Sommers I, Baskin D R
Criminal Justice Center, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, New York, NY 10019, USA.
Psychiatr Q. 1995 Summer;66(2):185-200. doi: 10.1007/BF02238863.
The purpose of this article is to describe a conceptual and methodological approach to research on mental health service utilization by parolees with mental illness. This approach can be used by researchers and policy makers to understand and improve the interface between criminal justice and mental health organizations. We justify the need for research on this population; discuss the conceptual framework which draws on social selection and organizational theory; describe methodological problems; and discuss implications of the research.
