Guide

Recommended Readings and Recordings on Australian Problem-Solving Courts

All in the Mind. (2011, April 16). Mental health courts and the challenge of therapeutic jurisprudence. Retrieved from https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/allinthemind/mental-health-courts-and-the-challenge-of/2998652

Bartels, L. (2009). Challenges in mainstreaming specialty courts. Canberra: Australian Institute of Criminology.

Bond, C., Holder, R., Jeffries, S., & Fleming, C. (2017). Summary report: Evaluation of the specialist domestic and family violence court trial in Southport. Brisbane: Griffith Criminology Institute.

Duffy, J. (2011). Problem-solving courts, therapeutic jurisprudence and the constitution: If two is company, is three a crowd? Melbourne University Law Review35, 394–425.

Fitzgerald, J. (2008). Does circle sentencing reduce Aboriginal offending? (Contemporary Issues in Crime and Justice, No. 115). Sydney, Australia: NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research.

Freiberg, A. (2001a). Problem-oriented courts: Innovative solutions to intractable problems? Journal of Judicial Administration11, 8–27.

Freiberg, A. (2001b). Three strikes and you’re out – It’s not cricket: Colonization and resistance in Australian sentencing. In M. Tonry & R. S. Frase (Eds.), Sentencing and sanctions in Western countries (pp. 29–61). New York: Oxford University Press.

Freiberg, A., Payne, J., Gelb, K., Morgan, A., & Makkai, T. (2016). Drug and specialist courts review: Report summary and recommendations. Brisbane: Queensland Courts (Prepared for the Queensland Department of Justice and Attorney-General).

Nolan, J. L., Jr. (2012). Problem-solving courts: An international comparison. In J. Petersilia & K. R. Reitz (Eds.), The Oxford handbook of sentencing and corrections (pp. 150–172). New York: Oxford University Press.

Payne, J. (2006). Specialty courts: Current issues and future prospects. Canberra: Australian Institute of Criminology.

Richardson, E., Thom, K., & McKenna, B. (2013). The evolution of problem-solving courts in Australia and New Zealand: A trans-Tasman comparative perspective. In R. Wiener & E. M. Brank (Eds.), Problem solving courts: Social science and legal perspectives (pp. 185–210). New York: Springer.

Schaefer, L., & Beriman, M. (2019). Problem-solving courts in Australia: A review of problems and solutions. Victims & Offenders14(3), 344-359.

Schaefer, L., & Egan, C. (2022). Problem-solving courts in Australia. In M. Camilleri, A. Harkness, & R. Hale (Eds.), Australian courts: Controversies, challenges, and change (pp. 197-220). London: Palgrave.

Trood, M. D., Spivak, B. L., & Ogloff, J. R. P. (2021). The effects of judicial supervision on recidivism of offenders in Australia and New Zealand: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Psychiatry, Psychology, and Law29(5), 651–678.

 

See also (selected UK and US summaries, respectively):

Centre for Justice Innovation. (2016). Problem-solving courts: An evidence review. London: Centre for Justice Innovation.

DeMatteo, D., Heilbrun, K., Thornewill, A., & Arnold, S. (2019). Problem-solving courts and the criminal justice system. In D. DeMatteo & K. C. Scherr (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Psychology and Law (pp. 429-448). New York: Oxford University Press.

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