Book contents
- Decriminalizing Mental Illness
- Decriminalizing Mental Illness
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Part I Introduction/Description of the Problem
- Part II Solutions
- Chapter 10 Jail Diversion: The Miami Model
- Chapter 11 Jail Diversion: A Practical Primer
- Chapter 12 Principles and Practices of Risk Assessment in Mental Health Jail Diversion Programs
- Chapter 13 Decriminalization in Action: Lessons from the Los Angeles Model
- Chapter 14 Economics of Decriminalizing Mental Illness: When Doing the Right Thing Costs Less
- Chapter 15 Decriminalizing Severe Mental Illness by Reducing Risk of Contact with the Criminal Justice System, Including for Forensic Patients
- Chapter 16 The Cal-DSH Diversion Guidelines
- Chapter 17 Decriminalizing Mental Illness: Specialized Policing Responses
- Part III Psychopharmacological Treatment Considerations
- Part IV Nonpsychopharmacological Treatment Considerations
- Part V Criminal Justice and Social Considerations
- Index
- References
Chapter 14 - Economics of Decriminalizing Mental Illness: When Doing the Right Thing Costs Less
from Part II - Solutions
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 19 October 2021
Book contents
- Decriminalizing Mental Illness
- Decriminalizing Mental Illness
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Part I Introduction/Description of the Problem
- Part II Solutions
- Chapter 10 Jail Diversion: The Miami Model
- Chapter 11 Jail Diversion: A Practical Primer
- Chapter 12 Principles and Practices of Risk Assessment in Mental Health Jail Diversion Programs
- Chapter 13 Decriminalization in Action: Lessons from the Los Angeles Model
- Chapter 14 Economics of Decriminalizing Mental Illness: When Doing the Right Thing Costs Less
- Chapter 15 Decriminalizing Severe Mental Illness by Reducing Risk of Contact with the Criminal Justice System, Including for Forensic Patients
- Chapter 16 The Cal-DSH Diversion Guidelines
- Chapter 17 Decriminalizing Mental Illness: Specialized Policing Responses
- Part III Psychopharmacological Treatment Considerations
- Part IV Nonpsychopharmacological Treatment Considerations
- Part V Criminal Justice and Social Considerations
- Index
- References
Summary
U.S. health care costs are staggering, with spending at $3.5 trillion dollars in 2017. Additionally, criminal justice system expenditures are estimated at $270 billion dollars. Our nation’s most at-risk individuals are falling through the cracks and entering a vicious cycle of incarceration and temporary institutionalization, which only exacerbates these costs.
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- Decriminalizing Mental Illness , pp. 132 - 136Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021
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