This comprehensive toolkit offers a step-by-step process to help courts and communities assess their approaches to human trafficking and prostitution, and develop or enhance a court-based response.
Judge Jorge Simón served as the presiding judge at the Hartford Community Court in Hartford, Connecticut, from January 2003 unitl 2006. Judge Simón spoke with the Center for Court Innovation’s Carolyn Turgeon about the community court and how it works.
Courts across the country are developing new and unique ways to address sex trafficking. Given the differences in local laws, culture, and available resources, there is no universally applicable model, and instead, human trafficking courts rely on shared strategies and goals. In this video resource, practitioners from courts around the country explain and discuss five key principles that animate their work in human trafficking courts.
Roxann Pais was appointed to be Dallas’s chief community prosecutor in 2001. Carolyn Turgeon from the Center for Court Innovation talked with Pais about the unique contributions her office has made to the field of community prosecution.
Gretta Bush and Bobby Davis of High Point Community Against Violence explain how the Drug Market Initiative offers a sustainable and effective strategy for ending violence associated with open air drug markets.
Ann Fulmer, a lawyer and community activist, explains how mortgage fraud harms neighborhoods—including her own community outside Atlanta, Georgia—and what residents can do to stop it.
Bonnie Dumanis was sworn in as the district attorney for San Diego County in January 2003—and is the first woman to serve in this role. Prior to serving as San Diego's top prosecutor, she served as a judge. In this capacity, she was a driving force behind the creation of local drug and domestic violence courts. Dumanis sat down with Carolyn Turgeon of the Center for Court Innovation to talk about her experiences.
Based on more than 300 in-depth interviews with adults involved in New York City’s multifaceted sex trade, this study describes a murky and mutable continuum between involvement in the trade due to force and choice. It also examines a unique criminal justice response: New York City's Human Trafficking Intervention Courts, developed to mitigate some of the harm trafficking victims experience in the criminal justice system.