DOI:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/S1521-6136(2010)0000015006<Go
Electronic Resources:	to ISI>://000300563300004
Type:	Book Chapter
Title:	Freedom, Social Control, and the Problem-Solving Court Movement
Other Titles:	Sociol Crime Law Dev
Authors:	Nolan, J. L
Year:	2010
Citation:	Vol.: 15
Notes:	Purpose - This chapter considers the consequences on liberty in relationship to the development of the international problem-solving court movement.Design/methodology/ approach - The research, which relies principally on ethnographic fieldwork in six different common law countries (England, Ireland, Scotland, Australia, Canada, and the United States), explores the development of local problem-solving courts in each jurisdiction. These include drug courts, community courts, domestic violence courts, and mental health courts. The ethnographic fieldwork was supplemented with data from various other sources, including government reports, parliamentary debates, evaluations of individual court programs, publications issued by various advocacy groups, media accounts, public statements and articles by problem-solving court judges, and analyses of specialty courts in law reviews and other academic journals.Findings - The research reveal that the five countries outside of the United States demonstrate greater concern with protecting the dignity of the court, due process, and individual rights - or what the Australians refer to as open and natural justice.Originality/value - It is the first large-scale comparative study of problem-solving courts in the common law countries where the movement is most advanced. Electronic Resource Number: Doi 10.1108/S1521-6136(2010)0000015006 Author's Address: Nolan, JLWilliams Coll, Dept Anthropol & Sociol, Williamstown, MA 01267 USAWilliams Coll, Dept Anthropol & Sociol, Williamstown, MA 01267 USAWilliams Coll, Dept Anthropol & Sociol, Williamstown, MA 01267 USA Byu88Times Cited:0Cited References Count:39Sociology of Crime Law and Deviance
URI:	https://anrows.intersearch.com.au/anrowsjspui/handle/1/11120
ISSN:	1521-6136
Physical description:	Pages 65-89
Appears in Collections:	Book Chapters

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