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Best Practices for the Mentally Ill in the Criminal Justice System

Part of the SpringerBriefs in Psychology Book Series

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-21656-0

ISBN: 978-3-319-21655-3

Publisher: Springer International Publishing - Springer Journals

Aug 18, 2015

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Chapter 1Best Practice Model

Walker, Lenore E. A.; Pann, James M.; Shapiro, David L.; Van Hasselt, Vincent B.

Pages: 1 –9

[This chapter describes how a forensically involved person who is mentally ill might go through a criminal justice system (CJS) that uses the proposed Best Practice Model (BPM). We understand that the costs of some of what we are recommending may exceed the current budget allocated for this...
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Chapter 2Best Practices in Law Enforcement Crisis Interventions with the Mentally Ill

Walker, Lenore E. A.; Pann, James M.; Shapiro, David L.; Van Hasselt, Vincent B.

Pages: 11 –18

[This chapter describes the BPM for teaching police to recognize and avoid arresting the mentally ill and getting them the appropriate mental health services.]
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Chapter 3Problem-Solving Courts

Walker, Lenore E. A.; Pann, James M.; Shapiro, David L.; Van Hasselt, Vincent B.

Pages: 19 –49

[Therapeutic courts, also known as problem-solving courts, have been formed for many specific types of offenders, such as Drug Court, Domestic Violence courts, Community Courts, habitual offender courts, and Mental Health court. The commonality in all of these courts is that the focus is...
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Chapter 4Competency Restoration Programs

Walker, Lenore E. A.; Pann, James M.; Shapiro, David L.; Van Hasselt, Vincent B.

Pages: 51 –55

[Competency restoration programs have had various features in common but few are comprehensive in trying to restore or build competency in those people found incompetent to proceed to trial. A model program outline is proposed here.]
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Chapter 5A Review of Best Practices for the Treatment of Persons with Mental Illness in Jail

Walker, Lenore E. A.; Pann, James M.; Shapiro, David L.; Van Hasselt, Vincent B.

Pages: 57 –69

[This chapter discusses the need for specific kinds of short-term mental health treatment in jails as opposed to prisons. Although there is a vast amount of information about the treatment of persons with mental illness in prisons where inmates are there for a defined period of time, there is a...
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Chapter 6Conclusions and Recommendations

Walker, Lenore E. A.; Pann, James M.; Shapiro, David L.; Van Hasselt, Vincent B.

Pages: 71 –74

[This chapter presents the results of the survey of community stakeholders and integrates them together with the literature reviews to formulate final recommendations for a BPM.]

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