Law & Culture

Felon: A Poetic Travelogue of Post-Incarceration
Vol. 108 No. 3 (2025) | Problem-Solving CourtsReadingĀ FelonĀ feels like witnessing a fountain pen bleed ā its ink spreading indiscriminately, leaving indelible marks wherever it touches, yet thereās a haunting beauty in its uncontrolled flow.Ā Reginald Dwayne Betts pens […]

Toward Democratic Governance of Problem-Solving Courts
by Carlton W. ReevesĀ and Con Reynolds
Vol. 108 No. 3 (2025) | Problem-Solving CourtsFor 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 ā such as […]

Alternative Approaches: Beyond Problem-Solving Courts
Vol. 108 No. 3 (2025) | Problem-Solving CourtsProblem-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. […]

Centering Humanity: Action, Assistance, and Healing in Newark, N.J.
Vol. 108 No. 3 (2025) | Problem-Solving CourtsDannyās 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 […]

Court-Involved Supervised Release: A Call to Action
Vol. 108 No. 3 (2025) | Problem-Solving CourtsThis 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 […]

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

Restorative Justice: A New Conversation for Victims and Offenders
by Mariah Bauguess and Juan G. VillaseƱor
Vol. 108 No. 3 (2025) | Problem-Solving CourtsRestorative justice practices have become increasingly common in the United States over the past several decades. In principle, restorative justice āviews crime not as a depersonalized breaking of the law […]

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

Trauma-Informed Courts? How Judges May Influence Kidsā Experiences of Court
by Eva McKinsey, Amelia Ashton Thorn, Minjee Kristin Kim and Catherine Gorey
Vol. 108 No. 3 (2025) | Problem-Solving CourtsResearch 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 […]

Announcing the 2025 Bolch Prize Recipient: Justice Tassaduq Hussain Jillani
Vol. 108 No. 3 (2025) | Problem-Solving CourtsTassaduq Hussain Jillani, the 21st Chief Justice of Pakistan, is the recipient of the 2025 Bolch Prize for the Rule of Law,Ā awarded by the Bolch Judicial Institute of Duke Law […]