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Psychiatric Consultation to a Parole Board

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Criminal Court Consultation

Part of the book series: Critical Issues in American Psychiatry and the Law ((CIAP,volume 5))

Abstract

Parole, the early release from a felony prison incarceration to community supervision, is a common part of the criminal justice system’s response to crime. By 1981, it was estimated that 243,880 adults, representing 11% of all those under some form of correctional supervision, were on parole in the United States.1 That same report also noted that “approximately 75% [of all eligible prisoners] are released to parole supervision.”

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  1. Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University of Missouri—Columbia, 65212, Columbia, Mo, USA

    Bruce Harry, Bruce Harry & Niels C. Beck

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  1. Department of Psychiatry, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA

    Richard Rosner M.D. (Clinical Professor, Diplomate, Medical Director) (Clinical Professor, Diplomate, Medical Director)

  2. American Board of Forensic Psychiatry, New York, NY, USA

    Richard Rosner M.D. (Clinical Professor, Diplomate, Medical Director) (Clinical Professor, Diplomate, Medical Director)

  3. Forensic Psychiatry Clinic for the New York Criminal and Supreme Courts (First Judicial Department), New York, NY, USA

    Richard Rosner M.D. (Clinical Professor, Diplomate, Medical Director) (Clinical Professor, Diplomate, Medical Director)

  4. Department of Mental Health, Mental Retardation, and Alcoholism Services of the City of New York, New York, NY, USA

    Richard Rosner M.D. (Clinical Professor, Diplomate, Medical Director) (Clinical Professor, Diplomate, Medical Director)

  5. Forensic Psychiatry Clinic for the New York Criminal and Supreme Courts (First Judicial Department), New York, NY, USA

    Ronnie B. Harmon M.A. (Administrative Director) (Administrative Director)

  6. Department of Mental Health, Mental Retardation and Alcoholism Services of the City of New York, New York, NY, USA

    Ronnie B. Harmon M.A. (Administrative Director) (Administrative Director)

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Harry, B., Beck, N.C. (1989). Psychiatric Consultation to a Parole Board. In: Rosner, R., Harmon, R.B. (eds) Criminal Court Consultation. Critical Issues in American Psychiatry and the Law, vol 5. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-0739-6_14

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