Jail Diversion for People With Mental Illness: Developing Supportive Community Coalitions
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Diversion programs serve as critical strategies in preventing people with mental illness who commit crimes from entering or unnecessarily remaining in the criminal justice system. The information in this publication is designed to help state and local Mental Health Associations and other advocacy groups organize local stakeholders to implement diversion programs.
This course is based on the reading-based online article, Jail Diversion for People With Mental Illness: Developing Supportive Community Coalitions created by Wendi Cook and Charles Ingoglia
Journal/Publisher
The TAPA Center for Jail Diversion
Publication Date
October 2003
Course Material Author
Wendi Cook and Charles Ingoglia
Wendi Cook and Charles Ingoglia are associated with the National Mental Health Association (NMHA), the country's oldest and largest non-profit organization addressing all aspects of mental health and mental illness. With more than 340 affiliates nationwide, NMHA works to improve the mental health of all Americans, especially the 54 million individuals with mental disorders, through advocacy, education, research, and service.
Wendi Cook and Charles Ingoglia authored the material only, and was not involved in creating this CE course. They are identified here for your own evaluation of the relevancy of the material this course is based on.
Course Creator
Dan Rebek, Ph.D.
Recommended For
This course is recommended for health care professionals, especially psychologists, counselors, social workers, and nurses who seek knowledge about developing community coalitions to address the issue of jail diversion for people with mental illness. It is appropriate for all levels of participants' knowledge.
Course Objectives:
After taking this course, you should be able to:
Explain the need to divert people with mental illnesses away from jails and prisons and toward community-based mental health treatment.
Describe the process of generating community support for jail diversion.
Identify the roles of coalition members when building a diversion program.
Give examples of coalition-building and consensus-reaching strategies drawn from communities who have modeled the process.
Availability
This course is available starting Feb 14th, 2008 and expires Mar 4th, 2019
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Material Authors
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Course Creator
Dan Rebek, Ph.D. – There are no known relevant financial relationships to disclose.
Commercial support
There is no commercial support for this distance-learning course.
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