Study: Michigan's Mental Health Courts Work

When the State Bar's Judicial Crossroads Task Force called for making the development of a problem-solving approach to suitable cases a standard feature of trial court operations throughout the state, we were endorsing a path that the Michigan Supreme Court had already begun to pave. This week the State Court Administrative Office released a study that indicates the wisdom of that path. Looking at ten Michigan mental health courts over a three-year period, the study finds that participants re-offend at significantly lower levels than comparable groups of offenders who do not participate in the mental health courts. Read the report here.