Serious mental illness in probation: A review
| Author | Charlie Brooker,Coral Sirdifield,Tonya van Deinse |
| DOI | http://doi.org/10.1177/20662203231162739 |
| Published date | 01 April 2023 |
| Date | 01 April 2023 |
| Subject Matter | Original Articles |
Original Article
European Journal of Probation
2023, Vol. 15(1) 60–70
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Serious mental illness in
probation: A review
Charlie Brooker
Royal Holloway University of London, Egham, UK
Coral Sirdifield
University of Lincoln, Lincoln, UK
Tonya van Deinse
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
Abstract
Research into serious mental illness and probation is reviewed. In addition, there is a
specific review of the role of specialist mental health probation staff in the United States
(US). In the discussion, we compare progress with the care of the seriously mentally ill
within probation in Europe and the US. We conclude that the specialist role for proba tion
staff developed in the US has significant advantages which have been well evaluated which
should be implemented, in a large multi-centre trial, across Europe.
Keywords
Criminal justice system, mental health, Probation, serious mental illness, specialist mental
health probation staff
Review of research on supporting people with serious mental
illness progressing to or subject to community supervision
There is a high prevalence of serious mental illness and co-occurring mental health and
substance use disorders amongst prison and probation populations when compared to the
general population. For example, in both probation and prison the estimates for psychosis
are much higher than in the general population (0.7% vs 10%) (see Baranyi et al., 2022;
Bebbington et al., 2016;Brooker et al., 2012;Lize et al., 2015;Pluck and Brooker, 2014;
Corresponding author:
Coral Sirdifield, University of Lincoln, Lincoln, UK.
Email: csirdifield@lincoln.ac.uk
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