Mental Health.Criminal Justice/Mental Health Consensus Project Report provides 46 policy statements to improve responses to people with mental illness who become involved or risk involvement with the criminal justice system, specific recommendations on practical steps that should be taken to implement each policy, and examples of programs around the country that have taken some of these steps. Reflecting the insights of a bipartisan group of 100 leading criminal justice and mental health policymakers and practitioners, this report addresses the entire criminal justice continuum--contact with law enforcement; pretrial pre·tri·al n. A proceeding held before an official trial, especially to clarify points of law and facts. adj. 1. Of or relating to a pretrial. 2. issues, adjudication The legal process of resolving a dispute. The formal giving or pronouncing of a judgment or decree in a court proceeding; also the judgment or decision given. The entry of a decree by a court in respect to the parties in a case. , and sentencing; and incarceration Confinement in a jail or prison; imprisonment. Police officers and other law enforcement officers are authorized by federal, state, and local lawmakers to arrest and confine persons suspected of crimes. The judicial system is authorized to confine persons convicted of crimes. and reentry reentry n. taking back possession and going into real property which one owns, particularly when a tenant has failed to pay rent or has abandoned the property, or possession has been restored to the owner by judgment in an unlawful detainer lawsuit. . It also discusses improving collaboration and training, building community awareness, measuring and evaluating outcomes, and developing an effective mental health system. This report is available online at http://consensusproject.org/topics/toc. |
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