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Process Evaluations

Herinckx, H., Swart, S., Ama, S., & Knutson, J. (2003). The Clark County mentally ill re-arrest prevention (MIRAP) program. Portland, OR: Regional Research Institute for Human Services, Portland State University in collaboration with the Clark County Department of Community Services.

McGaha, A., Boothroyd, R. A., Poythress, N. G., Petrila, J., & Ort, R. G. (2002). Lessons from the Broward County mental health court evaluation. Evaluation and Program Planning, 25, 125-135.

O'Keefe, K. (2006). The Brooklyn Mental Health Court Evaluation: Planning, implementation, courtroom dynamics, and participant outcomes. New York: Center for Court Innovation.

Petrila, J., Poythress, N. G., McGaha, A., & Boothroyd, R. A. (2001). Preliminary observations from an evaluation of the Broward County Mental Health Court. Court Review, Winter, 14-22.

Steadman, H. J., & Redlich, A. D. (2006). An evaluation of the Bureau of Justice Assistance mental health court initiative. Delmar, NY: Policy Research Associates.

Trupin, E., Richards, H. J., Lucenko, B., & Woods, P. (n. d.). King County District Court mental health court phase I process evaluation and early outcome analyses. Seattle, Washington: The Washington Institute for Mental Illness Research and Training, University of Washington.

Trupin, E., Richards, H., Wertheimer, D. M., & Bruschi, C. (2001). City of Seattle mental health court evaluation report. Seattle, Washington: Seattle Municipal Court.

Outcome Evaluations

Boothroyd, R. A., Mercado, C. C., Poythress, N. G., Christy, A., & Petrila, J. (2005). Clinical outcomes of defendants in mental health court. Psychiatric Services, 56, (7), 829-834.

Christy, C., Poythress, N.G., Boothroyd, R.A., Petrila, J.D., & Mehra, S. (2005). Evaluating the efficiency and community safety goals of the Broward County mental health court. Behavioral Sciences and the Law, 23, 227-243.

Cosden, M., Ellens, J., Schnell, J., & Yamini-Diouf, Y. (2004). Executive summary: Evaluation of the Santa Barbara County mental health treatment court with intensive case management. California: Counseling/Clinical/School Psychology Program, Gevirtz Graduate School of Education, University of California, Santa Barbara.

Cosden, M., Ellens, J., Shnell, J., & Yamini-Diouf, Y. (2005). Efficacy of a mental health treatment court with assertive community treatment. Behavioral Sciences and the Law, 23, 199-214.

Ford, J., & Trestman, R. L. (2005). Evidence-based enhancement of the detection, prevention, and treatment of mental illness in the correction systems. Farmington, CT: Department of Psychiatry, University of Connecticut Health Center.

Gary Bess Associates. (2004). Mentally-ill offender crime reduction (MIOCR) grant program. California: Author.

Herinckx, H. A., Swart, S. C., Ama, S. M., Dolezal, C. D., & King, S. (2005). Rearrest and linkage to mental health services among clients of the Clark County mental health court program. Psychiatric Services, 56, (7), 853-857.

Herinckx, H., Swart, S., Ama, S., & Knutson, J. (2003). The Clark County mentally ill re-arrest prevention (MIRAP) program. Portland, OR: Regional Research Institute for Human Services, Portland State University in collaboration with the Clark County Department of Community Services.

McGaha, A., Boothroyd, R. A., Poythress, N. G., Petrila, J., & Ort, R. G. (2002). Lessons from the Broward County mental health court evaluation. Evaluation and Program Planning, 25, 125-135.

McNiel, D. E., & Binder, R. L. (2007). Effectiveness of a mental health court in reducing criminal recidivism and violence. The American Journal of Psychiatry, 164, (9), 1395-1403.

Moore, M., & Hiday, V. (2006). Mental health court outcomes: A comparison of re-arrest and re-arrest severity between mental health court and traditional court participants. Law and Human Behavior, 30, (6), 659-674.

Neiswender, J. R. (2004). Executive summary of evaluation of outcomes for King County mental health court. Seattle, WA: Washington State University.

O'Keefe, K. (2006). The Brooklyn Mental Health Court Evaluation: Planning, implementation, courtroom dynamics, and participant outcomes. New York: Center for Court Innovation.

Petrila, J. D. (2002). The effectiveness of the Broward mental health court: An evaluation. Florida: Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute, University of South Florida.

Poythress, N. G., Petrila, J., McGaha, A., & Boothroyd, R. A. (2002). Perceived coercion and procedural justice in the Broward mental health court. International Journal of Law and Psychiatry, 25, 517-533.

Ridgely, M. S., Greenberg, M. D., DeMartini, C., & Dembosky, J. W. (2007). Justice, treatment, and cost: An evaluation of the fiscal impact of Allegheny County Mental Health Court. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation.

Sneed, Z., Koch, D. S., Estes, H., & Quinn, J. (2006). Employment and psychosocial outcomes for offenders with mental illness. International Journal of Psychosocial Rehabilitation, 10, (2), 103-112.

Trupin, E., Richards, H., Wertheimer, D. M., & Bruschi, C. (2001). City of Seattle, Mental health court evaluation report. Seattle, Washington: Seattle Municipal Court.

Other Mental Health Court Reports

Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law. (2003). The role of mental health courts in system reform. Washington, DC: Author.

Bazelon, D. L. (2004). The role of speciality mental health courts in meeting the health needs of juvenile offenders. Washington, DC: Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law.

Berman, G., & Feinblatt, J. (2001). Problem-solving courts: A brief primer. New York: Center for Court Innovation.

Bureau of Justice Assistance Mental Health Courts Program Learning Sites Initiative.

Casey, P. M., & Rottman, D. B. (2003). Problem-solving courts: Models and trends. Arlington, VA: National Center for State Courts.

Cayce, J. D., & Burrell, K. (1999). King County's mental health court: An innovative approach for coordinating justice services. Seattle, Washington: Washington State Bar Association.

Council of State Governments. (2005). A guide to mental health court design and implementation. New York, NY: Author.

Council of State Governments. (2005). Essential elements of a mental health court (Third Edition, Draft). New York, NY: Author.

Goldkamp, J., and Irons-Guynn, C. (2000). Emerging judicial strategies for the mentally ill in the criminal caseload: Mental health courts in Fort Lauderdale, Seattle, San Bernardino, and Anchorage. Washington, DC: Bureau of Justice Assistance.

Griffin, P. A., Steadman, H. J., & Petrila, J. (2002). The use of criminal charges and sanctions in mental health courts. Psychiatric Services, 53, (10), 1285-1289.

Herman, M. (2005). Mental health court evaluations: An annotated review of the literature with commentary. Williamsburg, VA: National Center for State Courts.

Hiday, V. A., Moore, M. E., Lamoureaux, M., & de Magistris, J. (2005). North Carolina's mental health court. Popular Government, Spring/Summer, 24-30.

Lerner-Wren, G. (n. d.). Broward's mental health court: An innovative approach to the mentally disabled in the criminal justice system. Arlington, VA: National Center for State Courts.

Luskin, M. L. (2001). Who is diverted? Case selection for court-monitored mental health treatment. Law & Policy, 23, (2), 217-236.

Cocozza, J. J., & Shufelt, J. L. (2006). Juvenile mental health courts: An emerging strategy. Delmar, New York: The National Center for Mental Health and Juvenile Justice.

Peters, R., & Osher, F. (2004). Co-occurring disorders and specialty courts (2nd ed.). Delmar, NY: National Gains Center.

Petrila, J. (2003). An introduction to special jurisdiction courts. International Journal of Law and Psychiatry, 26, 3-12.

Schacht, L. (2002). Mental health courts and diversion programs supported by state mental health authorities: 2001. Alexandria, VA: National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors Research Institute, Inc.

Shoaf, L. C. (2004). A case study of the Akron mental health court. Columbus, OH: Ohio Office of Criminal Justice Services, Statistical Analysis Center.

Steadman, H. J. (2005). A guide to collecting mental health court outcome data. Washington, DC and New York: Council of State Governments.

Steadman, H. J., Davidson, S., & Brown, C. (2001). Mental health courts: Their promise and unanswered questions. Psychiatric Services, 52, (4) 457-458.

Stodola, M. A. (2004). An assessment and evaluation of mental health courts in Maricopa County, Arizona. Williamsburg, VA: National Center for State Courts, Institute for Court Management, Court Executive Development Phase III Paper.

Teller, J. L. S., Ritter, C., Rodriguez, M. S., Munetz, M. R., & Gil, K. R. (2004). Akron mental health court: Use of services by participants during the first two years. Ohio Forensic Newsletter, 22, 4-6.

Teller, J. L. S., Ritter, C., Rodriguez, M. S., Munetz, M. R., & Gil, K. M. (n. d.). Akron mental health court: Comparison of incarcerations and hospitalizations for successful and unsuccessful participants in the first cohort. Ohio: Kent State University, County of Summit Alcohol, Drug Addiction, and Mental Health Services Board, and Northeastern Universities College of Medicine.

Thompson, M., Osher, F., & Tomasini-Joshi, D. (2007). Improving responses to people with mental illnesses: The essential elements of a mental health court. Washington, DC: Council of State Governments Justice Center, Criminal Justice/Mental Health Consensus Project.

Watson, A., Hanrahan, P., Luchins, D., & Lurigio, A. (2001). Mental health courts and the complex issue of mentally ill offenders. Psychiatric Services, 52,(4), 477-481.