Development in Mental Health Law

Volume 36, Issue 3, Fall 2017

This issue of DMHL presents a feature article - An Opportunity for Further Reflection on Police Encounters with People in Mental Health Crisis – by Stephen L. Braga, Professor of Law, University of Virginia School of Law. Outlines of significant recent cases in various federal and state courts are also in this DMHL including cases involving due process with violent sex offenders, Eighth Amendment rights of jail inmates, forcible administration of antipsychotic medication, and other cases.

In This Issue:

I. Article: Holloman v. Markowski: An Opportunity for Further Reflection
on Police Encounters with People in Mental Health Crisis [p. 1]

II. Editor’s Comment: Excessive Force Jurisprudence and Police Encounters
with People in Mental Health Crisis [p. 16]

III. Case Law Developments
Federal Circuit Court Decisions [p. 22]
State Court Decisions [p. 30]

IV. Institute Programs [p. 40]