Veterans Treatment Courts: A Critical Analysis

VETERANS TREATMENT
COURTS
A CRITICAL ANALYSIS

OVERVIEW
 The presentation is concerned with the Veterans Treatment Court and
objectives.
 It also strives to analyse the mental health problems relating to war
veterans.
 In addition, it discusses the structure of the programme.
 It enumerates application of this form of punishment.
 Moreover, this presentation strives to present a sociological perspective
of the programme.
 This assignment analyses the veteran treatment in Australia, its
limitation and the implementation of this structure in its place.

VETERANS TREATMENT COURTS
 It is a collaborative process which has been introduced by the associate
Judge of Buffalo City Court, namely Judge Robert Russell in 2009.
 It involves the defence, the prosecution, Judge, counsel, Department of
Veteran Affairs and different support organizations (Yerramsetti et al.,
2017).
 The reason for which the programme has been introduced in order to
rehabilitate the war veterans.
 Focusses to prevent the affinity of the war veterans to enter the criminal
justice system.
 Strives to achieve the same by addressing the mental element that leads
to such a delinquent behaviour (Timko et al., 2016).

OBJECTIVES OF VETERANS
TREATMENT COURTS
 Support the mental health conditions of the war veterans (Gallagher, 2016).
 Prevent the war veterans from entering the criminal justice system.
 Rehabilitation of the war veterans.
 Restore them to their normal course of life.
 Help them to adapt with their surroundings (Kratcoski, 2017).
 Prevent them from submission to drug abuse, alcoholism and other delinquent activities.
 The experience in military service led to traumatic brain disorder and post-traumatic stress
disorder.
 Affinity to use of substance.
 Affinity to surrender to the criminal justice system (Vaughan, Bell Holleran & Brooks, 2016).
 Affinity to delinquent behaviour like alcoholism, drug abuse, domestic violence and others.
 Inability to adapt with the surrounding environment.