Rethinking the Revolving Door: Mental Health Courts in Canada and the US
The 缅北强奸 Journal of Law and Health, Team VISEV, the 缅北强奸 Institute of Health and Social Policy and the 缅北强奸 Research Group on Health and Law are pleased to invite you to Rethinking the Revolving Door: Mental Health Courts in Canada and the US, an interdisciplinary panel composed of Dr. Virginia Aldig茅 Hiday (North Carolina State University) and Mr. Joe Wright of the Ontario Review Board.
What outcomes have mental health courts generated for people with a mental illness and for the community? Gathering specialists from the legal, sociology and psychiatry fields, this panel considers the promises and shortfalls of mental health courts in Canada and the United States. The panel will be moderated by Professor Anne Crocker (Dept of psychiatry, 缅北强奸) and Professor Alana Klein (Faculty of Law, 缅北强奸).
The Panelists
Joe R. Wright
Mr. Wright is currently legal counsel to the Ontario Review Board. A graduate of Queen鈥檚 University Faculty of Law, he has been a member of Legal Aid Ontario鈥檚 Advisory Committee on Mental Health Law, and also a member of the Toronto Forensic Mental Health Committee. From its inception in 1998, until 2004, he served as Mental Health Duty Counsel to Canada鈥檚 only full time dedicated mental health court, Old City Hall鈥檚 鈥�102 Court鈥�. He was responsible there for all aspects of representing accused persons, from determination of fitness to stand trial and assessment of criminal responsibility to conducting fitness hearings, bail hearings, guilty pleas and diversion of charges.
Virginia Alid茅 Hiday
Distinguished Professor of sociology at the North Carolina State University, Dr. Alidg茅 Hiday conducts studies in law and psychiatry, particularly outpatient civil commitment, mental health courts and violence, victimization and criminalization among persons with mental illness.
Kindly RSVP by emailing rghl.law [at] mcgill.ca.
