An introductory chapter considers different models of forensic service systems and presents
the rationale for community-based systems. The rest of the volume presents a …

The implementation of local multidisciplinary evaluation teams in Tennessee began with a
pilot project in the largest metropolitan area. Changes in the state law and training of …

A survey obtained standardized data to provide a description of the approaches used in the
50 states and the District of Columbia for obtaining court-ordered competence to stand trial …

A comprehensive study of both the feasibility and the desirability of operating a state mental
health system without a state hospital, except for a small forensic facility, was carried out in …

Mental health courts developed in the USA in the late 1990s as one means to reduce the
involvement of people with mental illness in the criminal justice system. In response to the …

RESULTS ARE PROVIDED OF AN EVALUATION OF A SERVICE DELIVERY SYSTEM IN
OHIO THAT REPRESENTS AN OVERLAP BETWEEN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND …

The creation of specialty mental health courts has emerged as a strategy to address the
impact of persons with mental illness in the criminal justice system by consolidating the …

As the law/mental health field has expanded and matured in the last 20 years, the
sophistication required by mental health professionals in order to respond appropriately to …

OBJECTIVE: Very large numbers of severely mentally ill persons now fall under the
jurisdiction of the criminal justice system. A number of conditions are placed on those who …

Reviews studies on community-based forensic treatment (CBFT) of insanity acquittees in
Illinois, Oregon, Maryland, Connecticut, California, New York, Florida, and Oklahoma. The …