TY - JOUR T1 - Commentary: Toward an Improved Understanding of Recidivism JF - Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online JO - J Am Acad Psychiatry Law SP - 232 LP - 233 VL - 40 IS - 2 AU - Alexandre J. R. Carré Y1 - 2012/04/01 UR - http://jaapl.org/content/40/2/232.abstract N2 - Setting out to identify predictors of recidivism in seriously mentally ill (SMI) persons who return to their community from prison, Hall and colleagues offer to the forensic community a substantive contribution to the organization of interventions aimed to promote both the social and the psychiatric recovery of these individuals and to reduce their rate of re-entry into the penal system. While their work in the field is praiseworthy, I would like to share my thoughts and considerations to stimulate a dialogue about a subject that should be of interest to both clinicians and policy makers. ER -