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Deinstitutionalization of the mentally ill during the 1960s and 1970s led to increased numbers of people with serious mental illness in the community. Since then, the criminal justice system has increasingly absorbed mentally ill individuals who had difficulty living independently in the community. The increase in the U.S. homeless population -- among whom the mentally ill are highly represented -- during the last three decades of the 20th century exacerbated the situation, as did the "war on drugs" which led to increases in the arrest and prosecution of drug-involved offenders who were also mentally ill.
Law enforcement & the mentally ill
- "Keeping the Peace: Police Discretion and Mentally Ill Persons" by Linda A. Teplin. National Institute of Justice Journal, July 2000, NCJ 183455.
Mental health courts
- See Mental health courts.
Corrections & the mentally ill
Alaska
- Moras, Antonia. (Spring 2004). "Mentally Ill Inmates in Alaska Prisons." Alaska Justice Forum 21(1): 3.
- Moras, Antonia. (Spring 2004). "Corrections and State Mental Health Funding." Alaska Justice Forum 21(1): 4.
- "Corrections and the Mentally Ill." Alaska Justice Forum 18(4), Winter 2002. Includes information specific to Alaska.
Nationally
- Bureau of Justice Statistics. (Fall 2006). "Inmate Mental Health and Treatment: A BJS Report." Alaska Justice Forum 23(3): 2.
- Moras, Antonia. (Spring 2004). "Human Rights Watch: The Mentally Ill in U.S. Prisons—A Review." Alaska Justice Forum 21(1): 2-4.
- "Mental Health Treatment in State Prisons, 2000" by Allen J. Beck and Laura M. Maruschak. Bureau of Justice Statistics Special Report, July 2001, NCJ 188215.
- "Mental Health and Treatment of Inmates and Probationers" by Paula M. Ditton. Bureau of Justice Statistics Special Report, July 1999, NCJ 174463.
- Mentally ill offenders. Publications through the National Criminal Justice Reference Service.
Criminal victimization & the mental illness
- Victim mental health. Publications through the National Criminal Justice Reference Service.
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