Court populations in need of services: defining the court's role

✍ Scribed by Pamela Casey

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1998
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 172 KB
• Volume: 16
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0735-3936
• DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-0798(199821)16:2<157::aid-bsl302>3.0.co;2-q

✦ Synopsis

Court populations frequently include individuals in need of educational, employment, health, housing, mental health, social, and other types of services that are not commonly provided by the judicial system. Courts vary in the ways they address the service needs of these individuals based on a variety of factors speci®c to their respective jurisdiction. Following a discussion of some of these approaches, the article oers a framework, based on Bronfenbrenner's human development paradigm and its focus on environmental contexts, to help courts more systematically and comprehensively de®ne their role in service issues within the legal and service parameters of their own jurisdiction.