30: Natalie Bonfine on a New Approach for Justice-Involved People With Serious Mental Illness
Episode description
Natalie Bonfine, Ph.D., joins Dr. Dixon and Dr. Berezin to discuss the reasons why people with serious mental illness are overrepresented in the criminal justice system. Dr. Bonfine also outlines ways to address the multiple factors that contribute to justice involvement for this population.
- Dr. Bonfine's professional background and research interests [2:05]
- Development of Dr. Bonfine's article [3:20]
- What is the criminalization hypothesis? [5:06]
- What is the criminogenic risk perspective? [10:13]
- How can the community mental health system address this issue? [12:48]
- Discussion of the sequential intercept model [17:50]
- What changes are necessary for the community mental health system to become “intercept 0” [20:41]
- A counterargument [26:50]
- Final thoughts [28:55]
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