Alternative Justice: Modeling the Genesis of United States’ Specialty Courts

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2015
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Oberfield, Zachary W.
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Haverford College. Department of Political Science
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Specialty courts, such as Drug and Veterans’ Courts, represent an alternative approach to justice. My focus is to answer the question, ‘What factors lead to the creation specialty courts?’ The goal of my research is to create a model that illustrates the genesis of specialty courts. I have collected data from scholars, the news media, and those who founded the first Drug and Veterans’ Courts in order to create this model. My results indicate that the factors necessary to create a specialty court include policy entrepreneurs, an institutional structure, a crisis event(s), and a gatekeeper.
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Courts of special jurisdiction -- United States
Drug courts -- Florida -- Miami -- Case studies
Courts of special jurisdiction -- New York -- Buffalo -- Case studies
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http://hdl.handle.net/10066/17661
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Political Science