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General information on courts and mental illness and specialty courts other than mental health courts can be found on the Courts research page.

General
web new articleThe role of competency to stand trial in mental health courts. Stafford, K.P and Wygant, D.B. Behavioral Sciences and the Law. 23(2), 277-293. 2005.
web new articleIntegrating the criminal justice system into mental health service delivery: The Worcester Diversion Experience. Grudzinskas, A.J. Jr., Clayfield, J.C., Roy-Bujnowski, K., Fisher, W.H., Richardson, M.H. Behavioral Sciences and the Law. 23(2), 245-258. 2005.
web new articleEvaluating the efficiency and community safety goals of the Broward County Mental Health Court. Christy, A., Poythress, N.G., Boothroyd, R.A., Petrila, J., Mehra, S. Behavioral Sciences and the Law. 23(2), 227-243. 2005.
web The Second Generation of Mental Health Courts. Redlich, Allison D.; Steadman, Henry J.; Monahan, John; Petrila, John; Griffin, Patricia A. Psychology, Public Policy, and Law. 2005 Dec Vol 11(4) 527-538
web From referral to disposition: case processing in seven mental health courts. Steadman, H. J., Redlich, A. D., Griffin, P., Petrila, J., & Monahan, J. Behavioral Sciences and the Law, 23, 215-226.
web North Carolina's Mental Health Court. Virginia Aldigé Hiday, Marlee E. Moore, Marie Lamoureaux, and Jeffrey de Magistris, Popular Government Vol. 70, No. 3, Spring/Summer2005, published by the School of Government, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
web Mentally Ill Offender Crime Reduction (MIOCR) Grant Program: Butte County Forensic Resource Team (FOREST) Final Program Report. Gary Bess Associates. October 2004.
web A Guide to Mental Health Court Design and Implementation. The Council of State Governments. New York, NY: Council of State Governments, 2005.
web Navigating the Mental Health Maze. Fred Osher. New York, NY: Council of State Governments, 2005.
web A Guide to Collecting Mental Health Court Outcome Data. Henry J. Steadman. New York, NY: Council of State Governments, 2005.
web Therapeutic Jurisprudence: It's Not Just for Problem-Solving Courts and Calendars Anymore. David B. Wexler. Trends in 2004.Williamsburg, VA: National Center for State Courts, 2004.
web Criminalization of People with Mental Illnesses: The Role of Mental Health Courts in System Reform. Judge David L. Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law, January 2003.
web Mental Health Courts and Diversion Programs Supported by State Mental Health Authorities: 2001. Lucille Schacht. State Profile Highlights, National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors (NASMHPD) Research Institute, February 2002.
  Opting in to Mental Health Courts. Anne M. Hasselbrack. Corrections Compendium, American Correctional Association, October 2001.
web The Use of Criminal Charges and Sanctions in Mental Health Courts. Patricia A. Griffin, Henry J. Steadman, and John Petrila. Psychiatric Services 53, October 2002.
web Mental Health Courts and the Complex Issue of Mentally Ill Offenders. Amy Watson, Patricia Hanrahan, Daniel Luchins, and Arthur Lurigio. Psychiatric Services, April 2001.
web Law and Psychiatry: Mental Health Courts: Their Promise and Unanswered Questions. Henry J. Steadman, Susan Davidson, and Collie Brown. Psychiatric Services, April 2001.
web Emerging Judicial Strategies for the Mentally Ill in the Criminal Caseload: Mental Health Courts in Fort Lauderdale, Seattle, San Bernardino, and Anchorage. U.S. Department of Justice, April 2000.
Creating Effective Treatment Programs for Persons with Co-Occurring Disorders in the Justice System. Holly A. Hills for the GAINS Center for People with Co-Occurring Disorders in the Justice System, March 2000.


Evaluations of Mental Health Courts
web Akron Mental Health Court: Comparison of Incarcerations and Hospitalizations for Successful and Unsuccessful Participants in the First Cohort (The Stormer Report) Jennifer L.S. Teller et al. Funded by Ohio Department of Mental Health and Ohio Criminal Justice Services. 2004.
web Evaluation of the Santa Barbara County Mental Health Treatment Court With Intensive Case Management. Merith Cosden et al. Funded by California Board of Corrections, Mentally Ill Offender Crime Reduction Act. Santa Barbara: University of California, Santa Barbara Press: 2004.
web Executive Summary: Evaluation of the Santa Barbara County Mental Health Treatment Court With Intensive Case Management. Merith Cosden et al. Funded by California Board of Corrections, Mentally Ill Offender Crime Reduction Act. Santa Barbara: University of California, Santa Barbara Press: 2004.


Broward County Mental Health Court
web The Effectiveness of the Broward Mental Health Court: An Evaluation. John Petrila. USF Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute publication, November 2002. A policy brief derived from the International Journal of Law and Psychiatry, Evaluation and Program Planning, Court Review, and Psychiatric Services articles co-authored by Petrila.
web The Broward Mental Health Court: process, outcomes, and service utilization. Roger A. Boothroyd, Norman G. Poythress, Annette McGaha, and John Petrila. International Journal of Law and Psychiatry 26, January-February 2003.
web Perceived coercion and procedural justice in the Broward County mental health court. Norman G. Poythress, John Petrila, Annette McGaha, and Roger Boothroyd. International Journal of Law and Psychiatry 25, September-October 2002.
web Lessons from the Broward County Mental Health Court Evaluation. Annette McGaha, Roger A. Boothroyd, Norman G. Poythress, John Petrila, and Rhonda G. Ort. Evaluation and Program Planning 25, 2002.
web Preliminary Observations from an Evaluation of the Broward County Mental Health Court. John Petrila, Norman G. Poythress, Annette McGaha, and Roger A. Boothroyd. Court Review, American Judges Association, Winter 2001.
web Broward's Mental Health Court: An Innovative Approach to the Mentally Disabled in the Criminal Justice System?. Ginger Lerner-Wren, Presiding Judge, Broward Mental Health Court. 2000.
  Additional articles are listed here by the National Center for State Courts.


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