The mental health courts have been criticized because they do not offer equal justice for all. Opponents argue that defendants and their legal representatives may be unaware of the mental health court...

Running Head: MENTAL HEALTH COURT                         1
MENTAL HEALTH COURT                                 2
MENTAL HEALTH COURT
Table of Contents
Introduction    3
1. Benefits of the mental health court program and the necessary ideas to improve the program in order to ensure equality in the justice for all based on cu
ent research in the field.    3
2. Give an account of the success of the mental health court program. Discuss all the necessary data of the mental health court program.    4
3. Give an idea about the recidivism rate of individuals and considering the fact of mental illness discuss about the program and conclude the program, and also discuss the data about the mentally ill and are housed in jails    5
4. Give an overview of the ethical theory that justifies the mental health court.    6
Conclusion    7
References    8
Introduction
    Mental Health Courts are the institutions that are established in order to provide treatment to the prisoners. These are not meant for any means of punishment. Rather they provide long-term care services in the form of communalities and strategies. They provide safety to the local communities while accommodating the convict from the general mass and providing them care while ensuring safety to them. This assignment is based on the different benefits and the ways by which these institutions operate and their success rates.
1. Benefits of the mental health court program and the necessary ideas to improve the program in order to ensure equality in the justice for all based on cu
ent research in the field.
Mental health courts are generally working for the beneficial improvement purpose of the offenders. The main benefits of this mental health courts are to provide better mental health care as well as improve public safety (Tyler, Boeckmann, Smith & Huo, 2019). There are various beneficial agendas of the mental health courts. One of the most important benefits of the mental health court is that it reduces recidivism. The main field of dealing with the mental court is the physical illness of the criminals. The whole phenomenon is generally treatment-oriented. The main area of focus of the mental health court is generally the treatment and medication. By providing the fruitful behavioural health service the mental health court improves the physical as well as mental health of the patients. As there are various beneficial sides of the mental health court, a few controversial sides can also be seen in the mental health court system. Hence in order to reduce those controversies as well as criticisms there is a need for improvement in the program of the mental health court system.
In order to follow the path of improvement, there is a need for transparency in the judgment. The judgments of the criminal are to be considerable and distinguished according to their guilt (Sherman, Winestone & Fauth, 2018). In order to provide equal justice, there should be an a
angement of the analytical process to judge the physical as well as the mental stability of the criminals. The proper recognition process of the criminal is needed. The program of the medication has to be quick and proper. The improvement in the ethical a
angement is needed in order to improve the system. The reconsideration of any judgment is needed in case of any...