Predictors of Arrest During Forensic Assertive Community Treatment

Psychiatric Services, Vol. 60, p. 834, 2009

Posted: 4 Jun 2009

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Steven K. Erickson

Independent

J. Steven Lamberti

University of Rochester Medical Center

Robert Weisman

University of Rochester Medical Center

John Crilly

University of Rochester

Nikhil Nihalani

State University of New York Upstate Medical Center

Elina Stefanovics

Yale University

Rani A. Desai

Yale University

Date Written: June 1, 2009

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: An emerging adaptation of the assertive community treatment model is forensic assertive community treatment (FACT), which aims to prevent criminal recidivism. This study examined predictors of arrest among patients in a prototype program and considered the implications of study findings for future development of the FACT model. METHODS: Demographic and clinical data from all 130 patients treated in Project Link from 1997 through 2003 were merged with a statewide criminal record database to identify variables associated with arrest.RESULTS: Poisson regression revealed a history of arrests for violent offenses before treatment and evictions from residential treatment, and antisocial traits were associated with arrest during treatment. Substance abuse was not associated with arrest, but the sample lacked heterogeneity for this factor. CONCLUSIONS: Variables associated with arrest were similar to those seen in the general population. In the absence of a standardized model of intervention, FACT programs should incorporate interventions that target modifiable risk factors in order to prevent criminal recidivism among high-risk patients.

Keywords: Criminal recidivism, intervention, FACT, modifiable risk factors

Suggested Citation

Erickson, Steven K. and Lamberti, J. Steven and Weisman, Robert and Crilly, John and Nihalani, Nikhil and Stefanovics, Elina and Desai, Rani A., Predictors of Arrest During Forensic Assertive Community Treatment (June 1, 2009). Psychiatric Services, Vol. 60, p. 834, 2009, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1414391

J. Steven Lamberti

University of Rochester Medical Center ( email )

Rochester, NY 14627
United States

Robert Weisman

University of Rochester Medical Center ( email )

300 Crittenden Blvd.
Rochester, NY 14627
United States

John Crilly

University of Rochester ( email )

Nikhil Nihalani

State University of New York Upstate Medical Center

College of Health Professions
Department of Physical Therapy
Syracuse, NY 13210
United States

Elina Stefanovics

Yale University ( email )

493 College St
New Haven, CT CT 06520
United States

Rani A. Desai

Yale University ( email )

493 College St
CT

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