19:36:10.118-04:00I am unconvinced that there are an abundance of &q...I am unconvinced that there are an abundance of "bad" people in our world. There are people who have had to bring themselves up in the absence of parents who cared; there are people who were given up upon by schools at an early age; there are kids lost in the terror of not amicable divorce; there are kids physically and sexually abused. I believe that criminal behavior is learned in bad homes, in poverty, in abuse and in indifference...all these factors contribute to mental illness and court involvement. I have seen reparative justice work where offenders are dealt with by community panels that being bring offenders and victims together, to understand and to fix.<br /> I do not believe that genetically based mental illness is effected by this approach...there may be other effective therapies, i.e. medication, etc. Some people are just bad...they are a small minority.Phil Dzialohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04150881545903849250noreply@blogger.com