An evaluation of the Brooklyn Youthful Offender Domestic Violence Court. Through a number of data sources including defendant and stakeholder interviews, the evaluation documents the planning and implementation process during the first 15 months of court operations.
This study focuses on the views of justice and treatment system stakeholders (prosecutors, defense attorneys, probation, treatment professionals, and representatives of statewide organizations) of whether problem-solving should be expanded beyond specialized courts; what concerns might they have about such an expansion; and, if problem-solving were to be expanded, what practical steps and operational changes would need to be implemented in and outside of the courthouse.
California has more problem-solving courts than any state in the country. This report discusses how those courts developed and the state judiciary's current efforts to inculcate problem-solving principles throughout the court system.
An overview of the drug court research literature that assesses what we know now about drug courts, effects on recidivism, drug use, and cost savings. It also discusses which components of the model are most important.
A practical guide for drug court administrators and staff reporting how they can use data productively to monitor their operations, measure key performance indicators, identify areas of success, and bring to light problem areas or ways to improve.
A plain-language discussion written either for practitioners or for researchers new to the drug court field of the key methodological questions that must be addressed in any recidivism analysis.
A summary of focus groups of judges in New York and California examining which practices of problem-solving courts can be integrated into conventional court operations.
