Who is Diverted? Case Selection for Court‐Monitored Mental Health Treatment

Bibliographic Data

ID6090749
AuthorsMary Lee Luskin (Indiana University Bloomington, corresponding author)
Year2001
Volume23
Issue2
Pages217-236
Publication date2001-04-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueLaw & Policy (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0265-8240 • E-ISSN: 1467-9930
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/1467-9930.00111
OpenAlexW2122406145
LanguageEN
Citations received5

Specialized courts raise questions about the decisions that bring some defendants into such courts and keep others out. Because of risks perceived in diverting mentally ill defendants, decisions to select defendants for mental health courts are especially interesting. I estimate a model of the decision to divert defendants into court‐monitored mental health treatment. I find that gender and age combine to disadvantage young male defendants and older female defendants. The findings point to the importance of structuring selection processes in the design of specialized courts. They shed light on the consequences of including treatment personnel in justice system decisions

Criminology · Disadvantage · Economic Justice · Mental health · Mental illness · Mentally ill · Point (geometry · Political science · Psychiatry · Selection (genetic algorithm · Structuring · Computer Science · Judicial and Constitutional Studies · Law · Law, Economics, and Judicial Systems · Legal Education and Practice Innovations · Psychology

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