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FEATURED PRESS CLIP Brooklyn Treatment Court Offers Alternative to Jail CNN April 17, 2009 CNN takes a close look at how the Brooklyn Treatment Court uses rigorous judicial monitoring and the threat of jail to help offenders get sober, re-build their lives, and avoid re-offending. Watch video here

2010
 
Former Chief Judge Calls for more Youth Courts
Albany-Times Union
September 3, 2010
Citing the work of the Center for Court Innovation—including its Staten Island Youth Court—former New York State Chief Judge Judith S. Kaye calls for the creation of more youth courts as an early intervention strategy for at-risk teenagers.
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New York Times highlights community service projects
New York Times
September 1, 2010
A New York Times article about celebrities assigned to community service mentions a number of Center for Court Innovation projects, including NYC Community Cleanup and Bronx Community Solutions.
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Glorious Failures
The Economist
August 13, 2010
The Economist on "Trial and Error in Criminal Justice Reform."
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U.K. Justice System 'Must Embrace Innovation'
Independent
August 08, 2010
A commentator suggests that reformers in the United Kingdom establish their own "Centre" for Court Innovation "to allow experimentation, learning and scaling up of successful work."
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Comic Book-Style Poster Aims to Demystify Juvenile Justice Process
New York Law Journal
August 04, 2010
"I got arrested! NOW WHAT?"--a poster created by the teenage participants in the Center for Court Innovation's Youth Justice Board--is featured in a front page story in the New York Law Journal. The poster will be distributed to 7- to 15-year-olds at their first post-arrest interview with New York City probation officers.
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Failures Are Key To Public Safety Success
Philadelphia Inquirer
July 22, 2010
An op-ed in the Philadelphia Inquirer by Center for Court Innovation director Greg Berman makes the case for why the justice system needs more trial and error.
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New Jersey Public Television Spotlights Newark Youth Court
NJN
July 15, 2010
Due process, a public affair show on the New Jersey Public Television and Radio Network features the work of the Newark Youth Court.
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Nonprofit Innovators Can Learn From Failure as Well as Success
The Chronicle of Philanthropy
July 15, 2010
An op-ed from the Chronicle of Philanthropy explaining what non-profits and funders can learn from failed criminal justice experiments.
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Midtown Community Court Helps Teen Prostitute Escape "the Life"
The Crime Report
June 30, 2010
The U.S. legal system, exemplified by the work of the Midtown Community Court, is starting to recognize that many underage sex workers are victims of exploitation, not juvenile delinquents.
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New York Times Credits Problem-Solving Courts with Helping Reduce City's Jail Population to a 24-year Low
The New York Times
June 11, 2010
A New York Times article points out that "community courts in Midtown Manhattan, Brooklyn, Harlem and the Bronx," which are all Center for Court Innovation demonstration projects, "as well as drug courts and mental health courts, are meting out alternative sentences like street cleaning or drug treatment instead of jail time."
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For Chronic Truants, A Day in Attendance Court
The New York Times
April 27, 2010
Former Criminal Court Judge Eileen Koretz tackles the issue of truancy in Attendance Court, the Center for Court Innovation-run program that is using problem-solving principles to address chronic absenteeism in New York City schools.
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Newark Youth Court Graduation
Newark Live
April 23, 2010
Mayor Cory Booker speaks at first-ever Newark Youth Court graduation.
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Center Co-Sponsors Youth Court Conference
The Daily Record
April 8, 2010
New York State youth court advocates gather at the New York State Bar Association’s headquarters in Albany for the first-ever statewide New York State Youth Court Conference.
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San Francisco Community Justice Center One Year Later 
San Francisco Chronicle
March 31, 2010
Article looks at successes and challenges of the San Francisco Community Justice Center one year after its launch.
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Red Hook Community Justice Center Serves as Example for 2 Judges in New Zealand 
The Dominion Post
March 13, 2010
Two judges, inspired by the example of the Red Hook Community Justice Center and similar projects, are seeking to create a "community justice network," in the city of Porirua.
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Center Named "Innovation of the Week" 
Innovation of the Week
January 15, 2010
The Leader to Leader Institute highlighted the Center for receiving the Drucker Award for Nonprofit Innovation.
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An Innovative Court Offers New Tricks To Turn Ex-Prostitutes into Real Working Girls 
Dallas Observer
January 13, 2010
An article about a new initiative in Dallas that features the Center's Liberty Aldrich.
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2009

Chicago Creates New Domestic Violence Program 
Chicago Tribune
December 9, 2009
The recipient of technical assistance form the Center for Court Innovation, Cook County Circuit Courts launches a new initiative.
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Mental Health Court Judge Reflects on the Death of a Participant
MIWatch
December 7, 2009
Judge Matthew D'Emic, who presides over the Brooklyn Mental Health Court, writes an essay for MIWatch.org, a news web site about mental illness.
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Center Wins Award
Miller-McCune News Blog
October 30, 2009
The magazine Miller-McCune speculates that the Center for Court Innovation's
winning the Drucker Award for Nonprofit Innovation will generate
greater public awareness of the success of problem-solving courts.
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New Court Combats Domestic Violence
WKNO-FM
October 26, 2009
A report on specialized domestic violence courts that features the Center for Court Innovation.
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Profile of the Brooklyn Mental Health Court
BBC World Service Newshour
September 3, 2009
British radio reporters take an in-depth look at how the Brooklyn Mental Health Court works.
http://www.courtinnovation.org/Podcasts/Brooklyn_Mental_Health_Courts.mp3

Report Highlights Problem-Solving Justice in the U.K.
policeprofessional.com
August 20, 2009
A report by the Center for Court Innovation and published by the British think tank Policy Exchange identifies strategies to spread problem-solving justice as broadly as possible in a time of shrinking resources.
http://www.policeprofessional.com/news.aspx?id=9274

Red Hook Justice Center Offers Youth Many Chances to Get Involved
Brooklyn The Borough
August 18, 2009
This article spotlights youth programming at the Red Hook Community Justice Center.
http://brooklyntheborough.com/?p=2657

Co-Author of 'Broken Windows' Theory Explains How New York Became Safe
City Journal
July 17, 2009
George L. Kelling explains how the restoration of public order, through innovative institutions like the Midtown Community Court, helped fuel a precipitous and enduring decline in crime.
http://www.city-journal.org/2009/nytom_ny-crime-decline.html

New York's Retired Chief Judge Praises Staten Island Youth Court
Staten Island Advance
June 28, 2009
Staten Island's new youth court builds teenagers' skills and gives young offenders a second chance; at the same time, it warns offenders not to repeat their mistakes, writes former Chief Judge Judith S. Kaye.
http://www.silive.com/news/index.ssf/2009/06/youth_court_helps_mold_lawabid.html

British Think Tank Recommends Red Hook-style Punishment for Young Offenders
The Observer
June 21, 2009
Local communities must be given a greater say in determining the punishments meted out to young people  if youth re-offending rates are to be reduced, says the Institute for Public Policy Research in a report that cites the Red Hook Community Justice Center as inspiration for its recommendations.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2009/jun/21/communities-youth-crime-restorative-justice

Staten Island Youth Court Hears First Case
Staten Island Advance
May 14, 2009
A 16-year-old who pleaded guilty to petit larceny will have his case heard in a courtroom run by young people ages 14 to 18, who will determine an appropriate sanction.
http://www.silive.com/news/index.ssf/2009/05/in_historical_move_criminal_co.html

Spend a Little Now to Save a Lot More Later: In Defense of Community Courts
The (Glasgow) Herald
May 1, 2009
An editorial calls for the urgent reconsideration of a recently rejected plan to open a pilot community court--Scotland's first--in the east end of Glasgow.
http://www.theherald.co.uk/features/editorial/display.var.2502973.0.Justice_and_society.php

The Challenges of Reentry
The Brian Lehrer Show, WNYC
April 21, 2009
Angela Jimenez, director of Downstate Operations of the New York State Division of Parole and Yvonne Oliver, a parole officer at the Harlem Parole Reentry Court, talk about  the challenges former prisoners face finding work and building stable lives.
http://www.wnyc.org/shows/bl/episodes/2009/04/21/segments/129432

Federal Government Invests in Youth Programming at the Red Hook Community Justice Center
Brooklyn Eagle
April 17, 2009
Rep. Nydia M. Velázquez presents $350,000 in federal support to the Red Hook Community Justice Center’s youth programs.
http://www.brooklyneagle.com/categories/category.php?category_id=4&id=27699

Photography School: Rehabilitating Prisoners through Self-Representation
Prison Photography
April 13, 2009
An article advocating more photography programs in prisons, mentioning the program at the Red Hook Community Justice Center as a model.
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Public Defender Calls Venues Unconstitutional
The Washington Post
April 3, 2009
An article discussing a case pending before the Maryland Court of Appeals that challenges the constitutionality of drug courts.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/02/AR2009040203732.html

Red Hook Judge Lectures Law Students at his Alma Mater
Inside Fordham
March 30, 2009
Judge Alex Calabrese talks about the Red Hook Community Justice Center at a luncheon for students and administrators.
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Judge Matthew D’Emic Presides With a Smile
Brooklyn Daily Eagle
March 25, 2009
Judge Matthew D'Emic has presided over the Brooklyn Mental Health Court since its inception.
http://www.brooklyneagle.com/categories/category.php?category_id=4&id=27186

A Vote of Confidence for Community Courts
Philadelphia Daily News
March 18, 2009
A city councilman calls for a new community court in Philadelphia.
http://www.philly.com/dailynews/opinion/20090318_Let_s_give__Community_Courts__a_try.html

Trying to Keep Abusive Teens from Becoming Abusive Adults
Gotham Gazette
March 2, 2009
The Brooklyn Youthful Offender Domestic Violence Court attempts to reduce domestic violence.
http://www.gothamgazette.com/article//20090302/202/2842

An Urgent Call for Justice Reform
The Nation
February 12, 2009
The Nation Editor and Publisher Katrina vanden Heuvel praises the efforts of Senator Jim Webb. Includes a quotation from Center for Court Innovation Director Greg Berman.
http://www.thenation.com/blogs/edcut/407756

English Prison Commission Learns from New York's Experience
The Guardian (UK)
February 8, 2009
The chair of the Commission on English Prisons Today describes how "New York City has pulled off the seemingly impossible task of cutting crime and sending fewer people to jail."
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/feb/06/prisonsandprobation

Community Courts Adapt Community Policing Principles
Community Policing Dispatch
February, 2009
An article by the deputy director of the Red Hook Community Justice Center explains the debt community courts owe to community policing and suggests opportunities for court-police collaborations.
http://www.cops.usdoj.gov/html/dispatch/February_2009/courts_adapt.htm

Bronx Community Solutions Helps Keep the Borough Clean
Bronx Times-Reporter
January 22, 2009
Two articles highlight the work of Bronx Community Solutions neighborhood restitution crews. One article focuses on a cleaner Southern Boulevard:
http://www.yournabe.com/articles/2009/01/22/bronx_times/news/doc4978c5136242e068648711.txt
Another highlights a community garden, where restitution crews help on a regular basis:
http://www.yournabe.com/articles/2009/01/26/bronx/doc4978be73d6cd1076810997.txt

Greenpoint Youth Court Lets Peers Be the Judge
Greenpoint Gazette
January 21, 2009
The Center for Court Innovation's Crown Heights Mediation Center brings the youth court model to Greenpoint, Brooklyn.
http://www.greenpointnews.com/news/trials-by-peers-for-greenpoint-youth

Staten Island Youth Court Opens
Staten Island Advance
January 11, 2009
Underage offenders on Staten Island will be judged by their peers.
http://www.silive.com/news/index.ssf/2009/01/underage_offenders_will_be_jud.html

2008

Brooklyn DA Praises Red Hook
New York Daily News
October 27, 2008
An editorial in the New York Daily News credits the Justice Center with reducing local crime.
http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/brooklyn/2008/10/27/2008-10-27_red_hooks_justice_center_serves_as_a_mod.html

Courts Give Addicts a Chance to Straighten Out
New York Times
October 15, 2008
A front-page story that takes an in-depth look at the national drug court movement; it includes the perspective of both supporters and critics.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/15/us/15drugs.html?pagewanted=1

'We are not going to sing Kumbaya'
New York Daily News
October 13, 2008
A profile of Sharon Ife Charles and her work as deputy director of the Crown Heights Community Mediation Center.
http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2008/10/13/2008-10-13_we_are_not_going_to_sing_kumbaya.html

Community Courts Work to Reduce Recidivism
NCJA Justice Bulletin
October, 2008
An article by a member of the Center for Court Innovation's technical assistance team offers an overview of the history and function of community courts.
http://ncja.informz.net/ncja/archives/archive_383528.html

A Look at Mental Health Courts
Reintegration Today
Fall, 2008
This article, in a publication of Eli Lilly and Company, describes the development of mental health courts around the country, highlighting the Brooklyn Mental Health Court.
http://www.courtinnovation.org/Mental_Health_Courts.pdf

Red Hook Thrives With Justice Center
Brooklyn Daily Eagle
August 01, 2008
An account of an unusual discussion among local youth, judges and community officials.
http://www.brooklyneagle.com/categories/category.php?category_id=4&id=22254

Trial and error in the court system
The Guardian (UK)
July 23, 2008
This is an opinion piece that we wrote about our efforts to learn from failed criminal justice experiments.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/jul/23/justice.prisonsandprobation

There’s a problem with problem-solving courts: Taxpayers don’t understand how well they work
Miller-McCune
July 14, 2008
A well-written feature story on problem-solving justice.
http://www.miller-mccune.com/article/491

Reentry Court Chosen "New Yorker of the Week"
NY1
July 4, 2008
New York 1 selects the Harlem Reentry Court as its "New Yorker of the Week."
http://www.ny1.com/ny1/content/index.jsp?&aid=83356&search_result=1&stid=34

New program at Public School 27 aims to reduce truancy and lateness
NY Daily News
June 20, 2008
The Daily News profiles a new program, operated by the Center for Courts and the Community, that seeks to reduce absences and tardiness among elementary and middle school students.
http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/brooklyn/2008/06/21/2008-06-21_new_program_at_public_school_27_aims_to_.html

Community Courts Gain Ground
USA Today
June 9, 2008
A June 2008 article, quoting Center for Court Innovation Director Greg Berman, highlights the growth of community courts in the U.S.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2008-06-09-frequentfliers_N.htm

QUEST Helps Keep Juvenile Offenders Out of Jail
NY1
May 12, 2008
QUEST, which provides young offenders with an alternative to detention, is featured as an important element in New York City's efforts to keep low-risk offenders out of "high-risk situations." As the city's Criminal Justice Coordinator John Feinblatt explains in the NY1 story: "We won't allow dangerous kids to remain on the streets, but we also don't want to separate low-risk youth from their families and their schooling a day more than we have to."
http://www.ny1.com/ny1/content/index.jsp?&aid=81512&search_result=1&stid=6

Inside Brooklyn's Mental Health Court
ABC News
May 9, 2008
The New York City affiliate of ABC spotlights the Brooklyn Mental Health Court's success in helping mentally ill offenders enter--and stay--in treatment. 
http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/media?id=6133514

Magazine Story on the Center's Work with the U.S. Justice Department
Government Executive
May 1, 2008
This is a story on the Center's partnership with the U.S. Department of Justice.
http://www.govexec.com/features/0508-01/0508-01s3.htm

Youth Justice Board Fuels Calls for Change
City Limits Weekly
April 14, 2008
Members of the Center for Court Innovation's Youth Justice Board have contributed momentum to a movement calling for more young people to participate in their own Family Court hearings, according to an article in City Limits Weekly.
http://www.citylimits.org/content/articles/viewarticle.cfm?articlenumber=3536

Arrest John, er... Eliot, right now!
NY Daily News
March 15, 2008
Now on the bench as Manhattan's "King of Prostitution," Weinberg puts himself in the other person's shoes but does not allow those shoes to walk all over him. He insists defendants say "yes" rather than "yeah" and you had better not chew gum when you step before him.
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/2008/03/15/2008-03-15_arrest_john_er_eliot_right_now.html

Seeing Justice Being Done
The (U.K.) Guardian
February 16, 2008
By no stretch of the imagination could New York - or Liverpool or Salford - be described as soft cities. Nor could community courts or community penalties be described as the soft option. Community justice works by making courts more responsive to the priorities of local people. By strengthening the links between the courts and the community, I believe people's confidence in the work of the court will rise and the community will feel more confident about tackling offending behaviour.
http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/jack_straw/2008/02/seeing_justice_being_done.html

2007

Foster Teens Grab Reins of Plans for Their Lives
City Limits WEEKLY
June 25, 2007
Before a standing room only crowd gathered in the stately law library of New York Family Court in Manhattan last Thursday afternoon, a group of teenagers reported that youth in foster care would be better served if they were more involved in the process aimed at finding them a permanent home.
http://citylimits.org/content/articles/viewarticle.cfm?articlenumber=3357

Stand Up Stand Out: Recommendations to Improve Youth Participation in New York City's Permanency Planning Process
WNBC News
June 21, 2007
Members of the Youth Justice Board discuss the release of their year-long study.
http://www.courtinnovation.org/video/YJBVideo.html

This Time, It's For Fun
New York Times
June 10, 2007
Mr. Fagan is a 38-year-old case manager for Bronx Community Solutions, a nonprofit group that looks for alternatives to jail time for people convicted of low-level crime. He hatched the idea for a basketball league facing ex-offenders against police officers in the tense aftermath of the police shooting of Sean Bell.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/10/nyregion/thecity/10exco.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

Bronx Community Solutions' Step Streets Project
WNBC.COM
June 2007
Some people who commit misdemeanors pay their dues by cleaning the oft-neglected "step streets."
http://video.wnbc.com/player/?id=111459

"Quality of Life: Will It Go on Trial?"
San Francisco Chronicle
April 29, 2007
He jokingly refers to himself as Manhattan's King of Prostitution. Might as well be the King of Illegal Street Vending, Public Urination, Graffiti, Disorderly Conduct, Subway Fare-Beating and Aggressive Panhandling, too. These are the cases New York Supreme Court Judge Richard Weinberg presides over every weekday at the Midtown Community Court.
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/04/29/MNGI3PHO3O1.DTL&hw=weinberg&sn=001&sc=1000

"They're Courting Changes That Would Benefit Fellow Teenagers"
NY Daily News
April 23, 2007
They've studied recidivism among their just-released-from-prison peers, and school safety, to little effect. Maybe the third time's the charm. Next month, the 17 teenage members of the Youth Justice Board, a project of the Center for Court Innovation, will release their recommendations to improve the city's Family Court System.
http://www.nydailynews.com/boroughs/2007/04/23/2007-04-23_theyre_courting_changes_that_would_benef-2.html

"Help Them Hold Crown Heights Together"
NY Daily News
April 1, 2007
The Crown Heights Community Mediation Center on Kingston Ave. sits quietly perched in the middle of an urban war zone, dispensing peace, nurturing, learning and common sense in a neighborhood that desperately needs more of it.
http://www.nydailynews.com/opinions/col/louis/index.html

"A 'Simple Concept' Goes Global"
New York Law Journal
January 19, 2007
The lawyers and the policy makers who launched the Center for Court Innovation 10 years ago knew it would be a splendid idea to expand on the experimental Midtown Community Court and create a formal research and development program for the New York court system. But they had little inkling of how attractive the concept would be to judiciaries beyond the state, and beyond America's borders. www.law.com/jsp/nylj/index.jsp (subscription required)

"OUT THERE Courting Change"
Urbanite
January 2007
On a rainy Friday afternoon in the Red Hook district of Brooklyn, New York, Judge Alex M. Calabrese presides over the only courtroom in a community justice center located a block from the Red Hook Houses, one of the largest housing projects in Brooklyn. He sits there surrounded by lawyers and clerks, defendants and court officers—all the ingredients of a cinematic court scene. However, the plots and climaxes that take place in this courtroom are not typical of any television program.
http://www.urbanitebaltimore.com/sub.cfm?sectionID=4&articleID=589&IssueID=44


2006

"76th Precinct Looks to Keep 2006 Murder-Free"
Carroll Gardens/Cobble Hill Courier
December 8, 2006
So far, the precinct that covers Red Hook, Brooklyn, and surrounding neighborhoods has seen zero murders in 2006, and police are sharing credit with the Red Hook Community Justice Center.
http://www.carrollgardenscourier.com/site/printerFriendly.cfm?brd=2384&dept_id=552855&newsid=17569092

"Expansion for US-style community court trials"
The Times
November 28, 2006
American-style community justice centres in which the public has a say in penalties imposed for crime and anti-social behaviour are to be set up in England and Wales, the Lord Chancellor announced.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,200-2474785,00.html

“Under one roof, trial, penalty and civics lesson”
New York Times
August 22, 2006
The Red Hook Community Justice Center in Brooklyn combines elements of criminal and family courts.
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/22/nyregion/22court.html?_r=1&adxnnl=1&oref=slogin&ref=nyregion&adxnnlx=1156334448-cYjjn0D4IvGq48ydknEppw

“In Brooklyn Court, a route out of jail for the mentally ill”
The Wall Street Journal
August 21, 2006
Judge Matthew Jude D'Emic of the Brooklyn Mental Health Court summoned Kalvin Berry to the bench to find out why he had been arguing with his court-appointed therapists.
http://online.wsj.com/article_email/SB115612289675340691-lMyQjAxMDE2NTI2MTEyMjEyWj.html

“Blair's legal balancing act”
BBC News
June 23, 2006
So, what does Tony Blair mean by rebalancing criminal justice? Some of the blueprint for reform was outlined in a low-key consultation paper issued by the lord chancellor in April.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/5110884.stm

“How New York got its groove back... and what it could mean for Minneapolis”
Star Tribune
June 11, 2006
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.

“Mental Health Court-A Different Kind of Justice”
New York One
May 31, 2006
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.
http://www.ny1.com/ny1/content/index.jsp?&aid=59853&search_result=1&stid=6

“Keynote Speech by American Court Reformer”
Strathclyde Police
April, 2006
Scottish police officers have been hearing how innovative court reforms in America have enhanced the US criminal justice service.
http://www.tayside.police.uk/newsarchiveitem.php?id=443&mon=4&year=2006

“Community Sentencing Judge”
Canadian Broadcasting Company
March 6, 2006
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”]
http://www.cbc.ca/thecurrent/2006/200603/20060306.html

Top judge eyes reforms to be more “responsive”
Abbotsford-Mission Times
February 24, 2006
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."
http://www.abbotsfordtimes.com/issues06/024206/news/024206nn7.html

“Many in Domestic Violence Community Question Batterer Intervention Programs”
New York Law Journal
February 23, 2006
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.”
http://ncdsv.org/images/ManyDVCommunityQuestionBattererInterventionPrgrms.pdf

“Does community justice work?”
BBC News
February 19, 2006
A new community court in Liverpool has been pioneering a new form of justice with a single judge and allowing local people to have their say.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4728676.stm

The Brian Lehrer Show, “Extra Legal”
WNYC-New York Public Radio
February 13, 2006
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)
http://www.wnyc.org/shows/bl/episodes/2006/02/13