Should mentally ill individuals who commit crimes be referred to psychiatric treatment or should they be punished?

the police that he knew his actions were wrong. This case led to Kendra's Law, passed in November 1999. This was a New York State law concerning involuntary outpatient commitment also known as assisted outpatient treatment. It granted judges the authority to issue orders that require people who meet certain criteria to regularly undergo psychiatric treatment, in order to prevent horrific cases similar to Goldstein’s in the future.