Veteran Courts

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Veteran Courts

The court falls under the tag of special courts, which is actually authorized and accountable for the cases those are charged for the people under minor offenses, who actually involve veterans of militaries like United States Armed Forces. Out of these armed forces, people are particularly involved who are diagnosed with minor or related illness. However, looking back at the history of the Veteran courts, it was particularly started and established in 2008 in Buffalo, New York. This was the first veteran court which was established, and which is as well actually used for the establishment of other veteran courts in other part of the United States of America. The basic purpose of these veteran courts are actually make assistance to the veterans who are charges with non-violent crimes, and those who are kept on struggling with the metal illness, addiction or disorders occurring because of these addictions, and thus, they fall in the crime, and come in contact with the criminal justice system.

Specialty Courts have increased rapidly around the country as jurisdictions attempt to find alternative methods of dealing with certain types of offenders (Champion, Hartley, &Rabe, 2012).Veteran courts are the courts which are totally involved in the drug and mental health illness related crimes. These types of courts can either be called as hybrid courts. These types of courts are highly significant in the public sector and perform a vital role in the public roles and administration. They use the drug court model, where they purposely assist and serve the veteran who are actually struggling with the drug addiction, co-occurring diseases and disorders, and those people who are involved in mental illness issues.

These courts , specially the veteran courts which lie under the label of special courts tends to promote abstemiousness, revival, and stability by the help ...