Mandatory, fast, and fair: Case outcomes and procedural justice in a family drug court

Problem-solving courts are traditionally voluntary in nature to promote procedural justice and to advance therapeutic jurisprudence. The Family Treatment Drug Court (FTDC) in Lancaster County, Nebraska is a mandatory dependency court for families with allegations of child abuse or neglect related to...

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Autores principales: Fessinger, Melanie (Autor) ; Bahm, Jamie (Autor) ; Brank, Eve (Autor) ; Cole-Mossman, Jennie (Autor) ; Hazen, Katherine (Autor) ; Heideman, Roger (Autor)
Tipo de documento: Electrónico Artículo
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 2020
En: Journal of experimental criminology
Año: 2020, Volumen: 16, Número: 1, Páginas: 49-77
Acceso en línea: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
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Palabras clave:
Dependency courts
Family drug courts
Mandatory treatment
Problem-solving courts
Procedural Justice
Substance Use
Therapeutic Jurisprudence
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Sumario:Problem-solving courts are traditionally voluntary in nature to promote procedural justice and to advance therapeutic jurisprudence. The Family Treatment Drug Court (FTDC) in Lancaster County, Nebraska is a mandatory dependency court for families with allegations of child abuse or neglect related to substance use. We conducted a program evaluation examining parents’ case outcomes and perceptions of procedural justice to examine whether a mandatory problem-solving court could replicate the positive outcomes of problem-solving courts.
ISSN:1572-8315
DOI:10.1007/s11292-019-09361-6