Prisons or Problem-Solving: Does the Public Support Specialty Courts?

ABSTRACT

Recently, “problem-solving” courts have been developed as an alternative to imprisonment. They are often called “specialty” courts because they process and divert into treatment programs offenders who are seen as different from the general criminal population, such as those with mental health or drug problems, those who are homeless or veterans, and those who engage in domestic violence. Based on a 2017 national survey of 1,000 respondents, the current study examines overall public support for rehabilitation as a goal of corrections and then focuses specifically on support for different types of specialty courts. The analysis reveals that the American public endorses not only the rehabilitative ideal but also the use of problem-solving courts. Further, with only minimal variation, strong support for these courts appears to exist regardless of political orientation and sociodemographic characteristics.     

试述医疗合同立法的完善

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对创建中国MPP专业学位教育的政策建议

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公安交通管理专业人才培养模式简论

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高职多媒体专业基于工作过程系统化的课程体系研究

随着高职教育和现代多媒体技术的发展，建立“基于工作过程系统化”的多媒体专业课程体系已成为高职多媒体专业探索和深化教学改革的重要任务。本文从基于工作过程系统化的需要出发，提出了多媒体人才培养的思路，探索了基于工作过程系统化多媒体专业课程的研究方法，确立了“基于工作过程系统化”多媒体专业课程体系。     

新一轮改革后的日本经济评析

日本经济在经历了20世纪90年代的衰退后,为实现经济复苏,开始了一轮新的改革.通过一系列改革措施,日本经济在2002年走出低谷,实现了复苏,改革成果显现.可以说,日本经济的复苏是在世界经济发展的背景下实现的,日本经济对世界经济尤其是美国经济具有很大的依赖性.随着全球经济形势的严峻,日本经济也难以独善其身,势必会随世界经济的起落而起落.但由于政府对经济的调控手段的不断成熟和完善,经济转型的延续,日本经济不会出现像20世纪90年代那样大的滑坡,应从发展的眼光把握日本经济今后走势.     

透视：社会工作的现状与未来

社会工作在20世纪80年代后期才重新传入我国。处于起步发展阶段的中国社会工作,面临着一系列的现实问题,但中国社会工作的教育及其发展有着自己独具的优势,有中国特色的本土化的社会工作大有可为,有着广阔的发展前景。     

论医疗合同关系

医患法律关系是医事法规在调整医方与患方之间的关系中所形成的权利义务关系.其中医疗合同关系是一种不同于一般合同的特殊的民事法律关系.以民法的基本理论为依据,结合我国现实情况,力求通过对医疗合同的成立、性质、特征、主体、合同效力及其终止等方面的问题进行研究,阐明医患双方当事人各自所应承担的法律责任,归纳出更为公正、合理的解决医患纠纷的对策和理论依据,以服务于建设社会主义法治国家的需要.     

A Criminological Fly in the Ointment: Specialty Courts and the Generality of Deviance

ABSTRACT

Specialty courts—such as drug courts, mental health courts, or domestic violence courts—tend to assume, either implicitly or explicitly, that particular groups of offenders have unique problems that can be best met with specialized case processing. Put simply, specialty courts assume that offenders themselves are specialists when it comes to offending. There is, however, a criminological fly in the ointment. The problem is that criminological theory and research have long demonstrated that offenders tend to be generalists and that they rarely specialize in any given form of misbehavior. Accordingly, the authors argue here that the notion of the “generality of deviance” presents a problem for the potential effectiveness of specialty courts because they are likely operating on a faulty set of ideas about offending behavior. The authors offer strategies for moving forward to better integrate the notion of the generality of deviance into specialty courts: in particular, embracing a rehabilitative philosophy and adopting well-documented correctional treatment approaches such as cognitive-behavioral interventions and the risk-need-responsivity model. They conclude by highlighting the risks associated with granting system efficiency a position of privilege among the multiple goals of corrections.