Community, Context, and the Emergence and Shape of Community Courts

abstract: ABSTRACT This research examines what contextual elements shape a community court. In the past several decades, the court system has lost trust with the American public. Citizens thought the courts were too complex, expensive, didn't address the issues of crime, and were out of touch w...

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Other Authors: Dicus, Bonnie Carol (Author)
Format: Doctoral Thesis
Language:English
Published: 2010
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.I.8779