A guide intended to help criminal justice officials work with health professionals to better use both systems' information, when appropriate, to reduce criminal justice involvement among people with mental illnesses and provide better links to treatment.

Author(s)

John Petrila, J.D., L.L.M. and Hallie Fader-Towe, J.D.

Date

October, 2010

State

Nationwide

Source

Council of State Governments Justice Center

Downloads

• Information Sharing in Criminal Justice-Mental Health Collaborations

Related Information

• Justice Center Publication: Increasing Collaboration between Corrections and Mental Health Organizations: Orange County Case Study
  Issue: Corrections
  Council of State Governments Justice Center (2007)
• Justice Center Publication: The Advocacy Handbook: A Guide to Implementing Recommendations of the Criminal Justice/Mental Health Consensus Project
  Council of State Governments Justice Center
• Justice Center Publication: Increasing Collaboration between Corrections and Mental Health Organizations: Kansas Case Study
  Issue: Corrections
  Council of State Governments Justice Center (2007)