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Effectiveness of The Specialized Courts

   

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Running head- SPECIALIZED COURTS
Specialized Courts
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1Specialized Courts
A specialized court is described as a court with exclusive jurisdictions of one or more
than one specific field of law. The specialized courts are either an independent functioning
court or any creation by the administrative division of an existing court. The primary focus of
such establishments of specialized courts is for the motive of speedy trial and justice. The
specialized courts safeguard the independent functioning of justice. The primary aim of the
study is to understand the effectiveness of the specialized courts and the need for such
specialized court in the United States. Further, it provides a detailed account of the Problem
Solving courts functioned in the United States.
Specialization in Courts is a growing trend in the United States and many regions all
over the world. It is evident from the various reports that the creation of all such specialized
courts is for the tribunal to deal with cases like tax, property and environmental cases to
provide justice to the citizen and the non-governmental organisations. Specialization courts
include drug court, domestic violence courts, problem-solving courts, veterans treatment
courts, reentry courts and therapeutic courts (Huddleston, 2016). The Problem-solving courts
has been chosen as an example in order to understand the functioning of such specific
specialized courts. Problem-solving courts are a specialized court that deals with matters
relating to substance use or mental health disorders (Strong, Rantala & Kyckelhahn, 2016).
These kinds of courts have proved to be effective in order to provide an alternative judgment
for the adjudication upon allowing the accused towards detention with a reduced sentence
upon the criminal conviction. The main goal of such a court is rehabilitation and reduction in
the judgment by underlying a problem-solving approach to address the issue associated with
criminal conduct (Spivakovsky & Seear 2017). Various researches have shown that the
Problem Solving Courts are successful in reducing recidivism by increasing public safety
through the reformation of the offenders back in society. The powers of the court vary in
different jurisdictions. The problem-solving courts mostly deal with matters of the drug,
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