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Research Program
In Canada and elsewhere, the justice system continues to play an increasingly important role in access to treatment and support, and there are a growing number of people shifting between the justice, healthcare, and social systems and the street.
The goal of Dr. Crocker’s research and mobilization program is to better understand the challenges as well as overlapping points between mental health and justice in order to identify potential interventions, access to services, and the behavioural issues of vulnerable and marginalized people. This research seeks primarily to:
- Identify these individuals’ specific issues and needs in their points of contact with the justice system
- Analyse the legislative mechanisms linked to the access, organization, and delivery of services
- Define the profiles of service use and legal trajectories
- Develop, adapt, and implement evaluation and management tools for aggressive or criminal behaviour
- Identify obstacles to social and community integration and determine the factors that can facilitate better integration into the community following legal procedures
The program helps improve the chances of success for marginalized people, providing them with solutions for coordinating services across the criminal justice, health, and social service systems.
Awards and Distinctions
- President – International Association of Forensic Mental Health Services
- 2018: Prix d’excellence du réseau de la santé et des services sociaux « Coup de cœur du ministre » pour l’Observatoire interdisciplinaire de recherche en justice et en santé mentale
- 2017: Prix « Contribution significative » de la section justice criminelle de la Société canadienne de psychologie
Education
Post-doctorate in Mental-Health Services, Dartmouth Medical School, New Hampshire, U.S.
PhD in Psychology, Université de Montréal
Keywords
Forensic psychiatry, violence, criminality, severe mental illness, intellectual disability, mental-health justice politics, criminal responsibility, fitness to stand trial, service organization, diversion, mental health courts, police intervention, evaluation, risk management