Greg Berman, the director of the Center for Court Innovation, welcomes participants to Community Justice 2012: the International Conference of Community Courts in Washington D.C.
This report outlines some of the challenges of responding to retail theft and highlights several promising approaches that provide an alternative to the traditional justice system—whether via streamlined processing or by an alternative intervention for the offender. The report concludes with a guide for jurisdictions interested in piloting a program in their community to improve the response to retail theft.
Judge Joseph Gubbay explains how the Adolescent Diversion Program is expanding the justice system's options for dealing with 16- and 17-year-old defendants.
Kevin G. Kelly, deputy commissioner of NYC Business Customer Service in the New York City's Mayor Office, discusses how the city uses technology to improve efficiency and radically restructure how businesses interact with government.
Authors of new research about gun violence in Brooklyn, New York, Sarah Picard-Fritsche and Lenore Lebron discuss findings on Save Our Streets (S.O.S.) Crown Heights, an approach to gun violence prevention in the Crown Heights neighborhood.
Queens County (NY) Judge Fernando Camacho discusses why he created a prostitution diversion court that helps victims leave a life of prostitution by linking them to counseling and social services instead of sentencing them to jail time.
This Needs Assessment documents the findings of a year-long investigation of youth violence in East Harlem. The Strategic Plan contains recommendations for gang prevention, intervention and suppression approaches.
This monograph describes the current landscape of collaboration between state and tribal justice systems, detailing the history, barriers to effective cooperation, and promising recent developments in the field.
This report provides a profile of parolees released from upstate prisons to New York City between 2001 and 2008. Findings include a three-year re-arrest rate of 53% and a three-year return to prison rate of 29%. As context, the Bureau of Justice Statistics estimates that nationwide, approximately one-third of formerly incarcerated persons on community supervision are returned to prison.