Major Assignments: Create Change

(maximum value 50 points*)

You are to develop a proposal consisting of strategies which attempt to accomplish all the following:
Reduce the criminalization of persons suffering from serious mental illness;
Improve the criminal justice and mental health systems' response to persons suffering from mental illness; and
Protect the rights and welfare of all members of the community, including persons with serious mental illness.

Assignment parameters* —
Your proposal should be at least 2,500 words in length, double-spaced and written using Microsoft Word.
Your proposal must include references from each of the following textbook chapters: 4, 8, 9, 10, and 11.
In addition to the required chapter references, you must reference at least two other chapters in your textbook.
You may also reference peer review journals and government report; however, this is not required.
Your paper must be in APA format
*Your grade will be based on meeting the requirements for the assignment, logical organization, and innovation. Your sentence structure, grammar, and spelling will also affect your grade.

 

 

Chapter 4 : Cvil Commitment
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Appelbaum, P.S. (2001). Thinking carefully about outpatient commitment. Psychiatric Services, 52(3), 347-350.

Appelbaum, P. S. (2005). Assessing Kendra's Law: Five years of outpatient commitment in New York. Psychiatric Services, 56(7), 791-792.

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Chapter 8 Mental Health Courts
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Chapter 9 Mental Illness in the Prison Population: Secure and Treat
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Chapter 10 : DIVERSION AND REENTRY: Strategies for Discharging Offenders living with Mental illness

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Barr, H. (2003). Transinstitutionalization in the courts: Brad H. v. City of New York, and the fight for discharge planning for people with psychiatric disabilities leaving Rikers Island. Crime & Delinquency, 49(1), 97-123.

 

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Chapter 11: Conclusion :Striving for Informed Policies

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Text BOOK:
The Criminalization of Mental Illness, 3/E
Slate, J. Buffington-Vollum and Johnson
ISBN-978-1-5310-0442-2