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Mental health court primer

The Council on State Government's Justice Center has produced a series of public policy primers on creating and operating mental health courts, an increasingly common phenomenon in Texas:Mental Health Courts: A Primer for Policymakers and Practitioners Provides a general overview of this program model and discusses the emergence of mental health courts, their objectives and procedures, how they differ from drug courts, and a number of other key issues. Guide to the Role of Crime Victims in Mental Health Courts This guide describes how the rights due victims in criminal court proceedings are not always made available to individuals who are victimized by people accepted into mental health courts, largely due to confusion about how to involve victims at various points in the mental health court process without compromising adherence to medical privacy regulations...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on January 08, 2009 (boomark / email).