Demographics of Mental Health Court Evaluees
Characteristic | Data Available (n) | n | % | CST | ICST | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | % | n | % | ||||
MHC defendants | 96a | 45 | 52 | ||||
Mean age (years) | 96 | 40.8 | 39.2 | 42.3 | |||
Male | 96 | 71 | 74.0* | 31 | 61.9 | 41 | 78.9 |
Race | 96 | ||||||
Black | 61 | 63.5* | 28 | 62.2 | 34 | 65.4 | |
White | 33 | 34.4* | 16 | 35.6 | 17 | 32.7 | |
Hispanic | 2 | 2.1* | 1 | 2.2 | 1 | 1.9 | |
Marital status | 74 | ||||||
Never married | 54 | 73.0 | 31 | 73.8 | 23 | 71.9 | |
Divorced or separated | 19 | 25.7 | 11 | 26.2 | 8 | 25.0 | |
Married | 1 | 1.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 3.1 | |
Mean education (years) | 81 | 11.1 | 10.8 | 11.3 | |||
<12 years | 47 | 56.8 | 30 | 61.2† | 17 | 44.7 | |
12+ years | 35 | 42.7* | 14 | 31.8† | 21 | 55.3 | |
Had housing at time of arrest | 73 | 53 | 72.6 | 27 | 73.0 | 26 | 70.3 |
Unemployed | 76 | 69 | 90.8* | 37 | 90.2 | 33 | 91.7 |
On disability | 69 | 45 | 65.2* | 25 | 65.8 | 20 | 62.5 |
Prior arrests | 96 | 83 | 86.5 | 40 | 88.9 | 44 | 84.6 |
Misdemeanor only | 24 | 28.9 | 14 | 35.0 | 11 | 25.0 | |
Felony | 59 | 71.1 | 26 | 65.0 | 33 | 75.0 | |
Current charges | 96 | ||||||
Violent | 45 | 46.9 | 22 | 48.9 | 23 | 44.2 | |
Nonviolent | 51 | 53.1 | 23 | 51.1 | 28 | 53.9 | |
Prior psychiatric treatment | 90 | ||||||
Any prior treatment | 76 | 84.4 | 41 | 93.2† | 36 | 76.6 | |
No prior treatment | 14 | 15.6 | 3 | 6.8† | 11 | 23.4 | |
On psychiatric medication | 84 | 54 | 63.1 | 34 | 75.6† | 19 | 36.5 |
On an antipsychotic | 49 | 90.7 | 31 | 68.9† | 18 | 36.4 | |
All diagnoses | 97 | ||||||
Psychotic disorder | 65 | 68.4 | 25 | 55.6† | 40 | 76.9 | |
Substance use disorder | 50 | 52.6 | 28 | 62.2 | 22 | 42.3 | |
Cognitive disorder | 25 | 26.3 | 11 | 24.4 | 14 | 26.9 | |
Mood disorder | 13 | 13.7 | 12 | 26.7† | 1 | 1.9 | |
Anxiety disorder | 2 | 2.1 | 2 | 4.4 | 0 | 0.0 | |
Other | 22 | 14.4 | 17 | 37.8† | 5 | 9.6 | |
Traumatic brain injury | 53 | 24 | 45.3 | 12 | 41.4 | 12 | 48.0 |
Cooperative with interview | 97 | 77 | 79.4 | 41 | 91.1† | 36 | 84.6 |