South University Week 1 Mental Health Courts & Treatment Programs Discussion

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  • Is it important for participation in a mental health court to be voluntary on the part of the offender, or should the prosecutor be able to direct a case to mental health court?
  • What are some of the unintended negative consequences of having one’s case diverted through a mental health court as opposed to normal processing in criminal court? For instance, it might be possible that having a “mental health” issue on record could prevent the offender from applying for certain jobs in the future. What other negative effects might result?
  • Clearly, a serious mental disorder such as schizophrenia would justify the special treatment accorded by mental health courts and treatment programs. What other conditions should be included in this protocol? For instance, should drug addiction be considered a “mental illness” for the purposes of determining whether to divert a criminal case to mental health court?
  • Last, is it fair to the victim of the crime to have the case diverted away from traditional trial and punishment? Should the victim have input into the decision to divert a case?

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Running Head: MENTAL HEALTH AND COURT

Mental Health and Court
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Mental health court should be voluntary on the part of the offender because these courts
already stigmatize and criminalize those who have mental illnesses because of the lifestyle they
live and their lifestyle offenses. The mental health courts are highly inappropriate methods of
treating, for example, the homelessness or those with drug addiction because it is their offenses
in which stems from that type of lifestyle (Huddleston, Marlowe & Casebolt, 2016). The
problems that are generally caused by society failures regarding many occurrences of illnesses
doesn’t justify the reason to have it mandatory for...


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