Problem Solving Courts (eBook)

A Measure of Justice

Donald C. Johnson, JoAnn Miller (Autoren)

eBook Download: EPUB

2009
288 Seiten
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers (Verlag)
978-1-4422-0082-1 (ISBN)

Infos

Problem Solving Courts examines a relatively new approach to criminal justice in which judges, advised by law enforcement officers and mental health workers, meet with offenders on a weekly basis to talk about their issues in a socio-legal setting where therapeutic intervention is combined with a measure of punishment for program violations. Sociologist JoAnn Miller and judge Donald C. Johnson, creators of three successful problem solving courts themselves, address the compelling needs for alternatives to prisons, analyze problem solving courts in depth, and assess the impact problem solving courts can have on offenders and their communities.

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Problem Solving Courts explores a relatively new approach to criminal justice-one that can have a powerful impact on how convicts connect with their communities. Problem solving courts, born out of the drug court movement in the 1980s, are run by judges who, with the assistance of law enforcement agents and mental health workers, meet with convicts on a weekly basis to talk about their treatment. Treatment programs often include therapy, in addition to the possibility of incarceration or early "e;parole"e; in which an offender can complete his or her sentence under the jurisdiction of the court. In this unique collaboration, scholar JoAnn Miller and judge Donald C. Johnson, creators of three successful problem solving courts themselves, address the compelling needs for alternatives to prisons, analyze problem solving courts in depth, and assess the impact problem solving courts can have on convicts and their communities.Problem solving courts can include: community courts that seek to improve the quality of life in neighborhoods struggling with crime and disorder; drug treatment courts that link addicted offenders to drug treatment instead of incarceration; family treatment courts that seek to stop the cycle of drugs, child neglect, and foster care; and domestic violence courts that emphasize victim safety and defendant accountability.

Autor

JoAnn Miller is associate dean for the College of Liberal Arts and professor of sociology at Purdue University. She is the author of several books, most recently Family Abuse and Violence. She is president (2010) of the Society for the Study of Social Problems and has been the co-creator, with Donald C. Johnson, of problem solving courts. Donald C. Johnson has implemented and run three problem solving courts in Indiana—one for offenders with mental illness and addictions problems, another for incarcerated felons, preparing to reenter society; and a program for sex offenders. He was three times elected as a superior court judge in Indiana, following a fifteen year legal practice. He was a special agent for the FBI, and served as deputy prosecutor.

Inhalt

AcknowledgmentsIntroductionPart I: Setting the StageChapter 1: Measured Justice and Problem Solving Court PrinciplesChapter 2: The Purposes, Promises, and the Magic of Contemporary Criminal Law and Criminal Justice in the United StatesChapter 3: A Problem Solving Court JurisprudenceChapter 4: Timeless Problems, Innovative SolutionsPart II: Courts, Prisons, and CommunitiesChapter 5: Responding to Reality: They all Come HomeChapter 6: Blended Social InstitutionsChapter 7: The Community: What it Needs and What it DeservesChapter 8: Words, Words, Words: Distinctions and DifferencesPart III: Performances and TransformationsChapter 9: Transforming Master StatusChapter 10: Backstage ActionChapter 11: Front-Stage PerformancesChapter 12: FinaleAppendix A Biographical SketchesAppendix B Reentry Court Participation AgreementAppendix C Waiver FormsAppendix D Reentry Court Participant's HandbookNotesReferencesIndexAbout the Authors

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 16.11.2009
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► Strafrecht ► Kriminologie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik
• ISBN-10: 1-4422-0082-0 / 1442200820
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4422-0082-1 / 9781442200821