Viewing the Dublin Drug Treatment Court Through the Lens of Therapeutic Jurisprudence

© International Association for Court Administration. Over the last 25 years problem solving courts have developed internationally to provide a response to entrenched criminal justice related issues including addiction and mental health problems. These courts operate in adherence with the concept of Therapeutic Jurisprudence, which recognises the court and its officials as therapeutic agents, who work collaboratively to achieve the best possible outcomes for those appearing before the court. In an Irish context, problem solving courts have been in operation since 2001 when the Dublin Drug Treatment Court was established. This, however, remains the only problem solving court in operation within the Irish criminal justice system. This paper considers the wide ranging international literature on drug courts before casting a critical eye over the Dublin Drug Treatment Court, from its inception to the present day. It considers the workings of the court against the theoretical backdrop of Therapeutic Jurisprudence. This paper argues that while there seems to be a lack of overt engagement with Therapeutic Jurisprudence principles on the part of the Irish judiciary involved with the Dublin Drug Treatment Court, many tenets of the Court actually adhere to Therapeutic Jurisprudence principles, and the authors contend that calls for further empirical analysis. The paper builds on the works of Butler and Loughran et al., which has already provided an excellent grounding for any future studies on the Dublin Drug Treatment Court

Strengthening the Theoretical Commitments Underpinning Therapeutic Jurisprudence Research: Ontology and Epistemology

Therapeutic Jurisprudence is a legal philosophy concerned with the human effects of the law. Its scholarly work promotes greater interaction between law and the social sciences to draw attention to the therapeutic and/or anti-therapeutic side-effects of law. Despite significant headway having been made in therapeutic jurisprudence scholarship during its relatively short lifespan, there remain gaps in theory, not least, in terms of the ontological and epistemological commitments that underpin and drive its research, as well as how its methodology resonates with those from its predecessor schools: legal realism and sociological jurisprudence. This essay will respond to these gaps and, in doing so, will also acknowledge some of the key similarities and differences in the methodological underpinnings of the claims from legal realism and sociological jurisprudence (as well as legal positivism and formalism)

Determination of characteristics of plasticity of selected medium and high carbon steel grades in hot torsion test

This study presents results of the examinations aimed at determination of rheological properties of selected grades of medium and high-carbon steel grades ( C45 and C72D). The examinations were carried out for the hot torsion test using STD 812 torsion plastometer. The results of experimental studies were approximated with the function used for determination of yield stress depending on strain, strain rate and temperature. The study allowed for development of mathematical models of rheological properties of steel grades studied in the analysed scope of parameters of strain and temperature

Physical modelling of the plastic working processes of modified Zr-Nb zirconium alloy bars and tubes

The article presents the results of physical modelling of the processes of plastic working of the modified Zr - 1%Nb (Zr – 1,0 % Nb – 0,7 % Fe – 0,9 % O) zirconium alloy, obtained using different methods of plastometric testing. The ≪Gleeble 3800≫ metallurgical process simulator, a DIL805 A/D dilatometer with a plastometric attachment, and a ≪Setaram≫ plastometer were used for the tests. Based on the obtained testing results, the values of the yield stress and limiting plasticity of the alloy were determined for wide ranges of temperature variation (Т = 20 - 950 °С) and strain rate variation (έ= 0,1 – 15,0 s-1) under continuous loading conditions. It was found that by using different testing methods, different alloy properties, characteristic of a given plastic working process, could be obtained

Microstructure and mechanical properties of forged and rolled rings made from X20Cr13 steel

The article describes the results of microstructure and mechanical properties tests (according to PN-EN ISO 6892- 1:2016-09 and PN-EN ISO 6507-1:2007), which were obtained on specimens taken from a fragment of a ring rolled in the temperature range from 1220 °C to 950 °C, with dimensions ø965/803 x 164 mm, annealed and heat-treated: quenching at the temperature of 1 030 ± 10 °C in oil and tempering at a temperature of 650 °C. The starting material for rolling was a forging with an opening of ø560/230 x 180 mm. Comparative hardness tests were also performed on specimens taken from the ring after rolling and softening annealing. The Rm>/sub>, Rp0.2 and A indices of the ring fragment after heat treatment, as assumed, were respectively: 942 MPa, 763 MPa and 17 %

Study of the deformation state during the pulling of the workpiece in a special die

The article presents the results of a study of the deformation state when pulling a metal workpiece in a special die, preventing unidirectional metal flow in the longitudinal direction. The study of the deformation state and the construction of fields of moving during pulling of workpieces in a special die was carried out using variational methods, as well as mathematical modeling. The results of the studies on variational methods and mathematical modeling showed that the values of shear deformations in the central zone of deformation focus are respectively within 0,081 – 0,1226 and 0,085 – 0,175, which in turn proves the possibility of obtaining long-term metal workpieces with increased physical and mechanical properties in the die

The influence of the shape of grooves on the behavior of internal material discontinuities in continuous S355J2G3 steel strands during rolling

The article discusses problems related to the influence of rolling processes on the process of closing of internal discontinuities in continuous castings during rolling in shape grooves. Numerical modelling of the process of rolling 160 × 160 mm continuous S355J2G3 steel strands was carried out using the Forge 2008R software program. The experimental studies were conducted in a D150 laboratory rolling mill. Holes simulating material discontinuities were examined. In numerical and experimental studies, in steel samples after rolling in the third rolling stand, the defects were closing in 100 % on average. It was stated that the speed of closing of material discontinuities in feedstock is strongly influenced by the shape of the rolling groove

Ewaluation and analysis of the large-size forged and rolled en AW – 7057 alumminum alloy ring structure

The article presents the results of tests on the structure and hardness of a large-size ring made of EN AW - 7075 aluminium alloy produced under industrial conditions at the Zarmen FPA forge according to the developed technology - a combined forging and rolling method. Studies of the ring were carried out in order to assess its structure and hardness after the forming processes. The scope of the study included microscopic observations (microstructure and EDS), X-ray phase analysis and hardness distribution measurements