The perception that downtown Minneapolis has a crime problem threatens the district's future. Lessons that could help are available in another city: New York.
The Brooklyn Mental Health Court was recently featured on New York City's NY news channel. See the story to read a transcript or access a video of the first segment of this multi-part story.
The court that tries to keep people out of prison is on the side of the justice system we rarely get to see. In the first of a three part series, NY1's Solana Pyne looks at Brooklyn's Mental Health court where the judge offers treatment instead of jail time.
In the world of television, in this case, the show Law and Order—justice is swift, fair and usually right. But in the real world of Canadian courtrooms, the wheels of justice can churn for months, or years. And sentences don't often satisfy anyone—not the victims, not the perpetrators, not the community. [scroll down to The Current: Part 3]
There might be changes coming in the provincial justice system that could lead to the reduction of the number of property crimes, which B.C.'s top judge admitted are out of control." "
Every year in domestic violence courts in New York City and numerous counties throughout the state, prosecutors recommend, and judges approve, dozens of defendants a month for batterer intervention programs.
Hon. Alex Calabrese, presiding judge, Red Hook Community Justice Center and Greg Berman, director of the Center for Court Innovation and co-author of Good Courts: The Case for Problem-Solving Justice (The New Press, 2005) discuss community justice centers with Brian Lehrer.
Featuring Hon. Alex Calabrese, presiding judge, Red Hook Community Justice Center and Greg Berman, director of the Center for Court Innovation and co-author of Good Courts: The Case for Problem-Solving Justice (The New Press, 2005)
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