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Amy Blank Wilson

Associate Professor
Verified email at email.unc.edu
Cited by 1242

Meeting the needs of justice-involved people with serious mental illness within community behavioral health systems

N Bonfine, AB Wilson, MR Munetz - Psychiatric Services, 2020 - Am Psychiatric Assoc
The overrepresentation of people with serious mental illness in the criminal justice system is
a complex problem. A long-standing explanation for this phenomenon, the criminalization …

Holistic admissions and racial/ethnic diversity: A systematic review and implications for social work doctoral education

…, SH Thomas, K Kainz, A Blank Wilson - Journal of Social …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Research evaluating holistic admission practices in social work doctoral programs is nascent.
This systematic literature review aims to answer two questions: What holistic admissions …

[HTML][HTML] Collaborations between criminal justice and mental health systems for prisoner reentry

AB Wilson, J Draine - Psychiatric Services, 2006 - Am Psychiatric Assoc
Methods The results are derived from a national survey of service strategies used to assist
people with mental illness to manage their transition from incarceration to the community. …

Examining the impact of mental illness and substance use on recidivism in a county jail

AB Wilson, J Draine, T Hadley, S Metraux… - International journal of law …, 2011 - Elsevier
This paper describes the recidivism patterns over a 4year period for a cohort of people admitted
to a large US urban jail system in 2003 and analyzes how these patterns vary based on …

Policy gaps and opportunities: A systematic review of autism spectrum disorder and criminal justice intersections

DS Cooper, D Uppal, KS Railey, A Blank Wilson… - …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Autism spectrum disorder prevalence is rising, and as this population enters adulthood,
preliminary research has identified high rates of contact with the criminal justice system. Policy …

Criminal thinking styles among people with serious mental illness in jail.

AB Wilson, K Farkas, KJ Ishler, M Gearhart… - Law and Human …, 2014 - psycnet.apa.org
The purpose of this study was to extend the investigation of criminal thinking of persons with
mental illness beyond prison and community settings to a jail setting. Participants consisted …

The relationship between substance misuse and complicated grief: A systematic review

A Parisi, A Sharma, MO Howard, AB Wilson - Journal of substance abuse …, 2019 - Elsevier
Complicated grief is a prolonged, bereavement-specific disorder with significant psychological
and physical consequences. Although complicated grief represents a risk to individuals …

Examining the impact of mental illness and substance use on time till re-incarceration in a county jail

A Blank Wilson, J Draine, S Barrenger, T Hadley… - … and Policy in Mental …, 2014 - Springer
This paper examines the role that substance use and serious mental illness play in criminal
justice recidivism by examining the time to return to jail for a cohort of people admitted to jail …

Teaching direct practice skills using web-based simulations: Home visiting in the virtual world

AB Wilson, S Brown, ZB Wood… - Journal of Teaching in …, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
Social work programs increasingly are engaged in deploying distance education models,
yet questions remain about how to teach direct practice skills within this context. As field …

Preventing and improving interactions between autistic individuals and the criminal justice system: A roadmap for research

LL Shea, D Cooper, AB Wilson - Autism Research, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Researchers have identified that autistic individuals are encountering the criminal justice
system as victims, offenders, and witnesses at high rates. The prevalence of autism spectrum …