I. BACKGROUND ON UGANDA LRA CONFLICT & THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT ..............................213 II. UGANDAN ALTERNATIVE JUSTICE MECHANISMS (AJM) ....................................................................223 III. ICC AVENUES FOR DEFERRAL TO AJM ...........................237 A. Security Council Request (Article 16)................................239 B. Ne Bis In Idem (Article...

Editorial Policy—Criminology & Public Policy (CPP) is a peer-reviewed journal devoted to the study of criminal justice policy and practice. The central objective of the journal is to strengthen the role of research findings in the formulation of crime and justice policy by publishing empirically based, policy-focused articles. Authors are encouraged to submit papers that contribute to a more in...

This Article proposes court pluralism as a new theory for analyzing the role of the justice system in addressing domestic violence. It argues that a systemic view of the justice system is essential to developing coherent reform strategies, and lays out the foundation for taking into account the unique functions of civil and criminal justice in domestic violence cases. In doing so, the Article c...

a College of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306-1127, USA b Center for Social and Humanities Research, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia c School of Criminology and Criminal Justice, University of Nebraska at Omaha, Lincoln, NE 68588-0561, USA d Department of Psychology, Western Illinois University, Macomb, IL 61455, USA e Institute o...

Three case studies are the basis for a discussion of the criminalization hypothesis as it may apply to psychiatric probationers and parolees in the criminal justice system. In each of these cases, the treating psychiatrist faced the problems of noncompliance with treatment and/or restrictive civil commitment standards. The patient's status as a probationer or parolee played a pivotal role in st...

The setting-up of the Criminal Cases Review Commission has set back the pursuit of justice in the UK by more than twenty years. We now have a post-trial process that is long-drawnout but only intermittently efficacious. We have also created a situation whereby the UK criminal justice system has a defective trial process and a defective appeals process, but then abdicates its responsibility for ...

To provide better customer service, NCJRS has made this Federally-funded grant final report available electronically in addition to traditional paper copies. Opinions or points of view expressed are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the official position or policies of the U.S. We describe the main project activities and findings made during the 'reporting period.' In an eff...

Background CJDATS-2 (Criminal Justice Drug Abuse Treatment Systems), a 5-year multisite national research collaborative funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), targeted implementation of evidence-based approaches for assessing and treating drug abuse within criminal justice settings. The Organizational Process Improvement Intervention, one of the major projects within the collabo...

The criminal justice system is a complex, knowledge intensive industry where competitive advantage is achieved by effective management and deployment of human resources. It is an industry in which formal competitive intelligence (CI) human resource management processes can make a significant impact in terms of keeping communities safe and livable by selecting police officers who are committed t...

As described by the authors, a recovery-oriented system of care for drug-abusing criminal offenders is one that provides for continuity of treatment, using evidence-based interventions at every stage as clients progress through the justice system. Treatment Alternatives for Safe Communities of Illinois has partnered with criminal justice and treatment programs to establish a basic recovery-orie...