Judge Steven Leifman is the Associate Administrative Judge, Miami-Dade County Court - Criminal Division. He is a national leader in solving the complex and costly problem of people with untreated mental illnesses involved in the criminal justice system. In 2000, he launched a pioneering initiative in Miami-Dade County called the Eleventh Judicial Circuit Criminal Mental Health Project,
which steers people with mental illnesses who do not pose significant threats to public safety away from the criminal justice system and into community-based treatment. He also started a Crisis Intervention Team program in Miami-Dade which teaches law enforcement officials to recognize the signs and symptoms of mental illness, how to de-escalate potentially dangerous situations, and where to take individuals in crisis rather than arresting them.
Judge Leifman was the Keynote Speaker at the Brain & Behavior Research Foundation 2018 International Mental Health Research Symposium.
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