title: Front-Stage Stars and Backstage Producers: The Role of Judges in Problem-Solving Courts().
abstract: In problem-solving courts judges are no longer neutral arbitrators in adversarial justice processes. Instead, judges directly engage with court participants. The movement towards problem-solving court models emerges from a collaborative therapeutic jurisprudence framework. While most scholars argue judges are the central courtroom actors within problem-solving courts, we find judges are the stars front-stage, but play a more supporting role backstage. We use Goffman's front-stage-backstage framework to analyze 350 hours of ethnographic fieldwork within five problem-solving courts. Problem-solving courts are collaborative organizations with shifting leadership, based on forum. Understanding how the roles of courtroom workgroup actors adapt under the new court model is foundational for effective implementation of these justice processes.
authors: Criminology, Law & Society Department George Mason University 4400 University Dr. MS 4F4 Fairfax, VA 22030 703.993.9896.
authors: Shannon
authors: S
authors: Portillo
authors: Danielle
authors: D
authors: Rudes
authors: Jill
authors: J
authors: Viglione
authors: Matthew
authors: M
authors: Nelson
authors: Faye
authors: F
authors: Taxman
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