… This contributed to a statistically significant difference in the average number of days from
first court appearance in the Brooklyn Mental Health Court to placement—58 days to …

… San Bernardino County in California has separate drug treatment and mental health courts,
… Other jurisdictions have created mental health courts that are independent of the drug courts…

… Specialized mental health courts (MHCs) address the growing … mental health treatment while
in court as they had prior to court had … Qualitative data—court observations and interviews—…

… Goldkamp JS, Irons-Guynn C: Emerging judicial strategies for the mentally ill in the criminal
caseload: mental health courts in Fort Lauderdale, Seattle, San Bernardino and Anchorage. …

… Since the inception of the first mental health court (MHC) in … mental health courts and yearly
funding for four years for their … Comparing drug courts to mental health courts, Goldkamp …

… Using a process-oriented quasi-experimental design, this research will compare the San
Bernardino drug court program with the San Bernardino Probation drug treat ment program …

… COD dockets were smaller and of longer duration, and provided more intensive services
than programs situated in drug courts or in mental health courts. However, more similarities …

… The number of mental health courts (MHCs) is steadily increasing. Although the courts are …
participants who do not fully comprehend court processes and requirements. Furthermore, the …

… of mental health courts, and will then raise the two concerns about such courts that are, I …
competency of defendants to voluntarily participate in such court proceedings. In Part III, I will …

… ) Drug Court Program, a post conviction program that operates much like most drug courts in
… The “Inland Empire,” comprising Riverside County and San Bernardino counties, is known …