Veteran Treatment Courts (VTC) are specialized court dockets for veterans. The veterans are identified, connected to services and linked to a support network so as prevent recidivistic behavior and to reduce the number of veterans who are incarcerated.
The documents posted below are listed in a variety of categories. To read a particular publication, click on the underlined text in red.
JSI: Mentors in Veterans Treatment Courts: Requirements, Dos & Don'ts, and Hypotheticals
JSI: Veterans Treatment Court: Individualized Veteran Case Plan & Progress Review Instructions
VA Fact Sheet on Veterans Treatment Courts
NIC Veterans Treatment Courts: Second Chance for Vets
JSI: Veterans Treatment Courts – Supporting Our Returning Heroes
JSI: Veterans Treatment Courts: A Special Court to Deal Effectively with Convicted Veterans
JSI: Can Judicial Compassion Be Unethical? Justice Speaks Podcast
JSI International: Veterans Treatment Courts
VTC Manual for Judges (Michigan)
Foreword
Dean Vicky Wilkins, School of Public Affairs, American University
Introduction
Dr. Julie Baldwin
Developing the Veterans Treatment Court
Robert T. Russell, Jr.
Identifying Those Who Served: Modeling Potential Participant Identification in Veterans Treatment Courts
Julie Marie Baldwin, Richard D. Hartley, Erika J. Brooke
Perception of Procedural Justice and Legal Legitimacy in Veterans Treatment Courts: Correlates with PTSD Risk Factors
John M. Gallagher, Elise A. Warner
An Exploratory Study of Veterans Treatment Court Peer Mentors: Roles, Experiences, and Expectations
Paul A. Lucas
“We Quell the Storm and Ride the Thunder”: The Legalization of Treatment in Veterans Treatment Courts
Nicole M. Sherman
The Constitutionality of a Prosecutorial Veto in Veterans Treatment Courts
Gregory G. Pinski