Document Type
Conference Session
Publication Date
3-6-2015
Abstract
Anecdotes and peer-reviewed studies report that large percentages of the criminal justice population (arrested, defendants, detainees / inmates) are mentally ill. For many, mental illness is identified only post-trial during incarceration. Defense attorneys likely provide these clients Constitutionally defective representation. This representation wastes resources, triggers legal and personal consequences for the defendant, and impairs public safety while increasing costs in all components of the justice system. Use of screening instruments by counsel would reduce the instances of mentally ill defendants receiving ineffective representation and passing undetected through counsel's hands into corrections and ultimately back to society without treatment.
Host
Caribe Royale Hotel and Convention Center
Conference/Symposium
Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences (ACJS) Annual Meeting
City/State
Orlando, FL
Department
College of Arts and Sciences
Recommended Citation
Gormley, P. R. (2015, March 3-7). Defense counsel obligations to screen for mental illness [Conference session]. Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences (ACJS) Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL, United States.
Comments
Presentation given at the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences 52nd Annual Conference, Caribe Royale Hotel and Convention Center, Orlando, FL.