Publications & Digital Media

A look at how problem-solving courts impose new roles and responsibilities on judges.

Outlines how criminal justice officials can use community surveys to gather data about neighborhood public safety problems.

Published by Harwood Academic Publishers, this book offers the original evaluation of the country's first community court, the Midtown Community Court,examining the court's impacts on local crime, public opinion and jail expeditures.

A look at the Midtown Community Court's responses in the 1990s to prostitution in Times Square and surrounding neighborhoods. This article appeared in the Volume 22/23 (2001) of the Justice System Journal. For information on more recently implemented strategies to address prostitution, see Prostitution Diversion Programs.

A three-hour training that introduces participants to the principles and practices of community prosecution. The curriculum includes a teacher's guide and participant handbook.

An edited transcript of a discussion about community justice among a small group of leading practitioners and thinkers.

A transcript of a discussion among judges, lawyers and academics about the role of lawyers in problem-solving courts. Published in Judicature, Vol. 84, No. 4 (Jan/Feb 2001)

A transcript of a discussion among judges, lawyers and academics about the changing roles of judges in problem-solving courts Published in Judicature, Vol. 84, No. 2 (Sept/Oct 2000)

An overview of problem-solving courts, including community courts, drug treatment courts and domestic violence courts, in New York State. Published in the New York State Bar Journal, Vol. 72, No. 5 (June 2000)

A description of the Red Hook Public Safety Corps, a community service project that engages local residents in solving neighborhood problems.