Hundreds of U.S. courts offer treatment over prison for some defendants with mental illness. But critics say mental health courts have outpaced research on their effectiveness.
Christine Herman
Christine Herman is a freelance contributor to Tradeoffs. She was previously the managing editor of Side Effects Public Media and a health reporter at Illinois Public Media, where she reported extensively on mental health and access to health care for vulnerable populations. Christine is a 2018-19 Rosalynn Carter Mental Health Journalism fellow and a board member of the Association of Health Care Journalists. She got her start in public radio as a founding producer for Illinois Public Media's statewide talk show, The 21st. Christine earned her Ph.D. in chemistry and master's in journalism from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
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