The Center for Court Innovation provides hands-on, expert assistance to practitioners—judges, attorneys, criminal justice officials, and community organizations—around the country and internationally. The Center provides guidance on assessing public safety problems and crafting workable, practical solutions. Having launched dozens of innovative criminal and juvenile justice initiatives in New York, the Center knows first-hand the nut-and-bolts steps that must be taken to get a new project off the ground. From using data to define the problem to reaching out to the local community to building effective multi-agency partnerships—the Center is working nationwide and overseas to help create innovative responses to problems like drugs, domestic violence, delinquency, and neighborhood disorder.
The Center's experts are available to speak on topics of justice at conferences around the world. For example, in 2008, Center staff will be featured at Sacro's Annual Conference "Community Justice - Making Scotland Safer" in Edinburgh, Scotland, International Bridges to Justice's training in Beijing, China and numerous other events. |
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CASE STUDY: NORTH LIVERPOOL |
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The Center assisted the British Government  Technology in developing a pilot Community Justice Centre for England and Wales, providing support to a planning team of officials from several Government Departments—including the Home Office, the Department of Constitutional Affairs, and the Crown Prosecution Service—on such topics as needs assessment, program planning, community engagement, and site selection. Center staff led trainings in London on how to conduct a community needs assessment and build community support, led sessions in London focusing on program design and anticipated operational challenges, designed and led workshops in New York for project planners, and helped build internal and external support for the project.
The North Liverpool Community Justice Centre opened on December 9, 2004, followed by a second court-based community justice project in Salford (part of Greater Manchester). In November 2006, the British government announced its plan to launch a series of community courts across England and Wales. The ten new courts represent a significant investment in rethinking the relationship between courts and the community. In making the announcement, the Lord Chancellor said, "I believe that community justice is an essential part of the future of the criminal justice system."
To read more community court case studies, click here. Click here for more international case studies. |
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The Hardest Sell? Problem-Solving Justice and the Challenges of Statewide Implementation
By Greg Berman
An overview of the issues faced by states attempting to mainstream problem-solving innovation
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Don't Reinvent the Wheel: Lessons from Problem-Solving Courts
By Robert V. Wolf
This report offers nine practical strategies to encourage the sharing of information and resources among courts. These strategies are designed for those interested in starting a single-subject problem-solving court, those interested in merging problem-solving functions, and those hoping to incorporate problem-solving principles into a traditional courtroom.
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