Sociologist Andrew Papachristos focuses his studies on urban neighborhoods, social networks, street gangs, violent crime, and gun violence. As a Robert Wood Johnson Health and Society Scholar at Harvard University, Andrew will expand his use of network analysis to study crime in U.S. cities, paying particular attention to the way violence diffuses among populations of youth. During a break in a roundtable on collaborations between public health and public safety, he discusses how social network analysis can aid crime prevention.
Denise O'Donnell, director of the Bureau of Justice Assistance at the U.S. Department of Justice, offers closing remarks at the International Conference of Community Courts in Washington, D.C.
In his appearance at the International Conference of Community Courts, R. Gil Kerlikowske, the director of the National Office of Drug Control Policy, discusses the role community courts are playing in efforts to reduce substance abuse and drug-fueled crime. Read the prepared remarks.
Assistant Attorney General Laurie O. Robinson addresses the audience at Community Justice 2012: the International Conference of Community Courts in Washington, D.C.
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.