ASSIGNMENT: CRIMINAL JUSTICE APPROACHES TO MENTAL HEALTH

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Explain how to distinguish between mental illness and criminality, using examples from the case studies to illustrate the difference.
Explain how the criminal justice system has typically or “traditionally” addressed an offender who has committed a crime due to a mental health issue, using examples from the case studies to illustrate this approach.
Explain how the contemporary criminal justice system addresses an offender who commits a crime due to a mental health issue, using examples from the case studies to illustrate your response. For example, address the following issues:
- How should the responding officer proceed?
- How should this person be processed through the criminal justice system?
- What are the appropriate charges, if any?
- How should the judge at the arraignment hearing proceed?