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P.L. 110-416, The Mentally Ill Offender Treatment and Crime Reduction Reauthorization and Improvement Act of 2007 (1 comment ↓ | 10 wiki edits)
- This item is from the 110th Congress (2007-2008) and is no longer current. Comments, voting, and wiki editing have been disabled, and the cost/savings estimate has been frozen.
S. 2304 would amend title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to provide grants for the improved mental health treatment and services provided to offenders with mental illnesses.
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Dr. A. Abdennur
October 19, 2008, 8:32am (report abuse)Offenders with mental health problems require treatment that not only targets their mental health problems but also their antisocial behavior. Secure hospitals in Scotland, England, New York, Germany and Colorado have been training mentally disordered offenders patients using a cognitive training program - "Reasoning and Rehabilitation" (R&R). A new version of the R&R program specifically designed for mentally disordered offenders has now been successfully field-tested with patients in secure hospitals in England.
The program teaches neurocognitive skills in addition to the prosocial skills and values that are taught in R&R. Information on the program can be obtained from the Cognitive Centre of Canada (Email: cogcen@canada.com) Department of Criminology, University of Ottawa in Canada
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