Appropriate DTC Casesexamples :
Appropriate DTC Casesexamples Appropriate MISDEMEANOR charges:
Criminal Trespass Theft Cases
Disorderly Conduct Obstruction
Simple Assault & Assault VGCSA
Simple Battery & Battery Prostitution
Driving Offenses other than DUI Public Intoxication/Drunk
Loitering, Prowling Public Indecency
Appropriate FELONY charges:
Terroristic threats Entering auto
Theft cases Interference with government Burglary property
Obstruction
Mental Health Diagnosis: :
Mental Health Diagnosis: Suspicion of mental illness or formal diagnosis.
The DTC will evaluate for mental illness.
In the absence of any mental health diagnosis, DTC will return the case to sending court.
An order will be filed in clerk’s file that defendant does not qualify for DTC.
Mental Health diagnoses :
Schizophrenia, Schizoaffective Disorder (Spectrum), Bipolar, post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depression, anxiety disorder, ADHD, etc.
Additional active and open cases in DeKalb
placed on on similar DTC consent hold or defendant is informed of any upcoming court dates.
Recidivism Rates in DeKalb Treatment Court Participantsin 2001-2002 Compared with 2005-2007 *Jail Mental Health Diversion ProgramsJoseph Browning, MD*, Peter Ash*, MD, Amy R. Simon**, JD, and Winston P. Bethel, BAS, JD, LLM** *Psychiatry and Law Service, Emory University , **DeKalb County Diversion Treatment Court October 23, 2008 :
Recidivism Rates in DeKalb Treatment Court Participantsin 2001-2002 Compared with 2005-2007 *Jail Mental Health Diversion ProgramsJoseph Browning, MD*, Peter Ash*, MD, Amy R. Simon**, JD, and Winston P. Bethel, BAS, JD, LLM** *Psychiatry and Law Service, Emory University , **DeKalb County Diversion Treatment Court October 23, 2008