While perceptions of voluntary consent have been studied among participants in Mental
Health Courts (MHC), little is known about coercion among participants in Drug Treatment …

The use of sanctions in drug treatment courts (DTCs) to enforce participant compliance with
treatment represents the convergence of two different, sometimes opposing, correctional …

Approximately 700,000 people with major mental disorder enter United States jails each
year (US Department of Justice, 1999), many of whom are arrested repeatedly for minor …

Research has shown that substantial numbers of mental health patients may be coerced into
'voluntary'treatment. This article examines the concept of coercion to address the concerns …

One of the issues facing treatment providers in a correctional setting is that offenders may
feel'forced'to take part in psychological treatment. Providing psychological intervention in a …

Legal coercion is frequently used to leverage substance abuse treatment upon persons who
would otherwise not seek it voluntarily. Various methodological and conceptual problems of …

Increasingly large numbers of criminal offenders are being legally mandated to receive
substance abuse treatment in lieu of criminal prosecution or incarceration. It, therefore …

It is essential to consider and understand the perspectives of psychiatric providers (eg
psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, caseworkers/keyworkers) on coercion, given …

Much of the early literature concerning coerced treatment relied on measures such as legal
pressure. The past 5 years saw a further development in the measurement of coercion …

This article reviews empirical research on civil commitment, which addresses the issue of
coercion either directly or indirectly. Despite coercion's centrality to civil commitment …