RT Book
T1 Problem-solving courts and the criminal justice systems
A1 DeMatteo, David 1972-
A2 Heilbrun, Kirk 1953-
A2 Thornewill, Alice
A2 Arnold, Shelby
LA English
PP New York
PB Oxford University Press
YR 2019
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1679980211
AB Problem-solving courts provide judicially supervised treatment for behavioral health needs commonly found among criminal offenders, including substance abuse and mental health disorders, and they treat a variety of offender populations. These courts employ a team-based approach consisting of a judge, defense attorney, prosecutor, and treatment providers, representing a significant paradigm shift in how the justice system treats offenders with special needs. Despite the proliferation of problem-solving courts, there remains some uncertainty about how they function, how effective they are, and the most promising ways to implement problem-solving justice. 0Problem-Solving Courts and the Criminal Justice System provides a comprehensive foundation of knowledge related to problem-solving courts and the role they play in the United States criminal justice system. The book begins with an overview that explores precipitating factors in these courts' development, relevant political influence, and their history, purposes, benefits, and drawbacks, followed by a detailed discussion of specific types of problem-solving courts, including drug courts, mental health courts, and veterans courts, among many others. Next, a review of the legal and ethical considerations of alternative methods to standard prosecution is complemented by an examination of the methodological challenges faced by researchers when attempting to study the effectiveness of problem-solving courts. The book concludes with a discussion of future directions in terms of research, practice, and policy relating to these courts in the United States. Problem-Solving Courts and the Criminal Justice System is appropriate for professionals, researchers, and students in the fields of mental health, criminal justice, and law
CN K5011-5316
SN 0190844825
SN 9780190844820
K1 Courts of special jurisdiction : United States
K1 Restorative Justice : United States
K1 Mentally ill offenders : United States
K1 Offenders with mental disabilities : United States
K1 Special needs offenders : United States
K1 Drug abusers : United States
K1 Criminal justice, Administration of : United States
K1 Courts of special jurisdiction
K1 Criminal justice, Administration of
K1 Drug abusers
K1 Mentally ill offenders
K1 Offenders with mental disabilities
K1 Restorative Justice
K1 Special needs offenders
K1 United States
K1 Strafjustiz : Problemlösen