The Model Law Enforcement Officer And Other First Responder's Deflection Act: A National Blueprint For Creating Successful Deflection Programs Across The Country, 2024 Nova Southeastern University
The Model Law Enforcement Officer And Other First Responder's Deflection Act: A National Blueprint For Creating Successful Deflection Programs Across The Country, Marc Consalo
UMKC Law Review
The idea of finding alternatives to the traditional approach of arresting, prosecuting, and punishing an individual for criminal behavior in the hopes it will deter future illegal conduct is not new. In 1947, the Judicial Conference of the United States met to make recommendations for the first diversion programs focusing on youthful offenders. Approximately fifteen years later, states began to explore diversion as an option for some adult lawbreakers.
The birth of diversion generated a novel approach to addressing criminal activity. However, before any individual could participate in a diversion program, law enforcement arrested the person which imposed a host …
Legislating Courts, 2024 Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
Legislating Courts, Michael Pollack
UMKC Law Review
Judges are ordinarily thought of as deciders of a specific sort: people who apply the rule of law to resolve disagreements between the parties appearing before them. But in every state, judges do far more. They are charged by state statutory or constitutional law with a range of quasi-administrative, quasi-legislative, and quasi-executive law enforcement functions. These roles raise a number of theoretical and practical concerns. In many states, though, legislatures have gone even further. They have either wholly delegated significant policymaking power to state court judges or have sat idle while those judges have assumed the mantle of functions that …
Building A Successful Team In A Problem-Solving Court: The Western District Of Missouri Model, 2024 University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law
Building A Successful Team In A Problem-Solving Court: The Western District Of Missouri Model, Carie Allen, Stephen R. Bough, Lajuana Counts, Arthur Diaz, Jeffrey Mccarther, Katie Meister, James Parker
UMKC Law Review
Problem-solving courts work. We know that reentry programs and intensive supervision programs like drug courts are effective alternatives to incarceration that reduce recidivism. For example, the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri's Reentry Court has an 85.7% success rate for graduates, meaning they complete their term of supervised release without any new charges. A reduction of recidivism means hefty savings of tax-payer dollars. More importantly, successful problem-solving courts mean people engage in their communities, raise families, work productive jobs, and pay taxes.
Courts and legislators and executive branches around the country are increasingly turning to problem …
Problem-Solving Courts And The Outcome Oversight Gap, 2024 University of Richmond
Problem-Solving Courts And The Outcome Oversight Gap, Erin R. Collins
UMKC Law Review
The creation of a specialized, “problem-solving” court is a ubiquitous response to the issues that plague our criminal legal system. The courts promise to address the factors believed to lead to repeated interactions with the system, such as addiction or mental illness, thereby reducing recidivism and saving money. And they do so effectively – at least according to their many proponents, who celebrate them as an example of a successful “evidence-based,” data-driven reform. But the actual data on their efficacy is underwhelming, inconclusive, or altogether lacking. So why do they persist?
This Article seeks to answer that question by scrutinizing …
A New Generation Of Reform In Drug Enforcement In Kansas City, 2024 University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law
A New Generation Of Reform In Drug Enforcement In Kansas City, Jean Peters Baker
UMKC Law Review
Jackson County, Missouri has been at the forefront of drug policy reform for decades, with the establishment of one of America's first Drug Courts in the early 1990s. This Article will delve into the impact of the county's shift in drug policy on the drug court model, both positive and negative, and where the county expects to go in the future. We will examine what we currently understand about drugs, including the destructive effects of drugs on individuals and their families, the history of the War on Drugs and its lack of impact, and the statistics on drug crimes and …
Engaging The Base: Using Veterans Treatment Courts In Missouri To Address Core Issues, 2024 University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law
Engaging The Base: Using Veterans Treatment Courts In Missouri To Address Core Issues, Evan Rodriguez
UMKC Law Review
With a per capita veteran population surpassing the national average, Missouri presents its veterans with unique challenges in their day-to-day lives. For example, nearly one-third of Missouri veterans are disabled, compared to one-sixth of civilians. The State established the Missouri Veterans Commission, which supports veterans and their families with the veteran-specific obstacles they face. To that end, Missouri offers the second highest number of veteran benefits of any state in the country.
Like all groups of people, some veterans will unfortunately enter the criminal justice system due to varying factors. Veterans Treatment Courts ("VTCs") originated to address veteran-specific reasons for …
Kansas City Municipal Court's Domestic Violence Court Programming, 2024 University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law
Kansas City Municipal Court's Domestic Violence Court Programming, Courtney A. Wachal, Gerald Sorensen, Jenna Phelps, Nephateri Hill
UMKC Law Review
The Kansas City Municipal Domestic Violence Court identifies cases as domestic violence if they involve intimate partner violence, violations of protective order, interfamily violence, or cases where there is a child witness. This court manages a large caseload of domestic violence violations that vary widely in the severity of the charges and the levels of violence.
The Kansas City Municipal Domestic Violence Court has prioritized their probation resources by focusing services on those cases that are most in need of supervision and on those cases most likely to be receptive to services. This article will discuss The Compliance Docket and …
Virtual Technology And The Changing Rituals Of Courtroom Justice, 2024 Chicago-Kent College of Law
Virtual Technology And The Changing Rituals Of Courtroom Justice, Meredith Rossner, David Tait
Chicago-Kent Law Review
No abstract provided.
How Can You Tell If There Is A Crisis? Data And Measurement Challenges In Assessing Jury Representation, 2024 Chicago-Kent College of Law
How Can You Tell If There Is A Crisis? Data And Measurement Challenges In Assessing Jury Representation, Mary R. Rose, Marc A. Musick
Chicago-Kent Law Review
No abstract provided.
Beacons Of Democracy? A Worldwide Exploration Of The Relationship Between Democracy And Lay Participation In Criminal Cases, 2024 Chicago-Kent College of Law
Beacons Of Democracy? A Worldwide Exploration Of The Relationship Between Democracy And Lay Participation In Criminal Cases, Sanja K. Ivkovic, Valarie P. Hans
Chicago-Kent Law Review
No abstract provided.
How Can You Tell If There Is A Crisis? Data And Measurement Challenges In Assessing Jury Representation, 2024 Chicago-Kent College of Law
How Can You Tell If There Is A Crisis? Data And Measurement Challenges In Assessing Jury Representation, Mary R. Rose, Marc A. Musick
Chicago-Kent Law Review
No abstract provided.
Race, Peremptory Challenges, And State Courts: A Blueprint For Change, 2024 Chicago-Kent College of Law
Race, Peremptory Challenges, And State Courts: A Blueprint For Change, Nancy S. Marder
Chicago-Kent Law Review
No abstract provided.
Judges, Lawyers, And Willing Jurors: A Tale Of Two Jury Selections, 2024 Chicago-Kent College of Law
Judges, Lawyers, And Willing Jurors: A Tale Of Two Jury Selections, Barbara O'Brien, Catherine M. Grosso
Chicago-Kent Law Review
No abstract provided.
Beacons Of Democracy? A Worldwide Exploration Of The Relationship Between Democracy And Lay Participation In Criminal Cases, 2024 Chicago-Kent College of Law
Beacons Of Democracy? A Worldwide Exploration Of The Relationship Between Democracy And Lay Participation In Criminal Cases, Sanja K. Ivkovic, Valarie P. Hans
Chicago-Kent Law Review
No abstract provided.
The Arrival Of The Civil Jury In Argentina: The Case Of Chaco, 2024 Chicago-Kent College of Law
The Arrival Of The Civil Jury In Argentina: The Case Of Chaco, Shari S. Diamond, Valarie P. Hans, Natali Chizik, Andres Harfuch
Chicago-Kent Law Review
No abstract provided.
The Hybridization Of Lay Courts: From Colombia To England And Wales, 2024 Chicago-Kent College of Law
The Hybridization Of Lay Courts: From Colombia To England And Wales, Jeremy Boulanger-Bonnelly
Chicago-Kent Law Review
No abstract provided.
Lay Participation Reform In China: Opportunities And Challenges, 2024 Chicago-Kent College of Law
Lay Participation Reform In China: Opportunities And Challenges, Zhiyuan Guo
Chicago-Kent Law Review
No abstract provided.
Virtual Technology And The Changing Rituals Of Courtroom Justice, 2024 Chicago-Kent College of Law
Virtual Technology And The Changing Rituals Of Courtroom Justice, Meredith Rossner, David Tait
Chicago-Kent Law Review
No abstract provided.
Spring 2024 Symposium: Stop Cop City And The Criminalization Of Social Movements, 2024 Yeshiva University, Cardozo School of Law
Spring 2024 Symposium: Stop Cop City And The Criminalization Of Social Movements, Cardozo Journal Of Equal Rights And Social Justice
Flyers 2023-2024
No abstract provided.
Friends Close And Coconspirators Closer: The Real Story Of Glasser V. United States, 2024 Ohio Northern University
Friends Close And Coconspirators Closer: The Real Story Of Glasser V. United States, Cooper C. Millhouse
Ohio Northern University Law Review
No abstract provided.