This report documents a gun violence prevention program and finds high levels of cynicism regarding the fairness and effectiveness of the justice system among residents of the Brownsville neighborhood of Brooklyn.
This monograph, published by the Centre for Justice Innovation with the assistance of the Probation Chiefs Association, identifies five key factors that have allowed seven Probation Trusts in England and Wales to continue to deliver high-intensity community sentence projects despite cuts in funding from the central government. This paper was underwritten by the Hadley Trust.
This report presents on the findings of several exploratory research projects focused on NYC Community Cleanup, a citywide program that supervises low-level offenders sentenced to perform community restitution. Overall, both justice stakeholders and offenders had a positive perception of NYC Community Cleanup and the value of community restitution in paying back the community for the harm caused by crime.
During a visit by the Tribal Justice Exchange to the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation in Washington State, Robert V. Wolf talks with two elders--Matthew Dick Jr. and Darlene Wilder--and a client about peacemaking, a traditional Native American approach to resolving both criminal and civil issues. May 2012
Small Sanities, released through the Centre for Justice Innovation in the United Kingdom, outlines crime control lessons learned in New York, highlighting three areas that have been the focus of criminal justice reformers in New York in recent years: people, places, and process.
One of the enduring critiques of community courts is that they undermine the defense bar and erode due process protections. This essay in The Judges' Journal contends that community courts can actually enhance defense practice by providing opportunities for heightened advocacy and individualized case resolutions.
This study reports the results of a survey of 1,002 adult residents of New York State concerning their perceptions of the courts. The study found that New Yorkers have high levels of trust and confidence in the courts in general, although racial and ethnic minorities, particularly African-Americans, are far less supportive than are whites. The study also determined that most New Yorkers have little knowledge of how their local courts work.
