8.1 Chapter Overview and Learning Objectives

This chapter will explore the many service areas that work to reintegrate someone back into the community post-incarceration. After a person is convicted of a crime, they are sentenced to a term of supervised release (i.e., probation) or sentenced to serve a term of imprisonment. Most often, after someone has served their term of imprisonment, they then have a term of post-conviction supervision to serve once released. The Court decides the conditions a person needs to follow while on post-conviction supervision. It is the probation officer’s responsibility to monitor the person’s progress and participation with the conditions ordered by the Court. The probation officer is considered the “eyes and ears” of the Court and reports back on the person’s successes and violations while on supervised release. This chapter will focus on the services that have been put in place to support people post-incarceration, known as community corrections. Some major areas of focus include: housing, employment, treatment, and education. People with mental disorders often need additional support from those listed above. People with mental disorders reentering the community face stigma and a  lack of access to on-going treatment, peer support, and medication.

8.1.1 Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this chapter, you will be able to:

  1. Discuss specific needs for people with mental disorders entering the community, and supports that may contribute to avoid recidivism.
  2. Describe the purpose of post-conviction supervision and its function for reentry.
  3. Identify various risk factors that may impact community safety and recidivism.
  4. Recognize common assessments used in the field to evaluate safety risks involving a person re-entering the community.
  5. Explain the role of medication use in assisting reintegration into the community.

8.1.2 Licenses and Attributions for Chapter Overview

“Chapter Overview” by Kendra Harding is licensed under CC BY 4.0.

License

Mental Disorders and the Criminal Justice System Copyright © by Anne Nichol and Kendra Harding. All Rights Reserved.

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