Document Type
Article
Media Type
Text
Abstract
In the last fifty years, persons with serious mental illnesses have gone from being institutionalized in psychiatric hospitals to being institutionalized in our county jails. The phenomenon has been called the "criminalization of the mentally ill" and has had adverse consequences both for our communities and for those persons with mental illnesses. This foreword discusses one judge's experiences in attempting to rise to the challenge of meeting the needs of persons with mental illnesses in the criminal justice system. The discussion extends to local, state, and national initiatives. These include the Therapeutic Intervention Program Court in Winnebago County, Illinois, and the national Judges' Leadership Initiative for Criminal Justice and Mental Health Issues, the resources and activities of which are available to any judge in the nation.
First Page
477
Last Page
482
Publication Date
7-1-2009
Department
Other
ISSN
0734-1490
Language
eng
Publisher
Northern Illinois University Law Review
Recommended Citation
Zenoff, Kathryn E.
(2009)
"Confronting the Challenges of Persons Who Are Mentally Ill: A Judge's Perspective,"
Northern Illinois University Law Review: Vol. 29:
Iss.
3, Article 2.
Suggested Citation
Kathryn E. Zenoff, Confronting the Challenges of Persons Who Are Mentally Ill: A Judge's Perspective, 29 N. Ill. U. L. Rev. 477 (2009).
