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Informationen zum Autor "My life has been profoundly changed by many of the books I have read. My desire is that Paradise leave the reader changed in a positive way-- willing to release fear and go forth in peaceful expectancy." JoAnn Miller, writing under Daugherty and associates, is a Peace Prophetess and an Intuitive. She specializes in a variety of readings designed to lead the client toward their destiny. You are invited to visit her at www.windancer-JoAnn.com. Klappentext 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, address the compelling needs for alternatives to prisons, analyze problem solving courts in depth, and assess the impact problem solving courts can have on offenders and their communities. Zusammenfassung 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 interventio... Inhaltsverzeichnis AcknowledgmentsIntroductionPart I: Setting the StageChapter 1: Measured Justice and Problem Solving Court PrinciplesChapter 2: The Purposes, Promises, and the Magic of Contemporary Criminal Law and Criminal Justice in the United StatesChapter 3: A Problem Solving Court JurisprudenceChapter 4: Timeless Problems, Innovative SolutionsPart II: Courts, Prisons, and CommunitiesChapter 5: Responding to Reality: They all Come HomeChapter 6: Blended Social InstitutionsChapter 7: The Community: What it Needs and What it DeservesChapter 8: Words, Words, Words: Distinctions and DifferencesPart III: Performances and TransformationsChapter 9: Transforming Master StatusChapter 10: Backstage ActionChapter 11: Front-Stage PerformancesChapter 12: FinaleAppendix A Biographical SketchesAppendix B Reentry Court Participation AgreementAppendix C Waiver FormsAppendix D Reentry Court Participant's HandbookNotesReferencesIndexAbout the Authors...
