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© 2018 by Ginger Lerner-Wren
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Text design and composition by Kim Arney
Cover design: Bob Kosturko
Cover art: Photo courtesy of iStockphoto

Many names and identifying characteristics of people mentioned in this work have been changed to protect their identities.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Lerner-Wren, Ginger, author. | Eckland, Rebecca A., author.

Title: A court of refuge : stories from the bench of America’s first mental health court / Ginger Lerner-Wren, Rebecca A. Eckland.

Description: Boston, Massachusetts : Beacon Press, 2018. | Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2017044843 (print) | LCCN 2017045126 (ebook) | ISBN 9780807086995 (ebook) | ISBN 9780807086988 (hardback)

Subjects: LCSH: Mental health courts—United States. | Mentally ill offenders—Legal status, laws, etc.—United States. | People with mental disabilities and crime—United States. | Criminal justice, Administration of—United States. | BISAC: LAW / Disability. | MEDICAL / Mental Health. | BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Lawyers & Judges.

Classification: LCC KF3828.5 (ebook) | LCC KF3828.5 .L47 2018 (print) | DDC 345.73/01—dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017044843