Derek Miodownik, restorative systems administrator for the Vermont Department of Corrections, talks about the state's innovative experiments in community and restorative justice, including Citizen Reparative Boards, which give panels of community members a role in working with misdemeanor offenders, and Circles of Support and Accountability, which link community members with parolees convicted of serious crimes.
Kristine Herman of the Center for Court Innovation spent three months in Afghanistan helping the attorney general establish the nation's first unit dedicated to prosecuting cases of violence against women. She spoke with the Center's Director of Communications Robert V. Wolf about her experience.
There are dozens of community courts in the U.S. and around the world. This paper explains how they've adapted key principles of problem-solving justice—such as enhanced information, community engagement, collaboration, and accountability—to local conditions.
Kathryn Z. Davies has served as an Onondaga County Support Magistrate in the Fifth Judicial District of the New York State Unified Court System for the past 25 years.
This paper--a joint project of Policy Exchange and the Centre for Justice Innovation--summarizes the experiences of 10 innovative criminal justice projects across the United Kingdom and the United States.
Written for the UK think tank NESTA, this essay outlines how the Center for Court Innovation incorporates research and evidence into its day-to-day operations.
