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Problem-Solving/Diversionary Courts

United States' Material
- link to Community Justice site
- US Dep't of Justice, Juvenile Drug Courts: Strategies in Practice (March 2003)
- National Center for State Courts, Problem-Solving Courts, Best or Promising Practices, Reference List

Canadian Material
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National Judicial Institute,
Judging for the 21st Century - a Problem Solving Approach
- US Dep't of Justice, Juvenile Drug Courts: Strategies in Practice (March 2003)

Australian Material
Karen Freeman and Neil Donnelly, Early-phase predictors of subsequent program compliance and offending among NSW Adult Drug Court participants (October 2005) 88 Crime and Justice Bulletin 1

Elena Marchetti and Kathleen Daly, Indigenous courts and justice practices in Australia Trends & issues in crime and criminal justice (10 Aug 2004) Australian Institute of Criminology

Melissa Bull, Review of International Programs for the Diversion of Drug Offenders from the Criminal Justice System, (2003), QLD Government, Dep't of Premier & Cabinet

New South Wales

- New South Wales Drug Court
- NSW MERIT Program
- NSW Judicial Commission - Research Monograph 24: MERIT: Magistrates Early Referral Into Treatment Program: A Survey of Magistrates
- Magistrate Jeff Linden, Magistrates Early Referral into Treatment Program (MERIT), (2003) 15(5) Judicial Officers Bulletin 33
- NSW Judicial Commission - Research Monograph 20: Apprehended Violence Orders: A survey of magistrates
- NSW Judicial Commission - Research Monograph 22: Circle Sentencing in New South Wales: A Review and Evaluation
- Evaluation of the New South Wales Youth Drug Court Pilot Program, Final Report Report prepared for the New South Wales Attorney General’s Department (March 2004)

Victoria
- Magistrates' Court - Criminal Justice Diversion Program
- Koori Court - First Children's Koori Court
- Drug Court - evaluation

South Australia
- SA Magistrates' Courts - Diversion Program
- Domestic Violence Court

Queensland
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Queensland Drug Court - introduction - participation - 150 graduations (media release) - diversion program expansion (media release)

Western Australia
- Drug Court

Other Publications
Australian Institute of Criminology, 'Trends & Issues in Crime and Criminal Justice No. 95 'Drugs Courts: Issues and Prospects', Toni Makkai, October 1998

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