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Review Essay: Excuse Theory Through A Liberal Lens, Richard Boldt
Review Essay: Excuse Theory Through A Liberal Lens, Richard Boldt
Richard C. Boldt
This essay reviews Excusing Crime, by Jeremy Horder, Reader in Criminal Law and Tutor in Law at Worcester College, Oxford. It describes Horder’s project, which is to build a complex taxonomy of criminal law excuse practices and to use that account of “why things are as they are” to argue, on the basis of his version of liberal theory, against “the restricted range” of excuses in the UK and elsewhere. By virtue of his appreciation that some, but not all, excuses contain justificatory elements, and given his insistence that pure claims of non-responsibility are not excuses, Horder has defined a …
A Circumspect Look At Problem-Solving Courts, Richard Boldt
A Circumspect Look At Problem-Solving Courts, Richard Boldt
Richard C. Boldt
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The "Tomahawk" And The "Healing Balm": Drug Treatment Courts In Theory And Practice, Richard Boldt
The "Tomahawk" And The "Healing Balm": Drug Treatment Courts In Theory And Practice, Richard Boldt
Richard C. Boldt
More than 2,000 drug courts now operate throughout the U. S. and in a number of other countries. Hundreds of other problem-solving courts derived in one way or another from drug courts are also in operation. The data seem to indicate that drug courts increase the retention rate of clients in treatment and, for those participants who complete the program, may lead to reduced rates of either re-arrest or re-conviction relative to control groups of substance misusing offenders processed through the traditional criminal system. There is, however, considerable variation in outcome associated with offender characteristics and local institutional practice. Consequently, …