By the end of the webinar series, participants will be able to:

• Define criminalization and trans-institutionalization.
• Understand the nature and extent of the over-representation of persons with serious mental
• illnesses in the criminal justice system.
• Understand the criminal justice system process and multiple points of contact that people with
• serious mental illnesses have across the criminal justice system.
• Describe models to serve individuals with serious mental illnesses who come in contact with the
• criminal justice system.