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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2011 - Distinguished Career Award for the Practice of Sociology, American Sociological Association

Overview

Henry J. Steadman is affiliated with the University at Albany, State University of New York, in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the intersection of social sciences, sociology and political science, and clinical psychology.

The scholar has contributed to several key topics in their field, including:

  • Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis
  • Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending
  • Crime Patterns and Interventions

Steadman has published works in venues such as UNC Libraries, with recent papers including:

  • "When Political Will Is Not Enough: Jails, Communities, and Persons With Mental Health Disorders" (2020, UNC Libraries)
  • "Perceived Coercion Among Jail Diversion Participants in a Multisite Study" (2020, UNC Libraries)

Frequent coauthors in their publications include J Morrissey, Travis W. Parker, Karen Cusack, and Amy H. Herring. This collaboration reflects a multidisciplinary approach to addressing issues within criminal justice and mental health.

Steadman has been recognized by peers through awards, notably the Distinguished Career Award for the Practice of Sociology from the American Sociological Association in 2011.

Best Publications

  • Violence by people discharged from acute psychiatric inpatient facilities and by others in the same neighborhoods.

    Henry J. Steadman;Edward P. Mulvey;John Monahan;Pamela Clark Robbins

  • Rethinking Risk Assessment: The MacArthur Study of Mental Disorder and Violence

    John Monahan;Henry J. Steadman;Eric Silver;Paul S. Appelbaum

  • Violence and mental disorder: Developments in risk assessment.

    John Monahan;Henry J. Steadman

  • Prevalence of serious mental illness among jail inmates.

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  • A Classification Tree Approach to the Development of Actuarial Violence Risk Assessment Tools

    Henry J. Steadman;Eric Silver;John Monahan;Paul S. Appelbaum

  • Developing a clinically useful actuarial tool for assessing violence risk

    John Monahan;Henry J. Steadman;Paul S. Appelbaum;Pamela Clark Robbins

  • Situational Factors in Disputes Leading to Criminal Violence

    Richard B. Felson;Henry J. Steadman

  • Comparing outcomes of major models of police responses to mental health emergencies.

    Henry J. Steadman;Martha Williams Deane;Randy Borum;Joseph P. Morrissey

  • Police perspectives on responding to mentally ill people in crisis: Perceptions of program effectiveness

    Randy Borum;Martha Williams Deane;Henry J. Steadman;Joseph Morrissey

  • Assessing the New York City Involuntary Outpatient Commitment Pilot Program

    Henry J. Steadman;Kostas Gounis;Deborah Dennis;Kim Hopper

  • Emerging Partnerships Between Mental Health and Law Enforcement

    Martha Williams Deane;Henry J. Steadman;Randy Borum;Bonita M. Veysey

  • An actuarial model of violence risk assessment for persons with mental disorders

    John Monahan;Henry J. Steadman;Pamela Clark Robbins;Paul Appelbaum

  • Refining prevalence estimates of pathological gambling.

    Rachel A. Volberg;Henry J. Steadman

  • Crime and Mental Disorder: An Epidemiological Approach

    John Monahan;Henry J. Steadman

  • Assessing the effectiveness of jail diversion programs for persons with serious mental illness and co-occurring substance use disorders.

    Henry J. Steadman;Michelle Naples

  • Violent storms and violent people: How meteorology can inform risk communication in mental health law.

    John Monahan;Henry J. Steadman

  • Explaining the increased arrest rate among mental patients: the changing clientele of state hospitals.

    Henry J. Steadman;J. J. Cocozza;M. E. Melick

  • Use of Leverage to Improve Adherence to Psychiatric Treatment in the Community

    John Monahan;Allison D. Redlich;Jeffrey Swanson;Pamela Clark Robbins

  • Toward a Rejuvenation of Risk Assessment Research

    John Monahan;Henry J. Steadman

  • A Best Practice Approach to Community Reentry From Jails for Inmates With Co-Occurring Disorders: The Apic Model

    Fred Osher;Henry J. Steadman;Heather Barr

  • The Impact of State Mental Hospital Deinstitutionalization on United States Prison Populations, 1968-1978

    Henry J. Steadman;John Monahan;Barbara Duffee;Eliot Hartstone

Frequent Co-Authors

John Monahan
John Monahan University of Virginia
Joseph P. Morrissey
Joseph P. Morrissey University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Thomas Grisso
Thomas Grisso University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School
Allison D. Redlich
Allison D. Redlich George Mason University
Eric Silver
Eric Silver Pennsylvania State University
Jeffrey W. Swanson
Jeffrey W. Swanson Duke University
Richard A. Van Dorn
Richard A. Van Dorn Policy Research Associates
William H. Fisher
William H. Fisher University of Massachusetts Lowell
Rachel A. Volberg
Rachel A. Volberg University of Massachusetts Amherst
Richard B. Felson
Richard B. Felson Pennsylvania State University

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