The Center for Court Innovation

Newark Studies Community Court Model
With the help of planners from the Center for Court Innovation, Newark, New Jersey is investigating the feasibility of a community court.
http://www.nj.com/starledger/stories/index.ssf?/base/news-4/1196832927296950.xml&coll=1

National Law Journal Runs Op-Ed Failure
The Center's efforts to study failed criminal justice reforms are featured in the National Law Journal.
http://www.law.com/jsp/nlj/PubArticleNLJ.jsp?id=1197496446676

Youth Court Summit Held in Red Hook
The Center for Courts and the Community, a public-private partnership between the Center for Court Innovation and the New York State Unified Court System, convened a gathering of New York State youth courts in October 2007.
http://www.wnyc.org/news/articles/88965

Attendance Court Launched in Harlem and Red Hook
The Center has created two Attendance Court pilot programs aimed at improving school attendance among elementary and middle school students.

Drug Court Book Published
Personal Stories: Narratives from Drug Courts Across New York State, a new book produced by the Center for Courts and the Community, offers personal accounts of addiction and redemption written by participants in drug courts across New York State.

Red Hook Youth Learn Through Photography
The Red Hook Community Justice Center sponsored the second annual Red Hook Youth Photography Project to help encourage positive self-expression among Red Hook's young people. Visit the project's Flickr page at http://www.flickr.com/people/rhcjcphotographyproject/.

The Center Launches Alternative to Detention Program in Queens
Located in the basement of a church in the Jamaica neighborhood, Queens Engagement Strategies for Teens provides an alternative to detention for youth who have delinquency matters pending in Queens Family Court.

Red Hook Community Justice Center Featured at Architecture Conference
The Red Hook Community Justice Center was the subject of a panel discussion on Innovations in Design: Collaboration and the Problem-Solving Courthouse.
http://www.brooklyneagle.com/categories/category.php?category_id=4&id=16178

Canadian Judges Get Lessons from Abroad in Setting Up Community Courts
More than 500 judges gathered in Vancouver to learn more about community courts.
http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/westcoastnews/story.html?id=ca457ce5-6931-4d46-afaa-5b6c601d9e31

Center for Court Innovation Celebrates Decade of Achievement
Mayor Michael Bloomberg and New York State Chief Judge Judith S. Kaye were among the over 300 people who attended the January 2007 gathering marking the Center's
10-year anniversary

The Center Honored with National Leadership Award
The National Association of Drug Court Professionals honored the Center for Court Innovation with its National Leadership Award at its annual conference in Washington DC.

San Francisco Moves Forward with Community Court
Efforts to create a community court in San Francisco pick up momentum.
http://www.sanfranciscosentinel.com/?p=7775

NEWEST PUBLICATIONS

Learning from Failure: A Roundtable on Criminal Justice Innovation
A day-long roundtable of judges, court administrators, probation officials, prosecutors, police chiefs, and defense attorneys discussing lessons learned from projects that did not succeed.
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Principles of Problem-Solving Justice
An examination of six common principles that animate problem-solving justice.
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A Comparison of Two Prosecution Policies in Cases of Intimate Partner Violence
A study comparing case outcomes, victim satisfaction, and costs in a jurisdiction where the DA’s office typically declines to file cases when the victim opposes prosecution (the Bronx) with a jurisdiction where the DA’s office has a universal filing policy (Brooklyn).
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Expanding the Use of Problem Solving: The U.S. Department of Justice’s Community-Based Problem-Solving Criminal Justice Initiative
An in-depth look at the 10 projects awarded grants under the Bureau of Justice Assistance's Community-Based Problem-Solving Criminal Justice Initiative.
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Brooklyn Mental Health Court Evaluation
A comprehensive process and outcome evaluation documenting the Brooklyn Mental Health Court's planning, implementation, and structure.
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Bringing Domestic Violence Best Practices to New York's Town and Village Courts
A study documenting the current domestic violence policies and practices of town and village justice courts in one rural county of upstate New York.
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Don’t Reinvent the Wheel: Lessons from Problem-Solving Courts
A review of nine practical strategies to break down the conceptual and in some cases practical barriers that separate specialized courts from each other and the world of problem-solving from traditional courts.
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