<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news/new-ma-in-criminal-justice-and-behavioral-health-broadens-offerings-at-intersection-of-law-and-mental-health.html" dsn="news"><title>New Master of Arts in Criminal Justice and Behavioral Health Broadens Offerings at Intersection of Law and Mental Health</title><item_date>11/15/2018 12:00:00 PM</item_date><author>Staff Report</author><image><img src="/news/images/jail-cells-new-ma-in-cj.png" alt="New Master of Arts in Criminal Justice and Behavioral Health Broadens Offerings at Intersection of Law and Mental Health"/></image><image_caption>New Master of Arts in Criminal Justice and Behavioral Health Broadens Offerings at Intersection of Law and Mental Health</image_caption><thumbnail><img src="/news/images/jail-cells-new-ma-in-cj.png" alt="New Master of Arts in Criminal Justice and Behavioral Health Broadens Offerings at Intersection of Law and Mental Health"/></thumbnail><summary>Persons with mental and behavioral health disorders are substantially overrepresented in the criminal justice system. Today, several sources point to the Los Angeles County Jail as the largest mental healthcare provider on the West Coast. On the East Coast, it is Rikers Island jail in New York.*</summary><category>Around Campus</category><featured/><tags><tag>Around Campus</tag></tags></item>