Abstract
This study investigates how persons with co-occurring serious mental illness and substance use disorders with violent charges fare on key outcome measures at 12 months as compared to persons with non-violent charges participating in the same jail diversion programs. Among 650 diverted individuals interviewed at 12 months at seven sites of a multi-site jail diversion research study, 113 had violent intake charges. Selfreported outcome measures include arrests, arrests for violent offenses, violent acts, hospitalization and emergency room use. There were no significant differences on any outcome measures at 12 months. These findings suggest that excluding individuals with violent intake charges from eligibility for diversion programs is unnecessary on empirical grounds.
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