Mental health courts and diversion programs: A global survey

Schneider, Richard D.

doi:10.1016/j.ijlp.2010.07.001

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“…Criminal court mental health initiatives made their appearance in Canada and elsewhere as a response to increasing numbers of people affected by mental illness in the justice system. While these initiatives vary in their structure and processes, they share in common a focus on psychiatric treatment [16] and mental health rehabilitation. Rehabilitation efforts aim to improve social functioning and quality of life while reducing criminal justice involvement [17].…”

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Remoteness and its impact on the potential for mental health initiatives in criminal courts in Nunavut, Canada

Ferrazzi

Krupa

2018

International Journal of Circumpolar Health

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Remoteness in the isolated communities of Nunavut, Canada adversely affects access to mental health services. Mental health initiatives in criminal courts exist in many cities to offer healthcare alternatives to regular criminal court processing for people affected by mental illness. These initiatives do not exist in Nunavut. A qualitative multiple-case study in 3 Nunavut communities involving 55 semi-structured interviews and 3 focus groups explored perceptions by health, justice and community stakeholders of the potential for criminal court mental health initiatives in the territory. Findings suggest remoteness is perceived to hinder mental healthcare support for court responses to people affected by mental illness, creating delay in psychiatric assessments and treatment. While communication technologies, such as tele-mental health, are considered an effective solution by most health professionals, many justice-sector participants are sceptical because of perceived limits to accessibility, reliability and therapeutic value. These perceptions suggest remoteness is a significant hurdle facing future criminal court mental health initiatives in Nunavut. Additionally, remoteness is viewed as affecting decisions by lawyers to bypass legislated mental health avenues, possibly resulting in more people with mental illness facing criminal justice sanctions without assessment and treatment.

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Remoteness and its impact on the potential for mental health initiatives in criminal courts in Nunavut, Canada

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Krupa

2018

International Journal of Circumpolar Health

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“…Over the past two decades, there has been growing reliance on the criminal justice system to care for people with severe mental illness (Schneider 2010). This has been attributed in part to decreased psychiatric inpatient facilities (Schneider 2010;Morrissey et al 2007).…”

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“…This has been attributed in part to decreased psychiatric inpatient facilities (Schneider 2010;Morrissey et al 2007). Morrissey et al (2007) estimate that persons with severe mental illness in the USA are jailed 1.5 times more often than they are admitted to psychiatric hospitals.…”

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“…Justice systems in a number of jurisdictions including Australia, Canada and the UK are facing similar challenges (Schneider 2010). As a result, the justice systems across jurisdictions are searching for interventions to provide mental health services for people when they come into contact with the criminal justice system (Schneider 2010). Diversion schemes have been identified as a strategy for reducing the presence of persons with serious mental illness in the criminal justice system (Schneider 2010).…”

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Lessons from a Canadian province: examining collaborations between the mental health and justice sectors

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Trojanowski

Cheng

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Int J Public Health

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The findings highlight important considerations for cross-ministerial enterprises. If partnerships are constructed within the existing parameters of systems, the system with the most flexibility will be required to work around its partner's constraints. The role of the adapter could be acknowledged by having the funding flow through the adapter's system. Program development will involve a significant time investment including activities to become part of both systems' culture through education, establishing a presence and identifying boundary spanners. Long-run implications for both systems should also be considered.

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Mental Health Courts

Schneider

2013

Wiley Encyclopedia of Forensic Science

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To bring the reader up to date on the empirical research and commentary regarding mental health courts, which has been produced over the past few years and to suggest where we might go in the future. This article is an update of the original published in the Encyclopedia in 2009. Although not flawless, mental health courts represent an innovative approach to addressing the needs of individuals within our society who have historically been alienated by both the justice system and the increasingly debilitated and diluted mental health care system. New data suggest that mental health courts are efficacious in reducing recidivism rates, reducing substance abuse, and result in reduced costs to governments. Although recent reports are encouraging, there is still a great need for further study regarding the efficacy of mental health courts. In particular, we need to know who (along a variety of dimensions) are likely to benefit from participation in mental health courts, of what sort, and under what circumstances. In particular, we need to determine what are the “active ingredients” in the mental health court process.

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Mental health courts and diversion programs: A global survey

Cited by 44 publications

References 18 publications

Remoteness and its impact on the potential for mental health initiatives in criminal courts in Nunavut, Canada

Remoteness and its impact on the potential for mental health initiatives in criminal courts in Nunavut, Canada

Lessons from a Canadian province: examining collaborations between the mental health and justice sectors

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