Call for Papers: Mental Health Courts

Applying therapeutic justice, mental health courts are “specialized voluntary criminal court dockets that utilize a designated judicial, legal, and treatment team to divert volunteering individuals from the criminal justice system into community-based treatment in lieu of traditional case processing and sentencing.”  There are an estimated 250 mental health courts operating nationwide. The American Behavioral Scientist (ABS) is seeking submissions for a special issue on mental health courts. Suggested topics include emergence of mental health courts, ethical and social policy issues, studies of effectiveness, organizational dynamics. The deadline for submission is January 5, 2012. For more information, see the post at Research Raven.