Professional Interests 

• Co-occurring Disorders
• Methamphetamine Use
• Screening and Diagnosis of Psychiatric Disorders
• Criminal Justice Policy
• Treatment and Prevention Evaluation
• Latent Variable Modeling

 

Teaching

• Research Methods
• Mental Health Policy

Behavioral Healthcare in the Criminal Justice System

 

Practice Experience

• Individual Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy
• Group Therapy
• Eating Disorders (Anorexia and Bulimia)

Selected Recent Publications

Swartz , J. A. (2007). Using the K6 scale to screen for serious mental illnesses among criminal justice populations: Do psychiatric treatment indicators improve detection rates? International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction. In press.

Swartz, J. A., & Lurigio, A. J. (2007). Serious mental illness and arrest: The generalized mediating effects of substance use. Crime and Delinquency, 53 (4), 581-604.

Lurigio, A. J., & Swartz, J. A. (2006). Mental illness in correctional populations: The use of standardized screening tools for further evaluation or treatment. Federal Probation , 70 (2), 29-35.

Swartz, J. A. (2006). A pilot study of co-occurring psychiatric, substance use, and medical disorders among jail detainees in psychiatric treatment. Offender Substance Abuse Report , VI (6), 81-85.

Swartz, J. A. (2006). Detecting serious mental illness among women in the criminal justice system. Women, Girls & Criminal Justice, 7 (5), 69-72.

Swartz, J. A., & Lurigio, A. J. (2006). Screening for serious mental illness in populations with co-occurring substance use disorders: Performance of the K6 scale. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment , 31 (3), 287-296.

Swartz, J. A., & Lurigio, A. J. (2005). Detecting serious mental illness among substance abusers: use of the K6 screening scale. Journal of Evidence-based Social Work , 2 (1-2), 113-135.

Swartz, J. A., & Lurigio, A. J. (2005). Screening for serious mental illness among criminal offenders. Research in Social Problems and Public Policy , 12, 137-161.

Swartz, J. A., Lurigio, A. J., & Weiner, D. A. (2004). Correlates of HIV-risk behaviors among prison inmates: Implications for tailored AIDS prevention programming.  Prison Journal, 84 (4), 472-485.

Book Articles in Progress

Swartz, J. A. (2007). A History of Drug Policy in the United States . Manuscript in preparation.

Swartz, J. A., O'Brien, P., & Lurigio, A. J. (Eds.) (2007). Drugs, Women, and Justice: Roles of the Criminal Justice System for Drug-Affected women. Binghamton, NY : Haworth Press.

Swartz, J. A. (2007). A pilot study of co-occurring psychiatric, substance use, and medical disorders among jail detainees in psychiatric treatment (pp 22-1 - 22-9). In: K. Knight & D. Farabee (Eds.) Treating addicted offenders:  A continuum of effective practices, Volume II. Kingston, NJ: Civic Research Institute.

Swartz, J. A. (2007). Screening for co-occurring psychiatric disorders among addicted offenders: Adaptation and use of the K6/K10 screening scales (pp 5-1 - 5-11). In: K. Knight & D. Farabee (Eds.) Treating Addicted Offenders:  A Continuum of Effective Practices, Volume II. Kingston, NJ: Civic Research Institute.

Swartz, J. A. (2004). Considering psychiatric comorbidities among addicted offenders: A new strategy for client-treatment matching (pp 21-1 - 21-13) . In: K. Knight & D. Farabee (Eds.) Treating Addicted Offenders:  A Continuum of Effective Practices. Kingston , NJ : Civic Research Institute.

Affiliations, Associations, & Consultations 

American Psychological Association
Society for Social Work Research

Editorial Reviews

• Criminal Justice and Behavior
• Journal of Offender Rehabilitation

NIDA Services Review Group - F