WSIPP: Publication

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Full Report Executive Summary	March 2002
Implementation of Washington's Dangerous Mentally Ill Offender Law: Preliminary Findings Polly Phipps, Gregg Gagliardi
In 1999, the Washington State Legislature enacted Substitute Senate Bill 5011 to improve the process of identifying and providing additional mental health treatment for mentally ill offenders being released from the Department of Corrections who pose a threat to public safety. This report focuses on the implementation of the Act and includes an assessment of how the process of defining, identifying, and selecting "dangerous mentally ill offenders" (DMIOs) has been carried out. The report also describes the treatment and services provided to an early group of released DMIOs. Document ID: (02-03-1901)

Keywords: criminal justice, dangerous mentally ill offenders, dmio, evaluation, implementation, laws, mental illness, mentally ill offenders, program evaluation