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crime theory. Copyright Blackwell Publishing Jun 2005 [Headnote] The nationwide
growth in specialized or problem-solving courts, including ...
... While I am not arguing that situational crime theory does not work, just that it
seems to be used to provide us with a false sense of security. ...
... Also in discussion will be some of the issues involved in white collar crime,
which is not explained by the inequality and crime theory. ...
... The theory claims that crime prevention or at least crime reduction may be achieved
through policies that convince criminals to disengage from criminal ...
A General Theory of Crime. ... The theory suggests that, " the propensity to commit
crimes remains stable" throughout a crime-prone persons life. ...
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Copyright Blackwell Publishing Jun 2005
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The nationwide growth in specialized or problem-solving courts, including drug courts, community courts, mental health courts, and domestic violence courts, among others, raises questions about the role of the state with respect to social change. According to social control theories of the state, especially theories of technocratic or rationalized justice, law is increasingly about efficiency, speed, and effectiveness. Specialized courts, however, take on a social problem approach to crime, seeking to address crime's "root causes" within the individual, the society, and the larger culture in ways more characteristic of social movements. Are specialized courts about social control or social change? This study examines state action in a specialized court in domestic violence in order to examine this question. I focus on a domestic violence court that arose in February 1997 and four years later employed full-time judges, prosecuting and defense attorneys, and numerous other staff to handle all misdemeanor domestic violence cases in Salt Lake County, Utah. I ask how legal, political, and community officials justify the court and its operation in order to examine some important issues about the role of the state and social change. Ultimately, I suggest that my findings about the complementary roles of social control and social change within domestic violence courts have implications not only for critical theories of technocratic justice and for the battered women's movement but also for democratic theories of the state.
Techniques for making justice speedier and more efficient have produced legal innovations since the Progressive Era and before (Heydebrand & Seron 1990; Resnik 1982, 1985, 2002; Fiss 1983, 1984). Referred to as technocratic or rationalized justice (Heydebrand & Seron 1990)-a move from adjudication to administration-innovations have included unified dockets, more plea...
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