In the United States there has been a push to provide justice for crimes in a manner in which rehabilitation is a major focus. Because of this there has been a rapid number of specialty courts popping up throughout the nation. Specialty courts are specialized court sessions which target individuals with underlying medical, mental health, substance use and other issues that contribute to these individuals coming before the court with greater frequency. Specialty court sessions promote improved outcomes which reduce recidivism and enhance public safety by integrating treatment and services with judicial case oversight and intensive court supervision. (Sullivan, 2015) Historically all people were held to the same punishment for the same types
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She had federal funding and technical help in training the drug court members. (Sullivan, 2015) During this time another drug court was being established in Boston Massachusetts through a judge and a probation officer, together they started a single drug court in the magistrate court. As of this point there was no set standards for drug courts in the state of Massachusetts. Fortunately, Janet Reno’s initiative had moved to the judicial branch of the government and data was collected on which interventions worked and which ones did not. The interventions that worked were kept and the ones that failed were either reworked to achieve success or were stricken from the process. The ultimate goal of drug courts was, and is, to break the cycle of substance-addicted individuals committing crimes, serving a sentence, committing a new crime, serving another sentence, and so on. The way to accomplish this goal is to target high risk, high need defendants, sentence them to intensive probation supervision, mandate substance use disorder treatment, require frequent and random drug testing, and bring them before the same judge on a weekly or bi-weekly basis for support and accountability. According to the Bureau of Justice Assistance, ten key parts, or components, of drug courts are as follows:
1. Drug courts integrate alcohol and other drug …show more content…
Veterans Treatment Court integrate alcohol, drug treatment, and mental health services with justice system case processing. The court works with other organizations that are mentioned in the Drug Court, along with the Veteran Administration Health Care Network, veterans and veterans family support organizations, and veteran volunteer mentors.
2. Using a no adversarial approach, prosecution and defense counsel promote public safety while protecting participants' due process rights
The prosecutor and the defense council work as a team instead of adversaries. Once a veteran is accepted into the treatment court program, the team’s focus is on the veteran’s recovery and law-abiding behavior rather than that of who wins the case.
3. Eligible participants are identified early and promptly placed in the Veterans Treatment Court program
Early identification of veterans entering the criminal justice system is an integral part of the process of placement in the Veterans Treatment Court program. Arrest can be a traumatic event in a person’s life. It creates an immediate crisis and can compel recognition of inappropriate behavior into the open, making denial by the veteran for the need for treatment
She had federal funding and technical help in training the drug court members. (Sullivan, 2015) During this time another drug court was being established in Boston Massachusetts through a judge and a probation officer, together they started a single drug court in the magistrate court. As of this point there was no set standards for drug courts in the state of Massachusetts. Fortunately, Janet Reno’s initiative had moved to the judicial branch of the government and data was collected on which interventions worked and which ones did not. The interventions that worked were kept and the ones that failed were either reworked to achieve success or were stricken from the process. The ultimate goal of drug courts was, and is, to break the cycle of substance-addicted individuals committing crimes, serving a sentence, committing a new crime, serving another sentence, and so on. The way to accomplish this goal is to target high risk, high need defendants, sentence them to intensive probation supervision, mandate substance use disorder treatment, require frequent and random drug testing, and bring them before the same judge on a weekly or bi-weekly basis for support and accountability. According to the Bureau of Justice Assistance, ten key parts, or components, of drug courts are as follows:
1. Drug courts integrate alcohol and other drug …show more content…
Veterans Treatment Court integrate alcohol, drug treatment, and mental health services with justice system case processing. The court works with other organizations that are mentioned in the Drug Court, along with the Veteran Administration Health Care Network, veterans and veterans family support organizations, and veteran volunteer mentors.
2. Using a no adversarial approach, prosecution and defense counsel promote public safety while protecting participants' due process rights
The prosecutor and the defense council work as a team instead of adversaries. Once a veteran is accepted into the treatment court program, the team’s focus is on the veteran’s recovery and law-abiding behavior rather than that of who wins the case.
3. Eligible participants are identified early and promptly placed in the Veterans Treatment Court program
Early identification of veterans entering the criminal justice system is an integral part of the process of placement in the Veterans Treatment Court program. Arrest can be a traumatic event in a person’s life. It creates an immediate crisis and can compel recognition of inappropriate behavior into the open, making denial by the veteran for the need for treatment