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标题：Delivering Justice to the Mentally Ill: Characteristics of Mental Health Courts
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作者：Jim Mann
期刊名称：Southwest Journal of Criminal Justice
印刷版ISSN：1939-442X
电子版ISSN：1938-9930
出版年度：2012
卷号：8
期号：1
页码：44-58
出版社：Southwestern Association of Criminal Justice
摘要：The involvement of the criminal justice system with mentally ill offenders was profoundly affected by the Wyatt v. Stickney decision which resulted in large numbers of mental hospital patients returning to the community during the mid-1970’s. This paper presents an overview of the mentally ill offender problem and the fairly recent development of Mental Health Courts (MHC’s). An examination of the characteristics of mental health courts was conducted by examining data provided by the Criminal Justice/Mental Health Consensus Project. Results indicated a core set of elements, but wide variability exists among MHC’s across the country.
关键词：mental health courts; diversion programs; mentally ill;offenders; Criminal Justice/Mental Health Consensus Project