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Research by the National Institutes of Health indicates that every 100 probationers were convicted of a second offense 23 times over the nextfive years in a court using volunteers as contrasted with 270 times in a court not using volunteers.   To read more, go to the Court Volunteer Services page at The National Judicial College.

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Misdemeanor Courts, Hope for Crime Weary America

Front Cover, Certificate of the Presidents and Index

Chapter 1 - The Potential of Misdemeanor Courts

Chapter 2 - How to Begin

Chapter 3 - Expanding the One-on-One Program

Chapter 4 - Ordinary People Doing Extraordinary Things

Chapter 5 - Retirees: A Special Gift

Chapter 6 - Pre-Sentence Investigations

Chapter 7 - The Professional Volunteer

Chapter 8 - Educational Programs

Chapter 9 - Alcohol Anonymous

Chapter 10 - Earning a Dismissal

Chapter 11 - The Psychiatrist and Psychologists

Chapter 12 - Employment Counseling

Chapter 13 - The Retired Accountant Volunteer

Chapter 14 - The Volunteer Marriage Counselor

Chapter 15 - A Gift From Allan

Chapter 16 - Motivation

Chapter 17 - A Lesson From a Juvenile Institution

Chapter 18 - A Lesson From a Juvenile Court

Chapter 19 - A Lesson From a Prison

Chapter 20 - A Lesson From a Prosecutor

Chapter 21 - A Lesson From an Engineer

Chapter 22 - Dissemination

Chapter 23 - Tough? Who is Tough?

Chapter 24 - Discipline

Chapter 25 - Why the Misdemeanor Court?

Chapter 26 - The Good News and the Bad News

Chapter 27 - Victims

Chapter 28 - Judges of the Misdeameanor Court

Chapter 29 - Who is the Volunteer?

Chapter 30 - Spirit of Volunteerism

Chapter 31 - Religion, Religious & Court Volunteerism

Chapter 32 - A Misdemeanor Court: The Weak Becomes Strong

Index to Exhibits

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Crime, Courts and Christ

Front Cover, About the Author, Certificate of the Presidents and Table of Contents

Chapter 1 - The Potential of Misdemeanor Courts

Chapter 2 - How to Begin

Chapter 3 - Expanding the One-To-One Program

Chapter 4 - Ordinary People Doing Extraordinary Things

Chapter 5 - Retirees: A Special Gift

Chapter 6 - Pre-Sentence Investigations

Chapter 7 - The Professional Volunteer

Chapter 8 - Educational Programs

Chapter 9 - "Alcohol Anonymous"

Chapter 10 - Earning a Dismissal

Chapter 11 - The Psychiatrists and Psychologists

Chapter 12 - Employment Counseling

Chapter 13 - The Retired Accountant Volunteer

Chapter 14 - The Volunteer Marriage Counselor

Chapter 15 - A Gift From Allan

Chapter 16 - Motivation

Chapter 17 - A Lesson From a Juvenile Criminal Institution

Chapter 18 - A Lesson From a Juvenile Court

Chapter 19 - A Lesson From a Prison

Chapter 20 - A Lesson From a Prosecutor

Chapter 21 - A Lesson From an Engineer

Chapter 22 - Dissemination

Chapter 23 - Tough? Who is Tough on Crime?

Chapter 24 - Discipline

Chapter 25 - Why the Misdemeanor Court?

Chapter 26 - Money: The Good News and the Bad News

Chapter 27 - Victims

Chapter 28 - Judges of the Misdeameanor Court

Chapter 29 - Who is the Volunteer?

Chapter 30 - Spirit of Volunteerism

Chapter 31 - What is Justice?

Chapter 32 - A Misdemeanor Court: The Weak Becomes Strong

Chapter 33 - Only the Theif Called Him Jesus

Chapter 34 - The Fatherless

Chapter 35 - The Gift of the Utterance of Wisdom

Chapter 36 - Sharing Our Faith

Chapter 37 - Love: Our Greatest Weapon in the War Against Crime

Chapter 38 - Are We Forever Doomed to Violence?

Chapter 39 - Coping With Failure

Chapter 40 - Jesus and the Criminal Justice System

Chapter 41 - ...And In Conclusion

Acknowledgments

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