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Mental health courts reduce incarceration, save money

7/1/07 Psychiatric Times—"Mental health courts (MHCs) were designed to divert mentally ill persons convicted of nonviolent crimes to supervised treatment instead of incarceration, but while the number of MHCs has grown substantially over the past decade, limited information has been available about outcomes and costs."
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Author(s)
Arline Kaplan
Date
July 2007
Source
Psychiatric Times


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