Problem-Solving Courts and the Criminal Justice System

David DeMatteo, JD, PhD, is an Associate Professor of Psychology and Associate Professor of Law at Drexel University, and Director of Drexel's JD/PhD Program in Law and Psychology. His research interests include offender diversion, psychopathic personality, and forensic mental health assessment. He is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association (Divisions 12 and 41) and board certified in forensic psychology by the American Board of Professional Psychology. He is a past president of the American Psychology-Law Society. Kirk Heilbrun, PhD, is Professor in the Department of Psychology at Drexel University. His research interests include forensic mental health assessment, risk assessment and risk reduction, and diversion. He is board certified in clinical psychology and in forensic psychology by the American Board of Professional Psychology, and is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association in six divisions. He received the Distinguished Contribution to Psychology and Law award in 2016 from the American Psychology-Law Society, of which he is a former president. Alice Thornewill, JD, MS, is a 7th-year student in the JD/PhD Program in Law and Psychology at Drexel University. She received a master's degree in psychology from Drexel University in 2018, and she graduated summa cum laude from Drexel University's Thomas R. Kline School of Law in 2018. She anticipates receiving her PhD in Clinical Psychology (forensic concentration) from Drexel University in 2020. Her research interests include re-entry, offender diversion, problem-solving justice, prison reform, therapeutic interventions for justice-involved populations, and human rights. Shelby Arnold, PhD, received her doctoral degree in Clinical Psychology with a concentration in Forensic Psychology from Drexel University in 2019. Her research interests include problem-solving courts (particularly mental health courts), offender re-entry, and the use of evidence-based clinical interventions for justice-involved individuals and individuals with severe mental illness.