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Translating Interventions that Target Criminogenic Risk Factors for use in Community Based Mental Health Settings

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This study explored facilitators and barriers associated with engaging criminogenic interventions in community mental health service settings. Focus groups and guided large group discussions were conducted with 46 consumers, providers and administrators. Results suggest that participants were generally supportive of offering criminogenic interventions to justice involved persons with serious mental illness in community based mental health service settings. Key issues to consider when engaging criminogenic interventions in community mental health service settings include identifying sustainable funding sources, providing adequate training for staff, and tailoring the delivery and pace of the content to the particular treatment needs of SMI participants.

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This project was funded by the Ohio Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services. The contents of this article are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not represent the official view of the Ohio Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services. Case Western Reserve University and the Northeast Ohio Medical University were research partners on this project. The authors acknowledge the work of the community partners as well as the group participants for their important roles in this effort.

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  1. School of Social Work, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 325 Pittsboro St, Campus Box 3550, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599-3550, USA

    Amy Blank Wilson

  2. Department of Psychiatry, Northeast Ohio Medical University, 4209 ST. Rt. 44, PO Box 95, Rootstown, OH, 44272, USA

    Natalie Bonfine

  3. Jack Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, Case Western Reserve University, 10900 Euclid Ave, Cleveland, OH, 44106, USA

    Kathleen J. Farkas & Janelle Duda-Banwar

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Wilson, A.B., Bonfine, N., Farkas, K.J. et al. Translating Interventions that Target Criminogenic Risk Factors for use in Community Based Mental Health Settings. Community Ment Health J 53, 893–900 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10597-017-0119-6

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