Criminal Justice / Mental Health Consensus Project

Contents

Acknowledgments

Executive Summary

Law Enforcement Advisory Board

Courts Advisory Board

Corrections Advisory Board

Mental Health Advisory Board

Introduction

About the Problem

Reasons for Hope

How to Use this Report

Getting Started

Next Steps

PART ONE: Select Events on the Criminal Justice Continuum

Chapter I: Involvement with the Mental Health System

Introduction: Involvement with the Mental Health System

1. Access to Effective Mental Health Services

Chapter II: Contact with Law Enforcement

Introduction: Contact with Law Enforcement

2. Request for Police Service

3. On-Scene Assessment

4. On-Scene Response

5. Incident Documentation

6. Police Response Evaluation

Conclusion: Contact with Law Enforcement

Chapter III: Pretrial Issues, Adjudication, and Sentencing

Introduction: Pretrial Issues, Adjudication and Sentencing

7. Appointment of Counsel

8. Consultation with Victim

9. Prosecutorial Review of Charges

10. Modification of Pretrial Diversion Conditions

11. Pretrial Release / Detention Hearing

12. Modification of Pretrial Release Conditions

13. Intake at County / Municipal Detention Facility

14. Adjudication

15. Sentencing

16. Modification of Conditions of Probation / Supervised Release

Conclusion

Chapter IV: Incarceration and Reentry

Introduction: Incarceration and Reentry

17. Receiving and Intake of Sentenced Inmates

18. Development of Treatment Plans, Assignment to Programs, and Classification / Housing Decisions

19. Subsequent Referral for Screening and Mental Health Evaluation

20. Release Decision

21. Development of Transition Plan

22. Modification of Conditions of Supervised Release

23. Maintaining Contact Between Individual and Mental Health System

PART TWO: Overarching Themes

Chapter V: Improving Collaboration

Introduction: Improving Collaboration

24.Obtaining and Sharing Resources

25. Sharing Information

26. Institutionalizing the Partnership

Chapter VI: Training Practioners and Policymakers and Educating the Community

Introduction: Training Practitioners and Policymakers and Educating the Community

27. Determining Training Goals and Objectives

28. Training for Law Enforcement Personnel

29. Training for Courts Personnel

30. Training for Corrections Personnel

31. Training for Mental Health Professionals

32. Educating the Community and Building Community Awareness

33. Identifying Trainers

34. Evaluating Trainers

Chapter VII: Elements of an Effective Mental Health System

Introduction: Elements of an Effective Mental Health System

35. Evidence-Based Practices

36. Integration of Services

37. Co-Occurring Disorders

38. Housing for People with Mental Illness

39. Consumer and Family Member Involvement

40. Cultural Competency

41. Mental Health Workforce

42. Accountability

43. Advocacy

Chapter VIII: Measuring and Evaluating Outcomes

Introduction: Measuring and Evaluating Outcomes

44. Identifying Outcome Measures

45. Collecting Data

46. Disseminating Findings

Appendices

A. Glossary

B. Program Examples Cited in Report

C. An Explanation of Federal Medicaid and Disability Program Rules

D. Project History / Methodology

E. Steering Committee

F. Bibliography