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The first book to describe the problem-solving court movement in detail, Good Courts features profiles of Center demonstration projects. The book is being used in law schools and public policy schools, due in part to a law school course on problem-solving justice that the Center piloted at Fordham Law School. [8] [9]
Funds will enable the courts and community corrections to offer enhanced services designed to reduce recidivism and improve public safety. $450K in grant funding to support problem-solving courts ...
Therapeutic Jurisprudence also has been applied in an effort to reframe the role of the lawyer.It envisions lawyers practicing with an ethic of care and heightened interpersonal skills, who value the psychological well being of their clients as well as their legal rights and interests, and to actively seek to prevent legal problems through creative drafting and problem-solving approaches.
The Center for Court Innovation grew out of an experiment in judicial problem-solving. The Midtown Community Court was created in 1993 to address low-level charges around Times Square. [9] The Midtown Court responds creatively, seeking sentences that are restorative to the victim, defendant, and community. [10]
Columnist Paul Fogleman asks why Indiana's Supreme Court touts 'problem-solving' courts when there's little research proving they are effective. Column: Chief Justice Rush should provide empirical ...
Good Courts: The Case for Problem-Solving Justice. New York, New York: The New Press. p. 237. ISBN 1-56584-973-6. Marchetti and Daly (2004), 'Indigenous courts and justice practices in Australia', Trends & Issues in Crime and Criminal Justice No. 277.
Problem-solving courts typically include a diversion component as part of their program. The purposes of diversion are generally thought to include relief to the courts, police department, and probation office, better outcomes compared to the direct involvement of the court system, and an opportunity for the offender to avoid prosecution by ...
The solving of the mystery of why the U.S. Defense Department helped kill Arizona's "Starter Homes Act." But first, we cover the latest example of a local trial court killing "missing middle ...