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Addressing Criminogenic Risk in Treatment Programs for People with SeriousMental IllnessAmy Blank Wilson, Case Western Reserve University (abw38@case.edu)Kathleen Farkas, Case Western Reserve University (kjf@case.edu)Karen Ishler, Case Western Reserve University (kji@case.edu)Mental health services have struggled to impact criminal justice outcomes among people withmental illness with justice involvement. This struggle has led to a focus on the presence ofcriminogenic behaviors in this population, with some positing that the next generation of servicesmust integrate criminogenic interventions into mental health treatment programs. But little isknown about the nature of criminogenic risk in this population. Data from a study of a re-entryjail in-reach intervention (N=115) for individuals 18-24 with a Schizophrenia spectrum and/ormajor affective disorder and co-occurring substance use disorder were used to examine levels ofcriminal thinking and risk for recidivism. These analyses support the need to integratecriminogenic interventions into services for this population, finding high levels of criminalthinking and risk for recidivism among program participants. For example, participants had highscores on all 8 thinking styles associated with criminal cognitions as measured by the PICTS (tscore above 55), with 3 scales reaching the clinical cut-off point (t score=60). Participants werealso found to be at extremely high risk for recidivism with 86% of the sample receiving scoreson the LS/CMI that indicated high or very high risk levels in this area.58. EmploymentGeneral Protections Pursuant To Fair Work Australia - A New RemedyNada Vujat, Emery Partners, Newcastle & Cessnock, Australia (nvujat@emery.com.au)Over the past six years, Australia has experienced radical changes in industrial relations. TheFair Work Act 2009 (Cth) [FWA] establishes the current national system of industrial relationswhich applies to about 85% of Australian employers. Fair Work Australia commenced on 1 July2009 [Labor Government]. The legislation was intended to increase protections available to thelabour force which were arguably diminished pursuant to the previous WorkChoices regime[Liberal Government]. Part 3-1 of the FWA is titled “General Protections”. This paper exploresthe nature of these new remedies in detail, how the Federal Court of Australia is applying them,and the impact the introduction of such remedies has had and is likely to have upon therelationship between employers and employees.144