A Problem Shared...?' Some Reflections on Problem Solving Courts and Court Innovation in Australia

Authors

Harry Blagg

Document Type

Article

Abstract

There has been growing interest in recent years in developing 'non-adversarial' forms of court based justice, and exploring the potential for courts to take a lead role in resolving the underlying issues that ensure repeated contact with the justice system for particular groups. Problem Oriented Courts, such as community courts, drug courts, family violence courts and the like, originated in the USA but have taken root in societies across the globe. This article emerges primarily out of research and policy development work intended to inform an initiative in Victoria Australia called the Next Generation Courts initiative, which sought mainstream the problem oriented approach by adopting the non-adversarial paradigm as the basis for all future court development in Victoria.

Publication Date

2013-01-01

Publication Title

The Plymouth Law & Criminal Justice Review

Volume

5

Issue

1

First Page

24

Last Page

38

ISSN

2054-149X

Deposit Date

March 2017

Embargo Period

2024-11-01

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Recommended Citation

Blagg, Harry (2013) "A Problem Shared...?' Some Reflections on Problem Solving Courts and Court Innovation in Australia," The Plymouth Law and Criminal Justice Review: Vol. 5, Article 5.
Available at: https://pearl.plymouth.ac.uk/plcjr/vol5/iss1/5