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Subcommittee on Criminal Justice: Background Paper

Publication year: 2004 | Cataloged on: Oct. 31, 2006
ANNOTATION: The need to provide a range of effective mental health interventions for offenders with mental illnesses [which] serves the public interest in two ways: improved public safety and better, more efficient public health" is explained (p. 2). This report discusses: the scope of the problem; alternatives and cost savings; the issues and their context; creating effective diversion programs; meeting constitutional standards in correctional facilities; new approaches for reentry programs; and policy options.
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