Contents
Introduction: Hiding in Plain View: How the Extensive Use of Nonjudicial Officers Corrupts the Criminal Justice System / Michael L. Perlin and Kelly Frailing
Part I. Nonjudicial Officers in Countroom Settings
1. “But I Ain’t a Judge”: The Therapeutic Jurisprudence Implications of the Use of Nonjudicial Officers in Criminal Justice Cases / Michael L. Perlin
2. The Role of Nonjudicial Officers and Their Impact on Therapeutic Jurisprudence in the Context of Alcohol and Substance Abuse and Mental Health / Mehgan Gallagher
3. Therapeutic Jurisprudence in Action: Applying Goffman’s Dramaturgical Theory to Mental Health Courts / Karen A. Snedker
4. Therapeutic Jurisprudence in Swift and Certain Probation / Kelly Frailing, Brandi Alfonso, and Rae Taylor
5. The Value of Remorse as a Therapeutic Tool for Probation Officers in Sentencing / Colleen M. Berryessa and Ashley Balavender
6. It’s Time to Shine: Understanding the Implications of Commitment Decision-Making by Nonjudicial Officers and Embracing Change / Shelley Kolstad
7. The Role of Nonjudicial Officers in the Disparity of Treatment for Persons with Dual Diagnoses and How TJ Can Improve Outcomes / Naomi Weinstein
8. Therapeutic Jurisprudence in the Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, Reentry Court / Victoria Rapp
Part II. Nonjudicial Officers in Administrative Settings
9. Doing Time in “the Devil’s Chair”: Evaluating Nonjudicial Administrative Decisions to Isolate and Restrain Prisoners and Detainees with Mental Health Disabilities in Jails and Prisons / Deborah A. Dorfman
10. Correctional Disciplinary Proceedings and Incarcerated People with Mental Disabilities / Henry A. Dlugacz
11. The Complexities of Criminal Responsibility and Persons with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities: How Can Therapeutic Jurisprudence Help? / Lisa Whittingham and Voula Marinos
12. The Role of Therapeutic Jurisprudence in Nonjudicial Administrative Placement of Migrant Children with Mental Illness / Alison J. Lynch
13. “Give Me My Allowance or I’ll Run!”: Everyday Resistance by Foster Children and Justice Outsourced / Bernard P. Perlmutter
14. A Critique of Texas Lethal Injection Cases: An Examination of Decision-Making and the Risk of Botches in Texas Lethal Injection Protocols Since 1982 / Talia Roitberg Harmon, Michael Cassidy, and Richelle Kloch
Part III. Ethical and Practical Considerations in the Use of Nonjudicial Officers
15. Navigating Judicial Hurdles for Effective Legal Solutions: The Agony and the Ecstasy / Valerie R. McClain
16. Reconstructing the Ethics Code to Remedy the Failures of Strickland v. Washington / Heather Ellis Cucolo
17. Nonjudicial Influence on Family Violence Court Cases / Lenore E. A. Walker and Brandi N. Diaz
Part IV. A Word from the Bench
18. Procedural Fairness Is the Foundation for Making Nonlawyer Judges Effective / Judge Kevin S. Burke
List of Contributors
Index