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Some jurisdictions are implementing modifications and/or enhancements to the CIT model,while others are expanding the training portion of the program beyond law enforcement to otherfirst responders and correctional officers. The research on CIT is limited, but suggests it may behaving some positive impacts on immediate outcomes of police encounters. However, we havelittle information on the longer term effect on outcomes for persons with mental illnesses, thecriminal justice and mental health systems, and communities. Additionally, research is needed onfactors influencing successful implementation of CIT, modifications to the model that mayfacilitate success in varied contexts, and program maintenance over time. The presentation willfirst summarize the CIT model, variations in the model, and the research to date on CITeffectiveness. Then, next steps for the evolution of the CIT model and CIT research will beexplored.Moving Beyond Current Research on Mental Health CourtsVirginia Aldige Hiday, North Carolina State University (Ginnie_aldige@ncsu.edu)Those who established and wrote about the early mental health courts (MHCs) envisioned themto replace punishment with mental health treatment so as to address the presumed underlyingproblem causing offending and reoffending, mental illness or severe mental illness. The MHCwas to marshal treatment and monitor mentally ill offenders to assure, with support andsanctions, that they complied with treatment long enough to become set on a course of nonoffending.This paper explicates how successful MHCs did much more than offer and assurecompliance with treatment, describes the ten essential structural elements of MHCs, and presentshypothesized procedural elements that influence success. It then summarizes and critiquesempirical research on the major intended outcome, criminal recidivism, and suggests directionsfor future empirical research.Critical Time Intervention for Men with Mental Illness Leaving PrisonJeffrey Draine, Temple University (jeffdraine@temple.edu)Dan Herman, Hunter College (Daniel.herman@hunter.cuny.edu)Liat Kriegel, University of Southern California (liat.kriegel@gmail.com)The period following prison release is associated with a high risk of morbidity, mortality andadverse social outcomes. However, few theory-driven evidence-based models exist to supportpopulations during this period. Critical Time Intervention (CTI) is an established EBP that hasbeen shown to enhance continuity of support for persons with severe mental illnesses followingdischarge from hospitals and shelters. We posit that the focused transitional nature of CTI couldbe effective with men with mental illnesses leaving prison. Using a conceptual framework builtaround social capital, we hypothesize that CTI will be more effective than enhanced release373