# Learning outcomes

After studying this course, you should be able to:

- examine the concepts of rupture and repair as a means of understanding formal court processes
- define and describe problem-solving versus adversarial courts
- contrast the strengths and weaknesses of problem-solving and adversarial courts
- identify the limitations of both problem-solving and adversarial courts in social and criminal justice settings.

OpenLearn - Exploring criminology: problem-solving courts
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