Good Courts: The Case for Problem-Solving Justice

by John Feinblatt, Greg Berman, Sarah Glazer

Public confidence in American criminal courts is at an all-time low. Victims, communities, and even offenders view courts as unable to respond adequately to complex social and legal problems including drugs, prostitution, domestic violence, and quality-of-life crime. Even many judges and attorneys think that the courts produce assembly-line justice.

Increasingly embraced by even the most hard-on-crime jurists, problem-solving courts offer...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1565849736
• ISBN13: 9781565849730
• Release Date: June 2005
• Publisher: New Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 5.9" x 8.6"