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Competency courts: a creative solution for restoring competency to the competency process

✍ Scribed by Michael J. Finkle; Russell Kurth; Christopher Cadle; Jessica Mullan

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 2009
Tongue: English
Weight: 139 KB
Volume: 27
Category: Article
ISSN: 0735-3936
DOI: 10.1002/bsl.890

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Abstract

It is well accepted that jail is a poor setting for treating the acutely mentally ill, yet the number of mentally ill persons in jail has increased such that Los Angeles County Jail and Riker's Island in New York house more mentally ill than any psychiatric hospital. The number of mentally ill persons charged with a crime whose competency to stand trial is in question has also increased dramatically. Inefficiencies within the competency process result in mentally ill persons charged with crimes remaining in jail longer than necessary. One solution is “competency court”, a specialty court within a mental health court. The same judges, attorneys, and mental health professionals staff both courts. By combining their Mental Health Court experience, they can work with the mentally ill using their expertise in competency law and processes, and thereby improve the competency process and reduce the unnecessary time that mentally ill persons spend in jail. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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