A Guide to the Role of Crime Victims in Mental Health Courts
Publication year:
2008
| Cataloged on:
Sep. 19, 2008
ANNOTATION: How one can address the role of crime victims and incorporate victims’ rights into mental health courts are discussed. Sections of this report include: improving public confidence in the court; supporting better responses to interfamilial/caregiver crime; enhancing services to mental health court participants who have been victimized; summing up the role of victims; the right to attend; the right to be heard; the right to be informed; general information and referrals; the right to reasonable protection; the right to full and timely restitution; other rights; conclusion; and essential elements of mental health court design.