JPLI Resources
The Judges and Psychiatrists Leadership Initiative (JPLI) aims to stimulate, support, and enhance efforts by judges and psychiatrists to improve judicial, community, and systemic responses to people with behavioral health needs involved in the justice system.
Publications
Just and Well: Rethinking How States Approach Competency to Stand Trial Executive Summary
Just and Well: Rethinking How States Approach Competency to Stand Trial
Practical Considerations Related to Release and Sentencing for Defendants Who Have Behavioral Health Needs
Practical Considerations Related to Release and Sentencing for Defendants Who Have Behavioral Health Needs: A Judicial Bench Card
Supporting People with Serious Mental Illnesses and Reducing Their Risk of Contact with the Criminal Justice System
Judge’s Guide to Mental Illnesses in the Courtroom
On the Over-Valuation of Risk for People with Mental Illnesses
My Community Resources Checklist to Identify Local Treatment and Supports
Order Judges’ Guide to Mental Health Jargon
Order Judges’ Guide to Mental Health Diversion Programs
Order Judges’ Guide to Juvenile Mental Health Jargon
