Problem Solving Courts: A Measure of Justice

by Donald C. Johnson and JoAnn Miller

Book Overview

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,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1442200812
• ISBN13: 9781442200814
• Release Date: January 2011
• Publisher: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 to 22 years
• Grade Range: Postsecondary