The strategies in this guide—which have been culled from real-life approaches across the U.S.—are intended to assist law enforcement and government agencies seeking to prevent property abandonment and lessen problems when abandonment occurs.
This report provides the results of a regular community survey focusing on perceptions of neighborhood quality of life, public safety, and criminal justice agencies in Red Hook, Brooklyn.
This report documents the results of the first-ever rigorous test of a specialized reentry court. Among the findings, reentry court parolees (including both graduates and failures) were less likely to be rearrested or reconvicted than a comparison group of parolees.
Rosalind Jeffers joined the Dallas City Attorney’s Office in 2005, serving as the community prosecutor assigned to the South Dallas/Fair Park neighborhood and as assistant director of the South Dallas Community Court. After two years in the Community Prosecution Section, Ms. Jeffers moved to the Employment Section. In 2008, she returned to the Community Prosecution Section as its chief. She spoke with Robert V.
A special issue devoted to tribal justice. The articles and interviews examine some of the pressing challenges facing tribal courts as well as the changing relationships of federal, state, and tribal justice systems.
This report presents a three-year evaluation of the Touro Law Center's Court Observation Program, which requires first-year law students to study and witness courtroom practice in both state and federal courthouses in Suffolk County, New York, with the goal of facilitating early practical exposure to the court system.
