Datasets / Department of State Hospitals Forensic vs. Civil Commitment Population


Department of State Hospitals Forensic vs. Civil Commitment Population

Published By U.S. Department of Health & Human Services

Issued más de 9 años ago

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Summary

Type of release
a one-off release of a set of related datasets

Data Licence
Not Applicable

Content Licence
Creative Commons CCZero

Verification
automatically awarded

Description

This data set shows the commitment type of patients admitted to the California State Hospitals during fiscal years 1995-2014. The Department of State Hospitals (DSH) admits patients that are mandated for treatment by a criminal or civil court. Patients in this data set that are sent to DSH through the criminal court system and have committed or have been accused of committing a crime linked to their mental illness are referred to as "forensic" commitments. Patients in this data set committed to DSH from civil courts because they are a danger to themselves or others are referred to as "civil" commitments.