Judge Alex Calabrese is the presiding judge at the Red Hook Community Justice Center, a multi-jurisdictional community court that opened its doors in 2000 in a renovated parochial school in southwest Brooklyn. Recently, he sat down with Center staff to discuss his work in the court.
Judge Ruben Martino presides over the multi-jurisdictional courtroom that handles both housing and juvenile delinquency cases at the Harlem Community Justice Center. Carolyn Turgeon from the Center for Court Innovation sat down to talk with him about juvenile justice.
As Chief Community Prosecutor of the Fulton County District Attorney's Office from 2001 until 2005, Wanda Dallas acquired a wealth of first-hand knowledge about solving neighborhood problems. Perhaps the most important lesson she learned is about how to engage the community—a critical feature of any community prosecution program and one whose importance was underscored for her when the community protested the seizure of a drug house. She talked about that particular experience and others with Robert V.
Roxann Pais was appointed to be Dallas’s chief community prosecutor in 2001. Carolyn Turgeon from the Center for Court Innovation talked with Pais about the unique contributions her office has made to the field of community prosecution.
Thomas Cayler has been a resident of the Times Square neighborhood for 25 years and has been involved in Midtown Community Court’s Community Impact Panels program for the last two. He talked to the Center for Court Innovation’s Carolyn Turgeon about his experiences.
One of the top drug court researchers in the country, Marlowe sat down with the Center for Court Innovation's Carolyn Turgeon to talk about his research on drug courts.
John Stuart has been the State Public Defender of Minnesota since 1990. In February 2005, Stuart spoke with the Center for Court Innovation’s Carolyn Turgeon about how problem-solving justice initiatives are playing out in Minnesota.
Bruce J. Winick was Professor of Law and Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Miami. David B. Wexler is Professor of Law at the University of Arizona. Together, they are the leading authorities on “therapeutic jurisprudence.” They have co-authored and co-edited numerous books and articles, including the landmark volume Law in a Therapeutic Key. In January 2005, Winick and Wexler spoke with the Center for Court Innovation’s Carolyn Turgeon about the relationship between problem-solving justice and therapeutic jurisprudence.
Kevin Burke helped lead the effort to create the Hennepin County Drug Court in 1997, and advocated for the creation of the Hennepin County Mental Health Court as well. Appointed to the bench in 1984, he currently serves as an adjunct professor of law at the University of Minnesota and the University of St. Thomas Law School. The Center for Court Innovation’s Carolyn Turgeon spoke with Judge Burke about problem-solving justice.
Judge Jorge Simón served as the presiding judge at the Hartford Community Court in Hartford, Connecticut, from January 2003 unitl 2006. Judge Simón spoke with the Center for Court Innovation’s Carolyn Turgeon about the community court and how it works.
