Mental Illness and the Criminal Justice System

DATE

January 1, 2013

AUTHORS

Prof. David MacAlister

YEARS

2013

POLICIES

Access to Justice / Justice Efficiency

Mental Illness and the Criminal Justice System

This report was prepared for Re-Inventing Criminal Justice: the Fifth National Symposium. The report examines how there can be significant overrepresentation of individuals with mental illness when research proves there is only a limited causal connection between serious mental illness and crime.

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Prof. David MacAlister

Simon Fraser University, School of Criminology

Simon Fraser University Representative

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