How innovative judges and attorneys are transforming American courts.Public confidence in American criminal courts is at an all-time low.
Victims, communities, and even offenders view courts as unable to respond adequately to complex social and
legal problems including drugs, prostitution,
domestic violence, and quality-of-life crime. Even many judges and attorneys think that the courts produce assembly-line justice. Increasingly embraced by even the most hard-on-crime jurists, problem-solving courts offer an effective alternative. As documented by Greg Berman and John Feinblatt - both of whom were instrumental in setting up New York's Midtown Community Court and Red Hook Community Justice…
The book is a quick read, easily completed on a long flight. It focuses primarily on the New York experience but includes a national historical perspective. Problem solving courts represent the…
