1. Problem-Solving Courts
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Problem-Solving Courts
Mary Kay Hudson
Problem-Solving Court Administrator
Indiana Judicial Center
May 27, 2010

2. What we will cover today
What they are
Who they target
How (Do?) they work
Indiana PSC
Problems
Role of community corrections

3. What is a problem-solving court?
General definition
…alternative approach to traditional case processing that focuses on outcomes related to victims, offenders, and society
(Center for Court Innovation, 2001)
Origins
General definition
The term "problem-solving court" generally refers to an alternative approach to traditional case processing that focuses on outcomes related to victims, offenders, and society (see Center for Court Innovation, 2001).
Origins
Theoretical roots in innovations in policing (1990’s)
Focus: eliminating patterns of crime, addressing issues that fuel crime, engaging the community
Gave way to new strategies including community prosecution and PSC.
First drug court in 1989 in Miama Florida.
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4. What… Early models 10 Key Components of Drug Courts
Essential Elements of Mental Health Courts
16 Strategies of Juvenile Drug Courts
Almost a decade after the first drug court, BJA adopted the 10 KC of drug court.
The success of the drug court model generated interest in applying the model to other populations.
Among all of the models, some basic themes emerged that could be applied more broadly in a variety of settings. NEXT SLIDE

5. What… General Principles
Enhanced information
Community engagement
Collaboration
Individualized justice
Accountability
Outcomes
Center for Court Innovation, 2007
Before we discuss the problem-solving courts, we should talk about the typical manner in which criminal cases were disposed.
DISCUSS TRADITIONAL SYSTEM
Arrest / summons
Prosecutor files charges
Court enters judgment
Probation files pre-sentence investigation
Court sentences defendant
Jail/DOC/probation, etc.
Defendant completes sentence (discharged successfully or revoked)
To return or not return?
COMPARE AND CONTRAST THE TRADITIONAL V. PSC MODEL
Principles describe the model in a broader sense. It is appropriate to reference other models when designing and implementing a program.

6. Who Persons with mental illness Returning offenders CHINS parents
DV perpetrators
Homeless
Prostitutes
How they work Problem-Solving Principles, Center for Court Innovation, 2007
Enhanced information
Community engagement
Collaboration
Individualized justice
Accountability
Outcomes

7. How Indiana statutes & certification Local eligibility criteria
Funding streams
Drug court statutes adopted 2002, reentry court statutes in Interest continued to emerge with CHINS drug courts, mental health, domestic violence
PSC developed PSC bill to provide courts and local criminal justice agencies support in developing other PSC models.
HEA 1271 adopted in 2010, effective
Permits court to established PSC. Individuals may be admitted to drug court in a variety of legal statuses from pretrial diversion to post-release.
PSC established under the statutes must be certified by IJC.
Only statutory exclusion is forcible felony not eligible for diversion.
LOCAL ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA
Local courts may develop their own eligibility criteria or exclusion criteria.
FUNDING STREAMS
Grants – BJA, JAG, LCC, 2nd chance, DOL
User fees
Local funding
DOC – CTP and CCGA funds

8. How … Types of PSC Drug Reentry Mental health Family DV Community
Veterans
Several courts have adopted more than one model in their jurisdiction. Some are developing a strategy to create a “problem-solving court” division to serve a variety of populations in the court system within one administrative structure.

9. How (Do?) DC research conclusive
Other promising models = CHINS, OVWI, mental health
Research continues to emerge

10. Indiana PSC Drug courts (30) Reentry courts (6) Community court (1)
Mental health court (4)
CHINS drug court (3)

11. Problems Resource intensive Partnerships critical Requires training
Flavor of the month

12. Problems Most active ingredients not yet identified
Is something better than nothing?
Some models well-researched, others not

13. Role of community corrections
Eligibility
Case management
Service coordination
Compliance monitoring
Cognitive restructuring programming

14. Questions?

15. For more information… Resources
National Drug Court Institute
Center for Court Innovation
National Center for State Courts
Reentry Policy Council reentrypolicy.org