Law & Culture

Book Review

Felon: A Poetic Travelogue of Post-Incarceration

by Trivius Gerard Caldwell

Vol. 108 No. 3 (2025) | Problem-Solving Courts

Reading Felon feels like witnessing a fountain pen bleed — its ink spreading indiscriminately, leaving indelible marks wherever it touches, yet there’s a haunting beauty in its uncontrolled flow. Reginald Dwayne Betts pens […]

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Alternative Approaches: Beyond Problem-Solving Courts

by Erin R. Collins

Vol. 108 No. 3 (2025) | Problem-Solving Courts

Problem-solving courts were born out of a well-meaning experimentalist spirit, a spirit that is very much in line with the vision of a recent symposium on the multidoor criminal courthouse. […]

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Toward Democratic Governance of Problem-Solving Courts

by Carlton W. Reeves  and Con Reynolds

Vol. 108 No. 3 (2025) | Problem-Solving Courts

For over a century, problem-solving courts have offered up the hope of reform to a justice system desperately in need of it. Unlike traditional courts, problem-solving courts — such as […]

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Centering Humanity: Action, Assistance, and Healing in Newark, N.J.

by Madeline Cox Arleo

Vol. 108 No. 3 (2025) | Problem-Solving Courts

Danny’s Pantry opened on July 18, 2024, the day before the anniversary of the death of Daniel Anderl. Daniel was murdered four years earlier in the New Jersey home he […]

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Court-Involved Supervised Release: A Call to Action

by Richard M. Berman

Vol. 108 No. 3 (2025) | Problem-Solving Courts

This article contends, respectfully, that all federal district and magistrate judges should help ensure that criminal defendants reenter the community safely and successfully following incarceration. Judges are well-suited to achieve […]

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Empirical Evidence: What Judges Can Learn From Recent Social Science Research

by Isolynn A. Massey, Sarah L. Desmarais, Elan C. Hope and Samantha A. Zottola

Vol. 108 No. 3 (2025) | Problem-Solving Courts

Courts represent a critical moment that can influence a person’s trajectory through the criminal legal system, and judges play a key role in shaping the courthouse environment and practices. Indeed, […]

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Restorative Justice: A New Conversation for Victims and Offenders

by Mariah Bauguess and Juan G. Villaseñor

Vol. 108 No. 3 (2025) | Problem-Solving Courts

Restorative justice practices have become increasingly common in the United States over the past several decades. In principle, restorative justice “views crime not as a depersonalized breaking of the law […]

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Co-Creating & Redefining Safety: Philadelphia Advocacy Organization Charts A New Path Forward

by Lauren Fine, Joanna Visser Adjoian and Bianca van Heydoorn

Vol. 108 No. 3 (2025) | Problem-Solving Courts

When can children be prosecuted in adult court? In Pennsylvania, like many jurisdictions across the United States, the default is prosecution as a “juvenile”: Youth accused of criminal conduct that […]

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Trauma-Informed Courts? How Judges May Influence Kids’ Experiences of Court

by Eva McKinsey, Amelia Ashton Thorn, Minjee Kristin Kim and Catherine Gorey

Vol. 108 No. 3 (2025) | Problem-Solving Courts

Research tells us that there are inextricable links between trauma and the juvenile justice system. Not only is trauma prevalent among system-involved youth (up to 90 percent report exposure to […]

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Announcing the 2025 Bolch Prize Recipient: Justice Tassaduq Hussain Jillani

by Judicature Staff

Vol. 108 No. 3 (2025) | Problem-Solving Courts

Tassaduq Hussain Jillani, the 21st Chief Justice of Pakistan, is the recipient of the 2025 Bolch Prize for the Rule of Law, awarded by the Bolch Judicial Institute of Duke Law […]

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