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Alan Henry, Director Emeritus, Pretrial Services Resource Center D. Alan Henry is director emeritus of the Pretrial Services Resource Center, based in Los Angeles. In 2007 he spoke with Center staff about using diversion as part of a problem-solving justice initiative. read interview   Alex Calabrese, Judge, Red Hook Community Justice Center Judge Alex Calabrese is the presiding judge at the Red Hook Community Justice Center, a multi-jurisdictional community court that opened in 2000 in a renovated parochial school in southwest Brooklyn, N.Y. Before coming to Red Hook, he served as a judge in Brooklyn’s regular downtown criminal court. Here he talks about his experiences there, where he brought a problem-solving approach to a traditional court environment. read interview   Bruce J. Winick, Professor, University of Miami School of Law and School of Medicine, and David B. Wexler, Professor, University of Arizona Law School Bruce J. Winick and David B. Wexler are the leading authorities on “therapeutic jurisprudence,” and have co-authored and co-edited numerous books and articles on the subject. Here they talk about the relationship between therapeutic jurisprudence and problem-solving justice. read interview   David Fletcher, Judge, North Liverpool Community Justice Centre On Oct. 18, 2004, a five-person panel—which included, in an unprecedented move, two representatives of the community—selected Judge David Fletcher to preside over the North Liverpool Community Justice Centre, England’s effort to replicate the Red Hook Community Justice Center. Judge Fletcher spoke about how things had progressed. read interview   Douglas Van Dyk, Judge, Overland Park Community Court Judge Douglas Van Dyk is a Circuit Court Judge in Clackamas County, Oregon, and presides over the Overland Park Community Court, one of 10 sites to receive a grant from the U.S. Department of Justice under its Community-Based Problem-Solving Criminal Justice Initiative. Here he speaks about the court and how it works. read interview   Fred Bonner, Judge, Seattle Community Court Judge Bonner recently stepped down from the Seattle Community Court after presiding over it since its opening in March 2005. He has served on Seattle’s Municipal Court bench for nearly two decades. In February 2007 he spoke with Center for Court Innovation staff about the community court. read interview   John P. Smith and Korey Wahwassuck, Judges, Cass County, Minnesota Cass County District Court Judge John P. Smith and Leech Lake Tribal Court Chief Judge Korey Wahwassuck have worked together since 2006 presiding over the post-conviction, post-sentencing Driving While Intoxicated Court in Cass County, Minnesota. In May 2007 they spoke with Center for Court Innovation staff about the innovative, collaborative program. read interview   John Stuart, Minnesota State Public Defender John Stuart has been the State Public Defender of Minnesota since 1990. Here he talks about how problem-solving justice initiatives are playing out in Minnesota, and how problem-solving principles might be applied to other court settings. read interview   Jonathan Lippman, Chief Judge, New York State Court System With dozens of drug treatment courts and other problem-solving courts, New York is a national leader in the area of problem-solving justice. Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman speaks about problem-solving courts in the state. read interview   Judge Ron Albers, San Francisco Community Justice Center Judge Ron Albers, the presiding judicial officer of the San Francisco Community Justice Center, discusses the two-year planning process and the court’s first months of operation. read interview   Kevin Burke, District Judge, Hennepin County, Minnesota Kevin Burke helped lead the effort to create the Hennepin County Drug Court in 1997, and advocated for the creation of the Hennepin County Mental Health Court as well. Here he talks about the success of these courts, and how Hennepin County has made efforts to institutionalize problem solving in its court system. read interview   Mary Kay Hudson, Problem-Solving Court Administrator, Indiana Judicial Center Mary Kay Hudson, problem-solving court administrator for Indiana, discusses the challenges of coordinating problem-solving courts on a statewide basis. read interview   Michael Kemper, Deputy Inspector, New York Police Department Deputy Inspector Michael Kemper is the commanding officer of the New York Police Department’s 76th Precinct, one of the three police precincts served by the Red Hook Community Justice Center and the one that incorporates the Red Hook neighborhood itself. The 76th precinct was recently named #1 in New York City in crime reduction over the past two years. In February 2008, Deputy Inspector Kemper spoke to Center staff about this impressive achievement. read interview   Phillip McDonald, Court Programs Administrator, Atlanta Community Court Phillip McDonald is the court programs administrator for the Atlanta Community Court. In May 2006 he spoke with Center staff about the neighborhood Restorative Boards being developed and expanded under the U.S. Department of Justice’s Community-Based Problem-Solving Criminal Justice Initiative. read interview   Raymond R. Norko, Judge, Hartford Community Court Judge Raymond R. Norko helped found the Hartford Community Court in 1998 and presided over its operations until early 2003. After five years working in other criminal courts around Connecticut, he returned to the Hartford Community Court at the end of 2008. In its first 10 years, the court handled 78,233 cases, chalked up 285,000 hours of community service, and made over 20,800 social service referrals. read interview   Sherri Crock-Carsey, Mental Health Court Liaison, Athens County Municipal Court Substance Abusing/Mentally Ill Court Sherri Crock is the mental health court liaison for the Athens County Municipal Court Substance Abusing/Mentally Ill (SAMI) Court, which is designed to divert individuals with dual disorders of mental illness and substance abuse from incarceration by providing intensive community treatment and supervision. In April 2006 she spoke with Center staff about the program. read interview   Theron Bowman, Chief of Police, Arlington, Texas Theron Bowman began his law enforcement career with the Arlington Police Department in Arlington, Texas—a city of over 300,000—nearly 25 years ago, just before its community policing program began. He has been chief of police since 1999. In January 2007, he participated in a roundtable, assembled by the Center for Court Innovation and the Bureau of Justice Assistance, to discuss failure and innovation in criminal justice, a transcript of which is scheduled to be published in the first issue of the Journal of Court Innovation in the fall of 2007. read interview   Thomas Amodeo, Chief Judge, Buffalo City Court Judge Thomas Amodeo has been chief judge of the Buffalo City Court since 1994. In June 2006 he spoke with Center for Court Innovation staff about the C.O.U.R.T.S. (Court Outreach Unit: Referral and Treatment Services) program, which screens and refers defendants to treatment and other services. read interview