Description
Problem Solving Courts, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2013
Social Science and Legal Perspectives
Coordinators: Wiener Richard L., Brank Eve M.
Language: EnglishSubjects for Problem Solving Courts:
Keywords
A Trans-Tasman comparative perspective; Domestic violence; Juvenile justice; Mental health court; Recidivism; Therapeutic Jurisprudence; Truancy; dependency cases; dependency courts; domestic violence courts; family court; gender issues; judicial roles; law in child welfare; legal perspectives; problem-solving courts
Publication date: 08-2015
Support: Print on demand
Publication date: 07-2013
256 p. · 15.5x23.5 cm · Hardback
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Social Psychology and Problem Solving Courts: Judicial Roles and Decision Making.- The Marriage of Science and the Law in Child Welfare Cases.- Exploring the Value-Added of Specialized Problem-Solving Courts for Dependency Cases.- Dependency Courts and Science.- Unified Family Courts: An Interdisciplinary Framework and A Problem-Solving Approach.- Domestic Violence Courts: The Case of Lady Justice Meets the Serpents of the Caduceus.- Gender Issues in Problem-Solving Courts.- Mental Health Courts May Work, But Does it Matter if they do?.- The Past, Present, and Future of Mental Health Courts.- Mental Health Courts: Competence, Responsibility, and Proportionality.- The evolution of problem-solving courts in Australia and New Zealand: A Trans-Tasman comparative perspective.- The Intended and Unintended Consequences of Problem Solving Courts.
Covers the full range of problem-solving courts
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