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Explainer: How does mental illness affect sentencing?

(6 days ago) WEBCourts have noted that sentencing offenders with mental health problems is inevitably difficult. Many different sentencing …

https://theconversation.com/explainer-how-does-mental-illness-affect-sentencing-101724

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Effectiveness of Mental Health Courts in Reducing Recidivism: A …

(1 days ago) WEBObjective: Mental health courts (MHCs) were developed to address the overrepresentation of adults with mental illnesses in the U.S. criminal justice system …

https://ps.psychiatryonline.org/doi/10.1176/appi.ps.201700107

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Mental Health as Mitigation Evidence Journal of the American …

(4 days ago) WEBMental Health as Mitigation Evidence. In Allen v. Stephan, 42 F.4 th 223 (4th Cir. 2022), the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled a sentencing judge in a capital …

https://jaapl.org/content/51/3/444

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Preventing Criminal Recidivism Through Mental Health and …

(1 days ago) WEBCriminal justice system involvement is common among persons with serious mental illness in community treatment settings. Various intervention strategies are used …

https://ps.psychiatryonline.org/doi/10.1176/appi.ps.201500384

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Sentencing offenders with mental disorders, developmental …

(9 days ago) WEBBroadly comparable USA provisions have been shown to hold promise, Reference Heilbrun, Dematteo, Yashuhara, Brook-Holliday, Shah and King 5 but the framework there, with …

https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/the-british-journal-of-psychiatry/article/sentencing-offenders-with-mental-disorders-developmental-disorders-or-neurological-impairments-what-does-the-new-sentencing-council-guideline-mean-for-psychiatrists/76AE4B4FB4BCC8D7B16843307EF59142

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Psychiatric disorders and reoffending risk in individuals with

(3 days ago) WEBThe identified modifiable risk factors included mental health needs (odds ratio 1·4, 95% CI 1·2–1·6) and substance misuse (2·3, 1·1–4·9), but these were not based on standard …

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanpub/article/PIIS2468-2667(22)00312-7/fulltext

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Meeting the Needs of Justice-Involved People With Serious Mental

(1 days ago) WEBPeople with serious mental illness are overrepresented in the justice system. For example, most county jails in the United States house three times as many people …

https://ps.psychiatryonline.org/doi/10.1176/appi.ps.201900453

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People With Mental Illness in the Criminal Justice System: …

(2 days ago) WEBThe overall message of the book is that effective partnerships among treating psychiatrists and other mental health professionals, law enforcement, judges, and our …

https://ajp.psychiatryonline.org/doi/full/10.1176/appi.ajp.2016.16060631

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Effectiveness of a Mental Health Court in Reducing Criminal …

(2 days ago) WEBThe large-scale involvement of people with mental disorders in the criminal justice system is an important national problem. The proportion of people entering U.S. …

https://ajp.psychiatryonline.org/doi/full/10.1176/appi.ajp.2007.06101664

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The Effectiveness of Mental Health Courts in Reducing - Springer

(Just Now) WEBIn the mid 1990’s, courts across Canada and the United States reported significant increases in the number of defendants with mental illness entering the …

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10597-019-00421-9

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The impact of imprisonment on individuals’ mental health and …

(5 days ago) WEBIn many contexts worldwide, penal sanctions aim to reintegrate individuals into society, and prison sentences are one such sanction. However, research has found …

https://bmcpsychology.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s40359-023-01252-w

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Mental-Health Courts: Expanding the Model in an Era of …

(1 days ago) WEBThis note proposes that state legislatures should expand access to mental-health courts so that mentally ill prisoners can (1) be referred for early-release consideration, (2) have the …

https://openscholarship.wustl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2172&context=law_journal_law_policy

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Mental and behavioral disorders in the prison context - PMC

(3 days ago) WEBThe need to improve access to mental health in the prison system was also highlighted by Martin et al. 33, who found that although mental health care was …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9578298/

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When Mental Illness Becomes a Jail Sentence - The Atlantic

(2 days ago) WEB“The dream of a good community mental-health system was not solved, and we went to the war on crime, the war on drugs, and massive cuts to housing—and …

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2019/12/when-mental-illness-becomes-jail-sentence/603154/

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PTSD and Trauma as Mitigating Factors in Sentencing in Capital …

(8 days ago) WEBPosttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is commonly used as a mitigating sentencing factor, although how successfully it is used varies. In cases involving the …

https://jaapl.org/content/early/2021/11/17/JAAPL.210052-21

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Mental Health Courts and Sentencing Disparities - University …

(7 days ago) WEBE. Lea Johnston & Conor P. Flynn, Mental Health Courts and Sentencing Disparities, 62 Vill. L. Rev. 685 (2017) This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the …

https://scholarship.law.ufl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1824&context=facultypub

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Mass Probation: Effects of Sentencing Severity on Mental Hea

(9 days ago) WEBIncarceration is associated with negative impacts on mental health. Probation, a form of community supervision, has been lauded as an alternative. …

https://journals.lww.com/epidem/fulltext/2024/01000/mass_probation__effects_of_sentencing_severity_on.10.aspx

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"Mental Disorder" and Sentencing: Resolving the Definitional

(1 days ago) WEBMental Disorders*. Mental health problems affect the majority of people who face the sentencing process. The fact that a convicted offender has mental health problems …

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30302979/

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The effects of the justice system on mental health - PMC

(3 days ago) WEBThe conclusion is clear: the police and justice system, indirectly and in a ‘low-level’ form, assault both aggressors and the victims of abuse. On the other hand, the …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8009114/

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Prison Decarceration and the Mental Health Crisis Federal …

(5 days ago) WEBThe number of incarcerated people in the United States with mental health treatment needs is inexcusably and unconscionably high. The authors argue that while …

https://online.ucpress.edu/fsr/article/34/4/233/163586/Prison-Decarceration-and-the-Mental-Health-CrisisA

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Mental Health and Criminal Justice Issues

(6 days ago) WEBThe issues faced by individuals with mental health conditions is particularly profound in terms of variations of the insanity defense and the use of the death penalty for …

https://www.mhanational.org/issues/mental-health-and-criminal-justice-issues

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Sentencing offenders with mental disorders, developmental …

(4 days ago) WEBIn accordance with s.120 of the Coroners and Justice Act 2009 (CJA 2009), the Sentencing Council issues this definitive guideline. It applies only to offenders aged …

https://www.sentencingcouncil.org.uk/overarching-guides/magistrates-court/item/sentencing-offenders-with-mental-disorders-developmental-disorders-or-neurological-impairments/

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Are Schools Too Focused on Mental Health? - The New York Times

(8 days ago) WEB671. Lucy Foulkes, a research psychologist at the University of Oxford, wants school systems to proceed cautiously with large-scale mental health interventions. “It’s …

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/06/health/mental-health-schools.html

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Does Mindfulness Training Lead to Better Mental Health?

(3 days ago) WEBTo the Editor: Your article cites research findings that among young people mindfulness training did not have the expected positive effect on mental health. In …

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/13/opinion/mindfulness-mental-health.html

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Opinion Mental Health Awareness is Backfiring on Teens - The …

(1 days ago) WEBMedical groups declaring a “national emergency.”. The surgeon general calling for an “all of society” response to a “devastating” mental health crisis among young …

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/14/opinion/mental-health-awareness.html

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What is psychosocial disability, how is it different to mental health

(1 days ago) WEBWARNING: This article contains references to mental health and suicide. Some days, Kristin Gillespie's disability is so debilitating she can't make a meal, leave …

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-30/psychosocial-disability-mental-health-ndis/103690958

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Florida: Sentencing trial to begin for Zephen Xaver, who executed …

(7 days ago) WEBJury selection is scheduled to begin Monday in the sentencing trial after numerous delays caused by the pandemic, legal wrangling and attorney illness. Xaver …

https://apnews.com/article/bank-massacre-florida-trial-157875d3e6a92ff9e28f0c1796e58fee

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Judge reopens Paul Pelosi attacker sentencing because of error

(1 days ago) WEBStaff Writer Follow. May 20, 2024 10:13 AM PT. A federal judge reopened the sentencing of a man who assaulted the husband of former U.S. Speaker Nancy Pelosi, …

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-05-20/judge-reopens-paul-pelosi-attacker-case

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Why gardening is good for our emotional health and our social …

(4 days ago) WEBTry gardening. People garden indoors and out, in different weather and climes and with different intensities and goals. Research consistently shows that gardening has …

https://www.washingtonpost.com/wellness/2024/05/17/gardening-mental-health-benefits/

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Why Mental Health Is A Workplace Issue - Forbes

(2 days ago) WEBBusiness owners who skipped time off are 146% more likely to report poor mental health. More than half are more stressed, and several reported a work-life …

https://www.forbes.com/sites/meganpoinski/2024/05/19/why-mental-health-is-a-workplace-issue/

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Mass Probation: Effects of Sentencing Severity on Mental Health …

(4 days ago) WEBTime spent in incarceration is associated with worsening of individuals’ mental health. 1 The stressful environment of prisons and jails, individuals’ lack of …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10683971/

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Jury selection begins in sentencing trial for man who killed 5

(Just Now) WEBJury selection for 27-year-old Zephen Xaver's sentencing trial started Monday. Xaver’s attorneys are expected to seek leniency by citing years of mental …

https://www.yahoo.com/news/jury-selection-begins-sentencing-trial-213712941.html

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Peru protesters slam new insurance law that deems transgender …

(8 days ago) WEBHundreds of protesters in Peru's capital marched on Friday to demand the scrapping of a new law that describes transgender people, among others, as having a …

https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/peru-protesters-slam-new-insurance-law-that-deems-transgender-people-mentally-2024-05-18/

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Teens who attacked ex Wallaby Toutai Kefu and family in their …

(7 days ago) WEBIn short: Two teens who invaded the home of former Wallaby Toutai Kefu have faced a sentencing hearing in the Supreme Court in Brisbane. Mr Kefu's wife told the …

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-05-14/qld-teen-toutai-kefu-home-invasion-brisbane-court-sentence/103838208

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