Judicial Perspectives on Family Drug Treatment Courts

Family Drug Treatment Courts are a specialized calendar or docket that operates within the juvenile dependency court. These courts provide the setting for a collaborative effort by the court and all the participants in the child protection system to come together in a non‐adversarial setting to determine the individual treatment needs of substance‐abusing parents whose children are under the jurisdiction of the dependency court. This article is intended to give judges and others a judicial perspective on FDTCs, and to offer some assistance for those who are operating or who are considering creating one.     

A Social Justice Model for a World Criminology

It is contended here that criminologists should be making conscious and more direct efforts to contribute toward solutions to the increasing problems of global disorder. This paper discusses the problem of social injustice in relation to social disorder, outlines the beginnings of a theoretical model for social justice, and suggests empirical studies and needed methodology to further development of the field of world criminology.