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Diversion to Treatment when Treatment is Scarce: Bioethical Implications of the U.S. Resource Gap for Criminal Diversion Programs.

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Aritürk, D; Easter, MM; Swanson, JW; Swartz, MS
Published in: J Law Med Ethics
2024

Despite significant scholarship, research, and funding dedicated to implementing criminal diversion programs over the past two decades, persons with serious mental illness and substance use disorders remain substantially overrepresented in United States jails and prisons. Why are so many U.S. adults with behavioral health problems incarcerated instead of receiving treatment and other support to recover in the community? In this paper, we explore this persistent problem within the context of "relentless unmet need" in U.S. behavioral health (Alegría et al., 2021).

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J Law Med Ethics

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1748-720X

Publication Date

2024

Volume

52

Issue

1

Start / End Page

65 / 75

Location

England

Related Subject Headings

  • United States
  • Substance-Related Disorders
  • Prisoners
  • Mental Disorders
  • Humans
  • Applied Ethics
  • 5001 Applied ethics
  • 4804 Law in context
  • 2201 Applied Ethics
  • 1801 Law
 

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Aritürk, D., Easter, M. M., Swanson, J. W., & Swartz, M. S. (2024). Diversion to Treatment when Treatment is Scarce: Bioethical Implications of the U.S. Resource Gap for Criminal Diversion Programs. J Law Med Ethics, 52(1), 65–75. https://doi.org/10.1017/jme.2024.44
Aritürk, Deniz, Michele M. Easter, Jeffrey W. Swanson, and Marvin S. Swartz. “Diversion to Treatment when Treatment is Scarce: Bioethical Implications of the U.S. Resource Gap for Criminal Diversion Programs.J Law Med Ethics 52, no. 1 (2024): 65–75. https://doi.org/10.1017/jme.2024.44.
Aritürk, Deniz, et al. “Diversion to Treatment when Treatment is Scarce: Bioethical Implications of the U.S. Resource Gap for Criminal Diversion Programs.J Law Med Ethics, vol. 52, no. 1, 2024, pp. 65–75. Pubmed, doi:10.1017/jme.2024.44.
Journal cover image

Published In

J Law Med Ethics

DOI

EISSN

1748-720X

Publication Date

2024

Volume

52

Issue

1

Start / End Page

65 / 75

Location

England

Related Subject Headings

  • United States
  • Substance-Related Disorders
  • Prisoners
  • Mental Disorders
  • Humans
  • Applied Ethics
  • 5001 Applied ethics
  • 4804 Law in context
  • 2201 Applied Ethics
  • 1801 Law