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Abstract
This article presents the results of a systematic review of empirical studies of problem-solving youth courts. Some of the 24 studies reviewed showed positive effects of court processes and others showed few substantial benefits in comparison with other kinds of programme. In general, the studies were not necessarily guided by a coherent research strategy. The article concludes by suggesting that a therapeutic jurisprudence evaluation model suggested by Wiener et al. could be applied to future youth problem-solving court research to assist in understanding youth problem-solving court processes and outcomes [Wiener, R.L., Winick, B.J., Skovran Georges, L., & Castro, A. (2010). A testable theory of problem solving courts: Avoiding past empirical and legal failures. International Journal of Law and Psychiatry, 33, 417–427].