A multi-faceted partnership to lower violence in one of Brooklyn’s most beleaguered neighborhoods gets a major boost with the announcement of $599,000 in funding from the U.S. Department of Justice. Among those speaking at a press conference to announce the grant are Denise E. O’Donnell, director of the U.S. Bureau of Justice Assistance, New York City Police Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York Loretta E. Lynch, and Brooklyn District Attorney Charles J. Hynes.
Jeanne Noordsy of Catholic Charities discusses her role in the planning and operation of two rural domestic violence court initiatives: the Integrated Domestic Violence Initiative in Warren and Washington counties, and the Domestic Violence Court in Glens Falls, NY. She details the ways in which the court interacts with victim advocates.
Annette Culunio, Resource Coordinator in Tioga and Schuyler Counties, two rural areas of New York State, discusses the planning, challenges, and rewards of the Integrated Domestic Violence Initiative.
The graduation of seven fathers serves as a jumping off point for Liberty Aldrich, director of the Center for Court Innovation's family and domestic violence programming, to discuss the Kings County Parent Support Program, which links non-custodial parents with needed services to increase child support payments and maintain healt
This report examines a project to improve drug court screening and referral protocols and increase access to vocational and education services, in a well-established drug court in Syracuse, New York. The enhancement did not result in significant improvements to either drug court access or referral time; the project did result in some improvements in service provision.
Gail Pendleton, co-director of ASISTA, which advises and trains advocates and attorneys who work with immigrant survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault, discusses some of the complex issues non-citizen survivors face. July 2012
This monograph, published by the Centre for Justice Innovation with the assistance of the Probation Chiefs Association, identifies five key factors that have allowed seven Probation Trusts in England and Wales to continue to deliver high-intensity community sentence projects despite cuts in funding from the central government. This paper was underwritten by the Hadley Trust.
This Urban Institute evaluation of two mental health courts in New York City finds that mental health court participants are significantly less likely to recidivate, as compared to similar offenders with mental illness who experience business-as-usual court processing.
This report presents on the findings of several exploratory research projects focused on NYC Community Cleanup, a citywide program that supervises low-level offenders sentenced to perform community restitution. Overall, both justice stakeholders and offenders had a positive perception of NYC Community Cleanup and the value of community restitution in paying back the community for the harm caused by crime.