Criminal Justice Interventions For Offenders With Mental Illness: Evaluation Of Mental Health Courts In Bronx & Brooklyn, New York

In April 2012, the U.S.Department of Justice prepared a report on findings from evaluations of the Brooklyn and Bronx Mental Health Court (MHC) programs. The report covers literature on mental health and mental illness, the relationship between mental illness and crime, justice system responses to offenders with mental health problems or mental illness, and problem-solving courts and their conceptual foundation. The report also review new literature specific to mental health courts, including the research on mental health court effectiveness . . .