Abstract Over the last few decades, treatment-oriented court judges have moved away from being neutral arbitrators in an adversarial court process to treatment facilitators. In the problem-solving court model, judges are part of a more therapeutic treatment process with program participants and a courtroom work group. The shift from the use of the traditional criminal justice process toward the use of more treatment-oriented models for some populations highlights the need to systematically document key elements of treatment court models. In particular, it is important to clearly document the role of Reentry Court Judges because they are a key component of the Reentry Court model. The current study used interviews with members of the courtroom work group, as well as a focus group interview of former participants in the program, to help identify the role of the judge and activities the judge engages. Findings revealed that the judges played a supportive, informal role, balanced with a more formal, authoritarian role, and the judges engaged participants in pre-court meetings, as well as courtroom sessions. Further, the judges facilitated interactions with program participants outside the courtroom, demonstrating that the judge is a core component of success for participants in Reentry Court.

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再入法院法官：法院的关键

摘要在过去的几十年中，以治疗为导向的法院法官已经从对抗性法院程序中的中立仲裁员转变为治疗促进者。在解决问题的法院模型中，法官是计划参与者和法庭工作组的更具治疗性的治疗过程的一部分。从传统的刑事司法程序的使用向某些人群使用更多以治疗为导向的模式的转变突显了需要系统地记录治疗法院模式的关键要素的需求。尤其重要的是，要清楚地记录重入法院法官的角色，因为它们是重入法院模型的关键组成部分。当前的研究使用了对法庭工作组成员的访谈，以及对该计划前参与者的焦点小组访谈，帮助确定法官的角色和法官参与的活动。调查结果表明，法官扮演着非正式的支持角色，同时又具有更为正式的威权主义角色，并且法官让参与者参加了庭前会议和法庭会议。此外，法官还促进了与法庭以外程序参与者之间的互动，表明法官是重返法庭参与者成功的核心要素。