Mental health courts (MHCs) are increasingly used across the United States as a means of
reducing contact with the criminal justice system for individuals experiencing serious mental …

Men and women exiting the correctional system represent a population at high risk for
mental health problems, and the body of research on the mental health needs of former …

Purpose Using data on participants born around 100 years ago, Laub and Sampson
asserted that early developmental risk factors are not informative of social outcomes in …

Problem-solving courts provide judicially supervised treatment for behavioral health needs
commonly found among criminal offenders, including substance abuse and mental health …

Purpose The case management of individuals convicted of a sexual offense tends to be
specialized and focused on the prevention of sexual recidivism, leaving little room for …

Abstract Mental Health Treatment Courts (MHTC) address the overrepresentation of
individuals with mental health disorders in the criminal justice system and strive to minimize …

Prior literature on judicial decision-making post-sentencing is relatively scarce, yet with the
growth of problem-solving courts and offenders placed on probation, judges are responsible …

This book examines Mental Health Courts (MHC) within a socio-legal framework. Placing
these courts within broader trends in criminal justice, especially problem-solving courts, the …

There is a scarcity of research exploring the experience of individuals returning to the
community, after incarceration, from their perspective, leaving the United States spending …

The 2019 issue of the Painting the Current Picture: A National Report on Treatment Courts in
the United States (hereafter referred to as PCP) represents the sixth time an in-depth …