Law and Mental Health: Ending the Criminalization of Mental Illness-Judge Steve Leifman, JD

Описание: Law and Mental Health: Ending the Criminalization of Mental Illness -Judge Steve Leifman, JD

Judge Steve Leifman served as the Associate Administrative Judge of the Miami-Dade County Court – Criminal Division from 2000 until his retirement on December 31, 2024. Following his retirement, he founded The Leifman Group, an organization dedicated to advancing reforms in the mental health and justice systems.
From 2007 to 2010, Judge Leifman was appointed Special Advisor on Criminal Justice and Mental Health for the Florida Supreme Court. In this capacity, he chaired the Court’s Mental Health Subcommittee, which produced the landmark report Transforming Florida’s Mental Health System. The report, widely recognized at both state and national levels, offered strategic recommendations to reduce the inappropriate and costly involvement of individuals with mental illnesses in the justice system.
Over the past 25 years, Judge Leifman has emerged as one of the nation’s most influential leaders in mental health and criminal justice reform.

Learning Objectives:
1. Describe the evolution of laws and policies that contributed to the criminalization of mental illness, including the shift from institutional care to community settings without sufficient supports.
2. Assess the historical emergence and legal underpinnings of the competency restoration process, highlighting its role in ensuring due process and fair trial rights, and examine the outcomes, benefits, and shortcomings of today’s competency restoration practices.
3. Identify promising strategies and national reform efforts aimed at transforming the intersection of mental health and criminal justice, with a focus on diversion, treatment, and community-based solutions.

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