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Mental health courts reduce crime rates.
This paper studies the effect of mental health courts on crime rates for violent and property crimes. Mental health courts are intended to help offenders with mental illnesses treat their illnesses and get them on the right track so they can be law abiding citizens. Uniform Crime Reporting …
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Cheerleaders and Performers: Mental Health Courts in a Midwestern State
<p>"Cheerleaders and Performers: Mental Health Courts in a Midwestern State" by Monte D. Staton</p><p>This dissertation presents a statewide study focusing on a recently developed technique for dealing with persons with mental illness in the criminal justice system: mental health court (MHC). This …
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Mental health courts: The criminal justice response to the rise in mentally ill prisoners
… than half of all prison and jail inmates had a mental health problem, and correctional institutions had replaced all other mental health facilities to become America's primary venue for the treatment of mental disorder. Further, the proportion of the correctional population that is mentally ill …
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Decision-Making in Mental Health Courts: A Mixed-Methods Analysis of Legal and Extra-Legal Factors in Evaluations of Mentally Ill Defendants
Mental health courts (MHCs) are specialized programs that aim to divert individuals with serious mental illness away from incarceration and into treatment. Their goal is to reduce recidivism and promote rehabilitation by addressing the underlying mental health needs that can contribute to criminal …
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Evaluating the Felony Mental Health Court of Harris County, Texas
Mental health is one of the most critical yet complicated areas for public health researchers. The dynamic characteristics of contemporary clinical notions of mental illness and the accompanying landscape of ever-changing health policies can create unique challenges for research efforts. In spite …
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Extending Our Promise: Providing Help to Mentally Ill Accused As Soon As Practicable
… state of the criminal law’s interaction with mentally ill persons, with a specific interest in this interaction during pre-trial phases such as arrest and bail. It argues that the current provisions in the Criminal Code of Canada that allow for limited instances of pre-trial mental health …