Saks Institute Symposium 2013

"Criminalization of Mental Illness"

Thursday, April 11, 2013
9:00 AM - 4:30 PM
Thursday's session will be held at the USC Radisson Grand Ballroom
3540 S. Figueroa Street, Los Angeles, CA 90007
&
Friday, April 12, 2013
9:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Friday's session will be held at the USC Law Faculty Lounge (Room 433)
USC Gould School of Law
University of Southern California
699 Exposition Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90089

If you wish to attend, RSVP to [email protected]
For more information, please call Christopher Schnieders at (213) 740-5714

USC Gould School of Law, a State Bar of California-approved MCLE provider, certifies that this activity qualifies for minimum continuing legal education credit in the amount of 5.75 hours.

Thursday, April 11, 2013 - Morning Session

PROGRAM
9:00-9:15 am	Opening remarks by Elyn Saks Director of the Saks Institute and USC Law Professor Media: Video Moderator: Maureen Harrington Harrington Media
9:15-9:55 am	Marvin Southard, D.S.W. Director, County of Los Angeles Department of Mental Health Correcting Category Errors: A Foundation for Strategies for Decriminalizing Mental Illness Media: Video
10:00 -10:40 am	David Meyer, J.D. Clinical Professor/Research Scholar USC Institute of Psychiatry, Law, and Behavioral Science Collaborative and Problem-Solving Mental Health Courts: An Adjustment to Justice-Making. Media: Video
10:45-11:25 am	Henry J. Steadman, Ph.D President of Policy Research Associates Reducing the Involvement of Persons with Mental Illness and Co-Occurring Disorder in the Criminal Justice System Through Jail Diversion Programs Media: Video
11:30-12:10 pm	Stephen Mayberg, Ph.D. Director (Ret.) California Department of Mental Health Policy, Practice and Perception: Implications in the Criminalization of the Mentally Ill Media: Video
12:15-1:15 pm	Lunch

Thursday, April 11, 2013 - Afternoon Session

PROGRAM
1:15-1:55 pm	Jennifer Skeem, Ph.D. UC Irvine, Professor of Psychology and Social Behavior Professor of Criminology, Law and Society Reducing the risk of recidivism for offenders with mental illness: What really works? Media: Video
2:00-2:40 pm	Linda A. Teplin, Ph.D Northwestern University, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences & Feinberg School of Medicine Psychiatric Disorders in youth in detention...and after: Implications for the Criminalization Hypothesis Media: Video
2:45-3:00 pm	Break
3:00-3:40 pm	Paul Freese, J.D. Vice President of Public Counsel Law Center The emergence of the therapeutic and collaborative justice models to help liberate justice involved youth with trauma and mental instability or addictive disorders Media: Video Anna Yee, LCSW, SPSW Juvenile Court Consultant Update on New Paths in Juvenile Justice and Mental Illness Media: Video
3:45-4:25pm	Ralph Aquila, M.D. Fountain House Medical Advisory Board, Psychiatrist, New York City Fountain House and the Baer Center: AKA community helping persons staying out of jail Media: Video
4:30 pm	Adjournment

Friday, April 12, 2013 - Morning Session

PROGRAM
9:00-9:10 am	Opening remarks by Elyn Saks Director of the Saks Institute and USC Law professor> Media: Video
9:10-9:40 am	Andy Behrman Advocate/Author, Los Angeles How the Criminal Justice System Failed during My Battle with Mental Illness Media: Video
9:45-10:25am	Barry Perrou, Ph.D Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department Mental Health Services (Ret.) Point of Contact...Point of Entry. Media: Video
10:30-11:10 am	Hon. Judge Steven Leifman Miami-Dade County Court Criminal Division Transforming Mental Health Systems: Constructing A Comprehensive and Competent Criminal Justice/Mental Health/Substance Abuse Treatment System Media: Video
11:15-11:30 am	Break
	Keynote Speaker
11:30am-12:15 pm	Richard Bonnie, LL.B. University of Virginia Professor of Law, Psychiatry and Public Policy and Chair, Virginia Commission on Mental Health Law Reform Mental Health Law Reform in the Shadow of Tragedy: Is it Possible to Control the Message?" Media: Video
12:30 -1:30pm	Lunch

Friday, April 12, 2013 - Afternoon Session

PROGRAM
1:30-2:10 pm	Marvin Swartz, M.D. Duke University, Division Head, Social and Community Psychiatry Assisted Outpatient Treatment: Can it Reduce Criminalization of Persons with Severe Mental Illness?" Media: Video
2:15-2:55pm	Richard Lamb, M.D. Emeritus Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Keck School of Medicine of USC Decarceration of Our Jails and Prisons: What Will the Mental Health System Do?" Media: Video
3:00 pm	Adjournment

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