the development of specialized, or problem-oriented, courts have assumed a predominate role in multiple areas. Three of the major ones discussed here include drug, mental health, and domestic violence courts. In 1996, the American Bar Association provided their interpretation of specialization, stating: Traditionally, specialization refers to a specialized subject matter combined with subject matter expertise. With reference to courts, specialization usually signifies that a court has limited and frequently
Juvenile Drug Courts Drugs and our youth, the numbers are rising. More and more children today are using drugs without their parents knowing. What happens when they get caught? It all depends on who caught them. If it is the parents, usually a big punishment. If it is law enforcement they may have to appear in front of drug courts specialized to handle juvenile cases. Sometimes the parents may even turn them in, just for the treatment and help these special courts can offer. The juveniles
Problem-Solving Courts. Problem-Solving Courts are specialized courts that focus on specific problems in society, such as drug abuse, prostitution, mental-health, domestic violence, etc (Courts). I have chosen drug courts more specifically to research. According to drugpolicy.org, in 2012 1.55 million people were arrested for non-violent drug charges (Drug Policy Alliance). This is an astounding amount of people being arrested, which is why I believe it is important to have problem-solving courts. Unlike
Courts of healing justice are specialized courts that deal in specific types of offenders. The ones that will be covered here are juvenile courts, family courts, and drug courts. These courts keep these specific types of cases out of the general courts. Their goal is to try to heal the offender of what is causing them to offend instead of just locking them up. They are also referred to courts of second chance. These courts work with social services and law enforcement agencies to provide special
time (Hasselbrack, 2001). These individuals are at risk of multiple incarcerations. This created a problem for the public and the court system. For this reason mental health courts were created to address this issue. Mental health courts are diversion programs that are designed to aid individuals who suffer from mental illness progress through the legal system. These courts are based on the principle that individuals with mental illness should be treated in the mental health system, rather than punished
establishment of the nation, a "State of the Sharia courts and formations" was issued, which formed the first judicial system, it stressed that legal procedures and courts should be in accordance with Islamic laws. In the following years and upon the realization of the state, several decrees were issued to regulate the system and legal practices such as "The Continuum of Court Proceedings" that illustrates the nature of legal trials and authorizes the high court to revise and evaluate the court’s decisions
through the film. The first policy was the result of Brown vs. Board of Education (1954) the Supreme Court decision that ordered the desegregation of public schools through the United States (US) (Cantor & Zirkel, 2004). Through the Brown vs. Board of Education case, this force schools to voluntary integrate students to schools that are outside their neighborhood boundary. Although the Supreme Court ruling was given in 1954, studies have shown that racial integration and racial justice in education
that are unique to their community. In order to become a recognized member of the legal community, a person must graduate from law school and pass the bar exam thereby demonstrating an in depth knowledge concerning all areas of the law and the specialized rules, methods, and jargon used by lawyers to communicate about legal principles. Although the legal profession is a single discourse community, it is made up of many smaller discourse communities. This is so because while all lawyers share the
underlying conditions that fuel crime, and engage the community as an active partner (Wolf, Prinicples of Problem-Solving Justice, 2007). It was this effort that identified the problem as failures of the judicial process. These failures included sluggish courts, increased levels of recidivism, and a significant loss of public trust (Ballenstedt, 2008). To solve the problem, the program takes a multifaceted approach to punishment in non-violent cases. Through the program, justices have more options available
Points I will cover in this essay are :Summery of the US Judicial System,standard organizational system and issues and challenges that faces each component system. The three component of US justice police, courts and corrections organization and administration work diligently and effortless to deliver the optimal fairness to much extent .How the three component of the US justice system deliver fairness is sometimes questionable. The three parts of the criminal justice system operate together