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The Criminal Justice / Mental Health Consensus Project Report was the result of an unprecedented national, two-year effort to prepare specific recommendations that local, state, and federal policymakers, and criminal justice and mental health professionals can use to improve the criminal justice system's response to people with mental illnesses. The report, as well as the projects that grew out of it, are coordinated by the Council of State Governments Justice Center.
PROJECT COORDINATOR:
Council of State Governments Justice Center
REPORT PARTNERS:
Association of State Correctional Administrators
(ASCA)
Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law
Center for Behavioral Health, Justice, and Public
Policy
National Association of State Mental Health Program
Directors (NASMHPD)
Police Executive Research Forum (PERF)
Pretrial Services Resource Center (PSRC)
ADVISORY GROUPS:
Law Enforcement
Courts
Corrections
Mental Health
PROJECT COORDINATOR:
Council of State Governments Justice Center
The Council of State Governments Justice Center is a national nonprofit organization that serves policymakers at the local, state, and federal levels from all branches of government. The nonpartisan Justice Center provides practical advice and consensus-driven strategies, informed by available evidence, to increase public safety and strengthen communities. >> Learn more...
REPORT PARTNERS:
Association of State Correctional Administrators
(ASCA)
ASCA is a membership organization comprised of the
directors of state correctional agencies and the administrators of the largest
jail systems in the United States. The
association is dedicated to the improvement of correctional services and
practices through promoting and facilitating the advancement of correctional
techniques, research in correctional practices, and the development and
application of correctional standards and accreditation. Formed in 1970, ASCA
was formally incorporated as a New York State not-for-profit corporation in
1985. >> Learn more...
Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law
The Judge David Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law
is a nonprofit legal advocacy organization based in Washington D.C. The Bazelon Center's advocacy is based on the principle that every individual is entitled to choice and dignity. The Center has fought successfully against institutional abuse and arbitrary
confinement of individuals with mental illness, and for opening up public schools, workplaces, housing and other opportunities for community life.
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Center for Behavioral Health, Justice, and Public Policy
The Center for Behavioral Health, Justice, and Public Policy promotes service integration for persons with mental illness and/or addictive disorders in the justice system. The center's initiatives focus on evidence-based practices and policies that divert individuals from criminal justice settings, improve their quality of care while under custody, and assure
that upon discharge they have access to appropriate treatment and support
services to ensure successful reentry to community settings.
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National Association of State Mental Health Program
Directors (NASMHPD)
NASMHPD is an organization that advocates for the
collective interests of state mental health authorities and their directors at
the national level. NASMHPD analyzes trends in the delivery and financing of
mental health services and identifies public mental health policy issues and
best practices in the delivery of mental health services. The association
apprises its members of research findings and best practices in the delivery of
mental health services, fosters collaboration, provides consultation and
technical assistance, and promotes effective management practices and financing
mechanisms adequate to sustain the mission.
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Police Executive Research Forum (PERF)
PERF is a national membership organization of
progressive police executives from the largest city, county, and state law
enforcement agencies. PERF is dedicated to improving policing and advancing
professionalism through research and involvement in public policy debate.
Incorporated in 1977, PERF's primary sources of operating revenues are
government grants and contracts and partnerships with private foundations and
other organizations.
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Pretrial Services Resource Center (PSRC)
PSRC is an independent, nonprofit clearinghouse for
information on pretrial issues and a technical assistance provider for pretrial
practitioners, criminal justice officials, academicians, and community leaders
nationwide. The center offers assistance regarding pretrial services
programming and management and jail overcrowding. Since its inception in 1976, the Resource Center has helped criminal
justice professionals achieve the often conflicting goals of supporting the
rights of defendants, ensuring public safety, and maintaining the integrity of
the criminal justice system by providing information, publications, training,
and assistance on pretrial services at the federal, state, and local levels.
>> Learn more...