Problem-Solving Justice

Published by the students of the Georgetown University Law Center, the American Criminal Law Review provides timely treatment of significant developments in constitutional and criminal law through articles contributed by leading scholars and practitioners, and through notes authored by the journal's student staff. Several recent articles and commentaries have focused on problem-solving courts.

http://www.law.georgetown.edu/journals/aclr/

Changing the Court is a chronicle of how a group of planners and practitioners are attempting to change the Bronx court system's approach to low-level criminal offending.

http://changingthecourt.blogspot.com/

The Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) is a component of the Office of Justice Programs at the U.S. Department of Justice. BJA's mission is to support law enforcement, courts, corrections, treatment, victim services, technology, and prevention initiatives that strengthen the nation’s criminal justice system.

http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/BJA/

This handbook provides judges with an introduction to therapeutic jurisprudence principles and practices, and with some practical suggestions and guidelines on how to incorporate those principles and practices into their courtrooms.

http://www.nji.ca/Public/documents/Judgingfor21scenturyDe.pdf

A discussion of the problem-solving justice movement in Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia and the United States.

http://www.iadtc.law.ecu.edu.au/pdfs/Problem%20Solving%20Courts%20Paper%20final%20ppr.pdf

A website containing readily accessible information about ways in which specific crime and disorder problems can be specifically addressed.

http://www.popcenter.org/

This paper, published by the Center for Effective Public Policy, outlines five principal reasons why judicial leadership is critical to the successful investigation and resolution of complex issues.

http://www.wicourts.gov/about/organization/programs/docs/judgerolereport.pdf