Problem-Solving Courts in Australia: A Review of Problems and Solutions

References

• All in the Mind. (2011, April 16). Mental health courts and the challenge of therapeutic jurisprudence. Retrieved from https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/allinthemind/mental-health-courts-and-the-challenge-of/2998652
   Google Scholar
• Australasian Institute of Judicial Administration. (2017). Guide to judicial conduct (3rd ed.). Melbourne, Australia: Author.
   Google Scholar
• Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2018). Interesting facts about Australia’s 25,000,000 population. Retrieved from http://www.abs.gov.au/websitedbs/D3310114.nsf
   Google Scholar
• Australian Law Reform Commission. (2010). Family violence – A national legal response. Canberra, Australia: Australian Government.
   Google Scholar
• Australian Law Reform Commission. (2017). Incarceration rates of aboriginal and torres strait islander peoples. Canberra, Australia: Australian Government.
   Google Scholar
• Bartels, L. (2009). Challenges in mainstreaming specialty courts. Canberra, Australia: Australian Institute of Criminology.
   Google Scholar
• Bartels, L. (In press). HOPE-ful bottles: Examining the potential for Hawaii’s Opportunity Probation with Enforcement (HOPE) to help mainstream therapeutic jurisprudence. International Journal of Law and Psychiatry. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0160252718300311.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Berman, G., & Feinblatt, J. (2001). Problem-solving courts: A brief primer. Law & Policy, 23, 125–140. doi:10.1111/1467-9930.00107
   Google Scholar
• Birdsey, E. M., & Smith, N. (2012). The domestic violence intervention court model: A follow-up study (Contemporary Issues in Crime and Justice, No. 155). Sydney, Australia: NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research.
   Google Scholar
• Blagg, H. (2008). Problem-oriented courts (Project 96). Perth, Australia: Law Reform Commission of Western Australia.
   Google Scholar
• Bond, C., Holder, R., Jeffries, S., & Fleming, C. (2017). Summary report: Evaluation of the specialist domestic and family violence court trial in Southport. Brisbane, Australia: Griffith Criminology Institute.
   Google Scholar
• Bonta, J., & Andrews, D. A. (2017). The psychology of criminal conduct (6th ed.). New York, NY: Routledge.
   Google Scholar
• Bowen, P., & Whitehead, S. (2015). Problem-solving courts: An evidence review. London, England: Centre for Justice Innovation.
   Google Scholar
• Bradford, D., & Smith, N. (2009). An evaluation of the New South Wales court liaison services. Sydney, Australia: NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research.
   Google Scholar
• Bull, M. (2010). Punishment and sentencing: Risk, rehabilitation and restitution. South Melbourne, Australia: Oxford University Press.
   Google Scholar
• Casey, P. M., & Rottman, D. B. (2005). Problem-solving courts: Models and trends. Justice System Journal, 26, 35–56.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Clancey, G., & Howard, J. (2006). Diversion and criminal justice drug treatment: Mechanism of emancipation or social control? Drug and Alcohol Review, 25, 377–385. doi:10.1080/09595230600741388
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Clarke, R. V., & Eck, J. E. (2005). Crime analysis for problem solvers in 60 small steps. Washington, DC: Office of Community Oriented Policing Services, U.S. Department of Justice.
   Google Scholar
• Cullen, F. T., & Jonson, C. L. (2012). Correctional theory: Context and consequences. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
   Google Scholar
• Cullen, F. T., Jonson, C. L., & Mears, D. P. (2017). Reinventing community corrections: Ten recommendations. Crime and Justice, 46, 27–93. doi:10.1086/688457
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Cullen, F. T., Pratt, T. C., & Turanovic, J. J. (2016). It’s hopeless: Beyond zero-tolerance supervision. Criminology and Public Policy, 15, 1215–1227. doi:10.1111/1745-9133.12260
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Davidson, F., Heffernan, E., Greenberg, D., Butler, T., & Burgess, P. (2016). A critical review of mental health court liaison services in Australia: A first national survey. Psychiatry, Psychology and Law, 23, 908–921. doi:10.1080/13218719.2016.1155509
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Davidson, F., Heffernan, E., Greenberg, D., Waterworth, R., & Burgess, P. (2017). Mental health and criminal charges: Variation in diversion pathways in Australia. Psychiatry, Psychology and Law, 24, 888–898. doi:10.1080/13218719.2017.1327305
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Duffy, J. (2011). Problem-solving courts, therapeutic jurisprudence and the constitution: If two is company, is three a crowd? Melbourne University Law Review, 35, 394–425.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Fitzgerald, J. (2008). Does circle sentencing reduce Aboriginal offending? (Contemporary Issues in Crime and Justice, No. 115). Sydney, Australia: NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research.
   Google Scholar
• Freeman, K. (2002). New South Wales drug court evaluation: Health, well-being and participant satisfaction. Sydney, Australia: NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research.
   Google Scholar
• Freiberg, A. (2000). Australian drug courts. Criminal Law Journal, 24, 213–235.
   Google Scholar
• Freiberg, A. (2001a). Problem-oriented courts: Innovative solutions to intractable problems? Journal of Judicial Administration, 11, 8–27.
   Google Scholar
• Freiberg, A. (2001b). Three strikes and you’re out – It’s not cricket: Colonization and resistance in Australian sentencing. In M. Tonry & R. S. Frase (Eds.), Sentencing and sanctions in Western countries (pp. 29–61). New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
   Google Scholar
• Freiberg, A., Payne, J., Gelb, K., Morgan, A., & Makkai, T. (2016). Drug and specialist courts review: Final report. (Prepared for the Queensland Department of Justice and Attorney-General).
   Google Scholar
• Hall, W., & Lucke, J. (2010). Legally coerced treatment for drug using offenders: Ethical and policy issues (Contemporary Issues in Crime and Justice, No. 144). Sydney, Australia: NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research.
   Google Scholar
• Howard, M. V. A., & Martire, K. A. (2012). Magistrates early referral into treatment: An overview of the MERIT program as at June 2011 (Crime Prevention Issues, No. 9). Paramatta, Australia: Attorney General & Justice, New South Wales Government.
   Google Scholar
• Indermaur, D., & Roberts, L. (2003). Drug courts in Australia: The first generation. Current Issues in Criminal Justice, 15, 136–154. doi:10.1080/10345329.2003.12036286
   Google Scholar
• Jeffries, S. (2005). How justice “gets done”: Politics, managerialism, consumerism, and therapeutic jurisprudence. Current Issues in Criminal Justice, 17, 254–268. doi:10.1080/10345329.2005.12036353
   Google Scholar
• King, M. (2008). Restorative justice, therapeutic jurisprudence and the rise of emotionally intelligent justice. Melbourne University Law Review, 32, 1095–1126.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• King, M., Freiberg, A., Batagol, B., & Hyams, R. (2014). Non-adversarial justice (2nd ed.). Sydney, Australia: Federation Press.
   Google Scholar
• Kornhauser, R. (2018). The effectiveness of Australia’s drug courts. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Criminology, 51, 76–98. doi:10.1177/0004865816673412
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Lim, L., & Day, A. (2013). Mental health diversion courts: Some directions for further development. Psychiatry, Psychology and Law, 20, 36–45. doi:10.1080/13218719.2011.619059
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Lim, L., & Day, A. (2014). Mental health diversion courts: A two year recidivism study of a South Australian mental health court program. Behavioural Sciences and the Law, 32, 539–551. doi:10.1002/bsl.2126
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Lim, L., & Day, A. (2016). Mental health diversion courts: A prospective study of reoffending and clinical outcomes of an Australian mental health court program. Journal of Offender Rehabilitation, 55, 254–270. doi:10.1080/10509674.2016.1159639
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Mackenzie, G., Spiranovic, C., Warner, K., Stobbs, N., Gelb, K., Indermaur, D., … Bouhours, T. (2012). Sentencing and public confidence: Results from a national Australian survey on public opinions towards sentencing. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Criminology, 45, 45–65. doi:10.1177/0004865811431328
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Marchetti, E., & Daly, K. (2007). Indigenous sentencing courts: Towards a theoretical model and jurisprudential model. Sydney Law Review, 29, 415–443.
   Google Scholar
• McCoy, C., Heydebrand, W., & Mirchandani, R. (2015). The problem with problem-solving justice: Coercion vs. democratic deliberation. Restorative Justice, 3, 159–187. doi:10.1080/20504721.2015.1069085
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Miller, E. J. (2004). Embracing addiction: Drug courts and the false promise of judicial interventionism. Ohio State Law Journal, 65, 1479–1576.
   Google Scholar
• Morgan, A., & Louis, E. (2010). Evaluation of the queensland murri court: Final report. Canberra, Australia: Australian Institute of Criminology.
   Google Scholar
• Nolan, J. L., Jr. (2009). Legal accents, legal borrowing: The international problem-solving court movement. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.
   Google Scholar
• Nolan, J. L., Jr. (2011). The international problem-solving court movement: A comparative perspective. Monash University Law Review, 37, 259–279.
   Google Scholar
• Nolan, J. L., Jr. (2012). Problem-solving courts: An international comparison. In J. Petersilia & K. R. Reitz (Eds.), The Oxford handbook of sentencing and corrections (pp. 150–172). New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
   Google Scholar
• Paparozzi, M. A., & Schlager, M. D. (2009). Reconciling what works and broken windows: The policy relevance of individual and social correlates to recidivism reduction. Victims & Offenders, 4, 427–434. doi:10.1080/15564880903227628
   Google Scholar
• Payne, J. (2005). Final report on the North Queensland drug court. Canberra, Australia: Australian Institute of Criminology.
   Google Scholar
• Payne, J. (2006). Specialty courts: Current issues and future prospects. Canberra, Australia: Australian Institute of Criminology.
   Google Scholar
• Richardson, E., Thom, K., & McKenna, B. (2013). The evolution of problem-solving courts in Australia and New Zealand: A trans-Tasman comparative perspective. In R. Wiener & E. M. Brank (Eds.), Problem solving courts: Social science and legal perspectives (pp. 185–210). New York, NY: Springer.
   Google Scholar
• Rysavy, P., Cunningham, T., & O’Reilly-Martinez, R. (2011). Preliminary analysis of the Northern Territory’s illicit drug court diversion program highlights the need to examine lower completion rates for indigenous clients. Drug and Alcohol Review, 30, 671–676. doi:10.1111/j.1465-3362.2010.00275.x
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Spivakovsky, C., & Seear, K. (2017). Making the abject: Problem-solving courts, addiction, mental illness and impairment. Continuum: Journal of Media & Cultural Studies, 31, 458–469. doi:10.1080/10304312.2016.1275152
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Stobbs, N. (2017). Therapeutic jurisprudence and due process – Consistent in principle and in practice. Journal of Judicial Administration, 26, 248–264.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Taplin, S. (2002). The New South Wales drug court evaluation: A process evaluation. Sydney, Australia: NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research.
   Google Scholar
• Thomas, N. K., & Bull, M. (2013). Negotiating the challenges of coerced treatment: An exploratory study of community-based service providers in Queensland, Australia. Contemporary Drug Problems, 40, 569–594. doi:10.1177/009145091304000406
   Google Scholar
• Weisburd, D. L., Telep, C., Hinkle, J., & Eck, J. (2015). Is problem-oriented policing effective in reducing crime and disorder? Findings from a campbell systematic review. Criminology and Public Policy, 9, 139–172. doi:10.1111/j.1745-9133.2010.00617.x
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar