Resources
Articles and Research
A Call for State Action: Invest in Mental Health Services for Community Wellness A Model of Static and Dynamic Sex Offender Risk Assessment
The Urban Institute
- https://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/nij/grants/236217.pdf
- Study published by the USDOJ National Institute of Justice.
- Behavioral Sciences & the Law Issues
- http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/3512/home?CRETRY=1&SRETRY=0
- Access full text articles from Wiley Interscience
- http://www.courts.ca.gov/documents/Mental_Health_Task_Force_Report_042011.pdf
- Recommendations for Changing the Paradigm for Persons with Mental Illness in the Criminal Justice System
- One of the products of ongoing collaboration between the Chief Probation Officers of California (CPOC) and the California Mental Health Directors Association (CMHDA), this study's purpose is to inform public policy development by analyzing costs and contexts related to incarcerating youth with mental illness and co-occurring mental illness/substance use disorders in California detention facilities. Information obtained from this study will serve to advocate for better services in order to prevent the inappropriate criminalization of youth who would be better served in mental health treatment settings, to improve services to youth who must be separated from the community, and to ensure continuity of mental health care upon re-entry of such youth to their communities.
- http://fmhac.net/Assets/Documents/Articles/APA%20SF%20MHC%20Study%202007.pdf
- American Journal of Psychiatry, 2007 - Dale E. McNiel, Ph.D., Renée L. Binder, M.D.
- http://fmhac.net/Assets/Documents/Articles/Prisoner%20Re-Entry%20The%20Urban%20Institute%20Feb%2008.pdf
- Kamala Mallik-Kane, Christy A. Visher, Justice Policy Center, Urban Institute, February 2008
- http://www.ppic.org/main/publication_quick.asp?i=1105
- Mia Bird and Shannon McConville, Public Policy Institute of California, June 2014
- http://fmhac.net/Assets/Documents/Articles/Juv%20Ct%20Stats%202005%20(OJJDP).pdf
- Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention - Describes delinquency cases handled between 1985 and 2005 and petitioned status offense cases handled between 1995 and 2005 by U.S. courts with juvenile jurisdiction. Courts with juvenile jurisdiction may handle a variety of matters, including child abuse and neglect, traffic violations, child support, and adoptions. This Report, the 77th report in the Juvenile Court Statistics series, focuses on cases involving juveniles charged with law violations (delinquency or status offenses). The data used in the analyses were contributed to the National Juvenile Court Data Archive by more than 2,100 courts with jurisdiction over 80% of the juvenile population in 2005.
- http://fmhac.net/Assets/Documents/Articles/Juvenile%20Justice%20LHC%202008.pdf
- Little Hoover Commission, July 2008
- http://fmhac.net/Assets/Documents/Articles/MHC%20Primer%20(BJA).pdf
- Bureau of Justice Assistance
- http://www.cdcr.ca.gov/COMIO/docs/Menatlly_Ill_Juveniles_In_Local_Custody.pdf
- A resource paper developed by the California Corrections Standards Authority (CSA), June 2011
- Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
- http://www.ojjdp.gov/
- http://fmhac.net/Assets/Documents/Articles/SF%20BHC%20Oct%202005.pdf
- San Francisco Medicine Magazine, October 2005 - Honorable Herbert Donaldson and Jennifer Johnson
- http://www.bscc.ca.gov/downloads/2011_public_safety_realignment_act_-_second_annual_report_on_the_implementation_of_community_corrections_partnership_plans.pdf
- Second Annual Report on the Implementation of Community Corrections Partnership Plans
The Urban Institute
- http://www.urban.org/
- NonPartisan Economic and Social Policy Research
California Budget and Public Policy
California Budget Project
- http://calbudgetcenter.org/
- Information on the State and Federal budgets
- http://www.lao.ca.gov/
- Nonpartisan Fiscal and Policy Advisor
- https://csgjusticecenter.org/
- A national nonprofit organization that serves policymakers at the local, state, and federal levels from all branches of government. Provides practical, nonpartisan advice and consensus-driven strategies, informed by available evidence, to increase public safety and strengthen communities
Crisis Intervention Team (CIT)
Essential Elements of a CIT Program (Bureau of Justice Assistance)Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST)
Forensic Mental Health Organizations and Projects
Council on Mentally Ill OffendersFirst Responder Support Network
- http://www.frsn.org/
- The WCPR program is for first responders whose lives have been impacted by their work experience.
Government Organizations
Bureau of Justice AssistanceCalifornia Department of Corrections and RehabilitationCalifornia Department of State Hospitals
Mental Health Courts
Mental Health Court Guidelines
- http://fmhac.net/Assets/Documents/Articles/Marin%20MHC%20Guidelines.pdf
- The Marin County, CA Mental Health Court guidelines were created in 2004 to guide the mental health court process. The mission of a mental health court is to preserve community safety, reduce recidivism and encourage mentally ill offenders to build more successful lives for themselves through the application of well-informed judicial supervision. The guidelines are provided to assist other communities with the establishment of similar court models.
Mental Health Organizations
California Council of Community Mental Health AgenciesMental Health Association in California
Miscellaneous
AB109 (Realignment) Information, CDCR California Association of Psychiatric Technicians California Forward
Evidence Based Best Practices Webinars, Joyfields Institute Mentally Ill Offender Crime Reduction Grants (MIOCRG) Final Report, 2005 Mentally Ill Offender Crime Reduction Grants (MIOCRG) Funding, 1999 - 2001 Mentally Ill Offender Crime Reduction Grants (MIOCRG) Funding, 2007 - 2008 National Association of Counties Pretrial Justice Institute Prison Law Office
- http://www.cafwd.org/
- helping to create a "smart" government
- http://www.safeandjust.org/
- nonprofit working with Californians from all walks of life to replace prison and justice system waste with common sense solutions that create safe neighborhoods and save public dollars
Evidence Based Best Practices Webinars, Joyfields Institute Mentally Ill Offender Crime Reduction Grants (MIOCRG) Final Report, 2005 Mentally Ill Offender Crime Reduction Grants (MIOCRG) Funding, 1999 - 2001 Mentally Ill Offender Crime Reduction Grants (MIOCRG) Funding, 2007 - 2008 National Association of Counties Pretrial Justice Institute Prison Law Office
- http://prisonlaw.com/index.php
- Protecting the constitutional rights of California prisoners