#	Title	Year
1.	Jail Diversion for the Mentally Ill: Breaking Through the Barriers A conference was held on April 2, 1990 that brought together mental health, correctional, and law enforcement professionals to address issues surrounding the mentally ill person who comes in contact ... Read More	1990
2.	GAINS Center Aims to Improve Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services in Justice Systems The focus of the GAINS Center is providing practical assistance to help communities design, implement, and operate integrated systems of mental health and substance abuse services for individuals ... Read More	1997
3.	Providing Services for Jail Inmates With Mental Disorders ... Read More	1997
4.	A Best Practice Approach to Community Re-entry from Jails for Inmates with Co-occurring Disorders: The APIC Model A best practice transition planning model for offenders with co-occurring disorders released from jails is presented. Sections of this publication include: abstract; introduction; the APIC Model -- ... Read More	2002
5.	Assessing the Effectiveness of Jail Diversion Programs for Persons with Serious Mental Illness and Co-Occurring Substance Use Disorders Results from an assessment of federally-funded jail diversion programs for offenders with serious mental illness and co-occurring substance use disorders are presented. This article is comprised of ... Read More	2005
6.	A Guide to Collecting Mental Health Court Outcome Data A guide "to help both well-established and newly operating courts develop practical, feasible, and effective strategies for collecting outcome data" is provided. Topics discussed are: key ... Read More	2005
7.	An Evaluation of the Bureau of Justice Assistance Mental Health Court Initiative: Final Report Results from an evaluation of seven mental health courts (MHC) are presented. Sections contained in this report include: executive summary; abstract; final report -- introduction to MHCs, overview ... Read More	2005
8.	Validation of the Brief Jail Mental Health Screen Results from a validity evaluation of the Brief Jail Mental Health Screen (BJMHS) are reported. Sections of this article include an abstract, introduction, methods, results, and discussion and ... Read More	2005
9.	Assessing Gaps Between Policy and Practice in Medicaid Disenrollment of Jail Detainees With Severe Mental Illness The Medicaid disenrollment of mentally ill jail detainees is examined. This article contains these sections: abstract; introduction; methods; results according to Medicaid director survey, ... Read More	2006
10.	Medicaid Enrollment and Mental Health Service Use Following Release of Jail Detainees With Severe Mental Illness The impact of Medicaid enrollment on mental health service access and use by mentally ill offenders reentering the community is investigated. Sections contained in this article are: abstract; ... Read More	2006
11.	Mental Health Screens for Corrections "The purpose of the two projects discussed in this report was to create and validate mental health screening instruments corrections staff can use during intake" (p. ii). Sections of this publication ... Read More	2007
12.	Developing and Validating a Brief Jail Mental Health Screen for Women This report covers the creation and testing of the BJMHS-R (Brief Jail Mental Health Screen-Revised). Sections following an executive summary include: abstract; background and significance; overview ... Read More	2007
13.	Prevalence of Serious Mental Illness Among Jail Inmates The current rates of mental illness among inmates in five jails (two in Maryland and three in New York) are investigated. There are 13.5% male and 31.0% female inmates with serious mental illness. ... Read More	2009

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Jul. 26, 2010	Does BTC Deter Drug Use? Lessons Learned From Three Years of Implementation The implementation of BTC (Breaking the Cycle) and this program's impact on decreasing offenders' drug use are evaluated. This report addresses: what BTC is; who BTC serves; what the deterrent ... Accession Number: 020061.
Jul. 26, 2010	Teaching at an Internet Distance: The Pedagogy of Online Teaching and Learning A group of 16 faculty members met over the course of a year to attend a seminar that discussed issues surrounding pedagogy and "what made teaching to be good teaching, whether online or in a ... Accession Number: 015774.
Jul. 25, 2010	Mentoring Ex-Prisoners: A Guide for Prisoner Reentry Programs This manual “draws on the experiences of Ready4Work sites and promising practices in mentoring to provide information and suggested guidelines for practitioners who are interested in developing a ... Accession Number: 024503.
Jul. 25, 2010	Interventions to Reduce HIV Transmission Related to Injecting Drug Use in Prison Individuals interested in the use of drug injection intervention programs in prisons to reduce HIV transmission will want to read this article. It offers suggestions on how your agency can ... Accession Number: 024502.
Jul. 25, 2010	Women in Law Enforcement, 1987-2008 Agencies wishing to compare their rates of growth in female officers or parties interested in female officer issues will want to look this report over. Observations made in this report include: the ... Accession Number: 024501.
Jul. 25, 2010	Prisons and Terrorism: Radicalization and De-Radicalization in 15 Countries Anyone involved with the challenges inherent in prison radicalization needs to read this report. Five chapters present a look at an issue, the practice, and recommendations related to: prison regimes ... Accession Number: 024500.
Jul. 25, 2010	To Adopt or Adapt? Principles of Hospice Care in the Correctional Setting Those interested in prison hospice care will find this article useful. Suggested practices for prison hospices include: having volunteers at the heart of the hospice; knowing who your patient is; ... Accession Number: 024491.
Jul. 25, 2010	National Prison Hospice Association Information about and from this organization focusing on hospices in prisons can be found at this website. Points of entry are: about NPHA; information and articles; other resources; and contact ... Accession Number: 024481.
Jul. 21, 2010	Leading Change: Why Transformation Efforts Fail The eight stages of successful change and their associated challenges are described. The stages are: establishing a sense of urgency; forming a powerful guiding coalition; creating a vision; ... Accession Number: 024570.
Jul. 21, 2010	Chief Jail Inspectors' Network Meeting Proceedings, 2009 Proceedings from the 11th annual two day Chief Jail Inspectors' Meeting are presented. Topics discussed include: meeting overview and highlights; introduction; ACA CORE Standards update; NSA ... Accession Number: 024559.
Jul. 21, 2010	Batterer Intervention Systems in California: An Evaluation The ”largest of its kind ever conducted…[this study] lays the foundation for improving the justice system response to domestic violence and for future research to untangle the complex relationships ... Accession Number: 024565.
Jul. 21, 2010	Building Safer Communities: Improving Police Response to Persons with Mental Illness: Recommendations from the IACP National Policy Summit This report identifies ”promising approaches [that] offer safer, more compassionate and often cost-effective ways for police and their community partners to respond to adults and juveniles with ... Accession Number: 024564.
Jul. 19, 2010	The Presentence Investigation Report While this guide for U.S. probation officers “provides a uniform format for presentence reports throughout the Federal judiciary,” it can be useful for other agencies in their efforts to standardize ... Accession Number: 024539.
Jul. 15, 2010	Confronting Recidivism: Prisoner Re-entry Programs and a Just Future for All Americans The opening statement and witness testimonies are transcribed for this hearing about prisoner re-entry. Accession Number: 020399.
Jul. 08, 2010	Incident Commander This training tool uses PC game technology to allow first responders to train anywhere and anytime. “Experience authentic NIMS ICS training by operating as an incident commander facing impending ... Accession Number: 024512.
Jul. 08, 2010	National Law Enforcement and Corrections Technology Center Publication Resources “This CD-ROM contains a selection of publications from the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) and the National Law Enforcement and Corrections Technology Center (NLECTC).” Documents are organized ... Accession Number: 024513.
Jul. 08, 2010	Between the Lines: A Question & Answer Guide on Legal Issues in Supportive Housing: 2010 National Edition Individuals assisting ex-offenders in finding housing should be familiar with this publication. Chapters include: why read this guide; legal overview—how the law is organized and fair housing laws; ... Accession Number: 024516.
Jul. 08, 2010	Juvenile Court Statistics 2006-2007 Delinquency and status offense cases managed by U.S. courts with juvenile jurisdiction between 1985 and 2007 are analyzed and commented on. This report contains four chapters: introduction; national ... Accession Number: 024515.
Jul. 06, 2010	Essential Skills for New Supervisors Making the transition from line staff to supervisor calls for developing new skills and competencies as well as a major shift in mindset from doing one’s own work to supervising the work of ... Accession Number: 024013.
Jul. 06, 2010	Innovative Reentry Strategies: The Emerging Role of Correctional Industries [Satellite/Internet Broadcast] This 3-hour program, originally broadcast October 7, 2009, is part 2 of the National Institute of Corrections series on correctional industries and is entitled “Innovative Reentry Strategies: The ... Accession Number: 024019.
Jul. 06, 2010	Corrections Budgets in Free Fall: Finding Opportunities in Turbulent Times [Satellite/Internet Broadcast] Budget reductions don’t discriminate. Correctional agencies are being hit hard in these tough economic times with no relief from mandates. Prisons, jails, and community corrections are all faced with ... Accession Number: 023698.
Jul. 02, 2010	Emergency Preparedness Self-Audit Checklist for Smaller Jails [and] Emergency Preparedness Self-Audit Checklist for Larger Jails Anyone preparing for an audit of their jail will find one of these check lists indispensable. This collection contains two chapters from “A Guide to Preparing for and Responding to Jail Emergencies: ... Accession Number: 024373.