CLJ 240 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: The Dilemma, Punitive Damages, United States Federal Sentencing Guidelines

• School: UIC
• Department: Criminology, Law, and Justice
• Course: CLJ 240
• Professor: Laurel A Mazer

Document Summary

Clj 240 chapter 9 court issues and practices. Problem-solving courts: special courts created to accommodate persons with specific needs and problems, such as drug, veteran, and mentally ill offenders, they share five principal aspects: The proactive, problem-solving orientation of the judge. Drug court, mental health, and veterans" courts: as of mid-2013, there were 2,383 drug courts operating in the united states; another. Suggested solutions and performance standards: the best-known legislation addressing the problem is the speedy trial act of 1974, amended in 1979. A system whereby cases are assigned to a single judge, who oversees all aspects of it from arraignment to pretrial motions and trial: master calendar system. A system whereby different judges are assigned to oversee all stages of a case (preliminary hearing, arraignment, trial) Decreasing litigation: several methods are now being proposed to reduce the number of lawsuits in this country: One is to limit punitive damages, with only the judge being allowed to levy them.