Problem-solving justice seeks to improve court outcomes for victims, litigants, and communities. This fact sheet contains principles and examples selected from an analysis of innovative programs across the country.
A look at the Attendance Achievement Program, a pilot program that offers schools a new tool to combat chronic absenteeism by supporting students and their families.
Judge Elizabeth “Libby” Hines presides over a specialized docket dedicated to domestic violence cases in Ann Arbor, Michigan. In 2009, she spoke with our director of communications, Robert V. Wolf, about her work.
A report documenting the efforts of the Baltimore Community Justice Initiative, which attempted to incorporate a broad array of justice system and community-based organizations in an ambitious effort to spread principles and practices of community justice.
An introduction to the important and neglected issue of children's exposure to intimate partner sexual assault involving their parents. Includes legal history, case examples, recommendations for how to work with adult victims and exposed children, and questions for future research.
A report documenting the program planning, curriculum, and evaluation findings from Youth ECHO (Expanding Community Horizons by Organizing), a youth organizing program in Red Hook, Brooklyn.
A comprehensive description of the origins of the community prosecution program in the Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Columbia.