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Abstract: 

Our regular review of the books and research includes reviews of “The Authority of the Court and the Peril of Politics” by Stephen Breyer, published by Harvard University Press; “The Crisis in America’s Criminal Courts: Improving Criminal Justice Outcomes by Transforming Decision-Making” by William R. Kelly, published by Rowman and Littlefield; “Just Algorithms: Using Science to Reduce Incarceration and Inform a Jurisprudence of Risk” by Christopher Slobogin, published by Cambridge University Press; “Taking Problem-Solving Courts to Scale: Diverse Applications of the Specialty Court Model” edited by Eileen M. Ahlin and Anne S. Douds, published by Lexington Books; “Crime and Justice, Vol. 50: A Review of Research” edited by Michael Tonry, published by University of Chicago Press.

Keywords: Judicial Authority and Politics; America’s Criminal Courts; Algorithms and Problem-Solving Courts; Specialty Courts

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