Document Type
Article
Publication Date
5-20-2021
Abstract
The criminal justice system fails to adopt alternative mental health reforms better equipped to handle mental health crises rather than placing the mentally ill in institutions that have proven to worsen their illness. The criminalization of mental illness must end, says Zaynah Zaman, a student at Golden Gate University School of Law.
Recommended Citation
Zaman, Zaynah, "Reimagining Criminal Justice: How We Traded Out Asylums for Prisons" (2021). Reimagining Criminal Justice. 8.
https://digitalcommons.law.ggu.edu/reimagining-criminal-justice/8
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