This article explains how jail diversion introduced in one Midwestern county changed its focus over time from persons with serious mental illness (PSMI) to persons with opioid use disorder (POUD). Applying the theory of institutional isomorphism, the authors use both qualitative interview and quantitative program data to explore the isomorphic pressures that caused programming change resulting from an opioid addiction crisis at the expense of arrested PSMI not appropriate for treatment with Vivitrol®.
Andraka-ChristouB. (2017). What is treatment for opioid addiction in problem-solving courts? A study of 20 Indiana drug & veterans courts. Stanford Journal of Civil Rights & Civil Liberties, 13(2), 189–254.
2.
CaseB.SteadmanH. J.DupuisS. A.MorrisL. S. (2009). Who succeeds in jail diversion programs? A multi-site-study. Behavioral Sciences and the Law, 27, 661–674.
3.
Center for Health and Justice at TASC. (2013). No entry: A national survey of criminal justice diversion programs and initiatives. Author.
4.
CreswellJ. W.Plano ClarkV. L.GutmannM. L.HansonW. E. (2003). Advanced mixed methods research designs. In TashakkoriA. M.TeddlieC. B. (Eds.), Handbook of mixed methods in social and behavioral research (pp. 209–240). SAGE.
5.
CseteJ. (2019). Criminal justice barriers to treatment of opioid use disorders in the United States: The need for public health advocacy. American Journal of Public Health, 109(3), 419–422.
6.
DiMaggioP. J.PowellW. W. (1983). The iron cage revisited: Institutional isomorphism and collective rationality in organizational fields. American Sociological Review, 48(2), 147–160.
7.
DraineJ.SolomonP. (1999). Describing and evaluating jail diversion services for persons with serious mental illness. Psychiatric Services, 50, 56–61.
GillK. J.MurphyA. A. (2017). One good decision: The policy argument for extended release naltrexone in the criminal justice setting. BioMed Research International, 2017, 1–7. https://doi.org/10.1155/2017/7917616
10.
GoldkampJ.Irons-GuynnC. (2000). Emerging judicial strategies for the mentally ill in the criminal caseload: Mental health courts in Fort Lauderdale, Seattle, San Bernardino, and Anchorage: A Report on community justice initiatives. Crime and Justice Research Institute.
HarperJ. (2017). A drugmaker tries to cash in on the opioid epidemic, one state law at a time. National Public Radio, June12.
13.
HeilbrunK.DeMatteoD.YasuharaK.Brooks-HollidayS.ShahS.KingC.DicarloA. B.HamiltonD.LadukeC. (2012). Community-based alternatives for justice-involved individuals with severe mental illness: Review of the relevant research. Criminal Justice and Behavior, 39(4), 351–419.
14.
HoffR.BaranoskyM. V.BuchananJ.ZonanaH.RosenheckR. A. (1999). The effects of a jail diversion program on incarceration: A retrospective cohort study. Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, 27, 377–386.
15.
KieslerC.McGuireT.MechanicD.HosherL. R.NelsonS. H.NewmanF. L.RichR.SchulbergH. C. (1983). Federal mental health policy making: An assessment of deinstitutionalization. American Psychologist, 38, 1292–1297.
16.
KoppelS.SkolnickP. (2017). One good decision: The policy argument for extended release naltrexone in the criminal justice setting. Journal of Drug Policy Analysis, 10(1), 1–8.
17.
LeeJ. D.NunesE. V.NovoP.BachrachK.BaileyG. L.BhattS.FarkasS.FishmanM.GauthierP.HodgkinsC. CKingJ.LindbladR.LiuD.MatthewsA. G.MayJ.PeavyK. M.RossS.SalazarD.SchkolnikP.. . . RotrosenJ. (2018). Comparative effectiveness of extended-release naltrexone versus buprenorphine-naloxone for opioid relapse prevention (X:BOT): A multicentre, open-label, randomized controlled trial. Lancet, 391, 309–318.
18.
MatusowH.DickmanS. L.RichJ. D.FongC.DumontD. M.HardinC.MarloweD.RosenblumA. (2013). Medication assisted treatment in US drug courts: Results from a nationwide survey of availability, barriers and attitudes. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 44, 473–480. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsat.2012.10.004
19.
McNeilD. E.BinderR. L.RobinsonJ. C. (2005). Incarceration associated with homelessness, mental disorder, and co-occurring substance abuse. Psychiatric Services, 56(5), 840–846.
20.
MeyerJ. W.RowanB. (1977). Institutionalized organizations: Formal structure as myth and ceremony. American Journal of Sociology, 83(2), 340–363.
21.
MorrillC.MckeeC. (1993). Institutional isomorphism and informal social control: Evidence from a community mediation center. Social Problems, 40(4), 445–463. https://doi.org/10.1525/sp.1993.40.4.03x0091m
22.
MunetzM. R.GriffinP. A. (2006). Use of the sequential intercept model as an approach to decriminalization of people with serious mental illness. Psychiatric Services, 57(4), 544–549.
PedersenJ. S.DobbinF. (2006). In search of identity and legitimation: Bridging organizational culture and neoinstitutionalism. American Behavioral Scientist, 49, 897–907.
25.
PolkinghorneD. E. (1995). Narrative configuration in qualitative analysis. International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education, 8(1), 5–23.
26.
RuddR. A.AleshireN.ZibbellJ. E.GladdenR. M. (2016). Increases in drug and opioid overdose deaths - United States, 2000-2014. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR), 64(50–51), 1378–1382.
ShaferM. S.ArthurB.FranczakM. J. (2004). An analysis of post-booking jail diversion programming for persons with co-occurring disorders. Behavioral Sciences and the Law, 22, 771–785.
31.
SirotichF. (2009). The criminal justice outcomes of jail diversion programs for persons with mental illness: A review of the evidence. The Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, 37, 461–472.
32.
SteadmanH. J.MorrisS. M.DennisD. L. (1995).The diversion of mentally ill persons from jails to community-based services: A profile of programs. Law and Human Behavior, 85(12), 1630–1635.
YinR. K. (1998). The abridged version of case study research: Design and method. In BickmanL.RogD. J. (Eds.), Handbook of applied social research methods (pp. 229–260). SAGE.
35.
YinR. K. (2014). Case study research: Design and methods (5th ed.). SAGE.
