Deinstitutionalization of the Mentally Ill

Deinstitutionalization of the Mentally Ill CheckPoint 1 According to the article by Jim Mann, from the Southwest Journal of Criminal Justice, (2012) he states how the involvement in the felonious justice system with mentally ill offenders was profoundly affected by the decision which resulted in large numbers of mental hospital patients go to the community during the mid-1970s.The article states that after an examination of the characteristics of mental wellness courts was conducted, the consensus results indicated that with the sacking of mental health patients into a community came the plus in crime rates. The article I researched was very brief, but lead me in the billing of crime levels within the community. Once individuals were released from the institutions, crime rates statistically increased, tally to the data provided by the Criminal Justice/Mental Health Consensus sick stated that crime jumped greatly over a period of m.People stubborn to try the event of deinsti tutionalization in an attempt to save money for some(prenominal) the hospitals as well as individuals. They believed that a prescription drug was and would be cheaper than the cost of twenty-four hour c ar within an institution. About this time era is when the development of psychiatric drugs started coming into the picture. Unfortunately, according to these statistics, crime levels did increase since the start of deinstitutionalization.My local community is fairly small, but for has a amply crime rate for how small it is. We do wee-wee an institution present in town for the mentally ill, but the majority of the people that be here and have committed crimes and have done some terrible issues due to being mentally ill, basically just get a slap on the hand. My community for the most part is great when it comes to assist people out with certain situations however, our police department is horrible and lazy. THEY are the waste of money, not our institutions.Anyways, within my co mmunity, we do have a homeless shelter, where housing is provided for families, and we also have assistance groups for victims of domestic violence. We also have a family planning clinic that runs solely on donations and provides birth control as well as condoms at no cost. We also have number 1 income clinics that help people and provide health care, dental care, and mental health at charges all based on an individuals family coat and income. Basically, my local community is great for helping people, except for our police department.