Emerging Judicial Strategies for the Mentally Ill in the Criminal Caseload Mental Health Courts in Fort Lauderdale, Seattle, San Bernardino, and Anchorage

Chapters: the origin of a mental health court approach; common features of the four mental health courts, & differences among them; issues raised by the emergence of a mental health court model; recent precursors to mental health courts; earlier prototypes: special court-centered judicial precursors to mental health courts; early mental health court approaches in four jurisdictions in their mental health courts; Broward County (Fort Lauderdale, FL); King County (WA); Anchorage (AK); San Bernardino (CA); & early mental health court initiatives: common themes & emerging issues.Goldkamp, John S. is the author of 'Emerging Judicial Strategies for the Mentally Ill in the Criminal Caseload Mental Health Courts in Fort Lauderdale, Seattle, San Bernardino, and Anchorage' with ISBN 9780756711429 and ISBN 0756711428.