Problem-solving justice initiatives are designed to build stronger connections between citizens and the justice system making a community needs assessment a top priority for any new program. This fact sheet outlines six steps to better use data to identify your community's needs.
Problem-solving justice seeks to improve court outcomes for victims, litigants, and communities. This fact sheet contains principles and examples selected from an analysis of innovative programs across the country.
A report documenting the efforts of the Baltimore Community Justice Initiative, which attempted to incorporate a broad array of justice system and community-based organizations in an ambitious effort to spread principles and practices of community justice.
A comprehensive description of the origins of the community prosecution program in the Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Columbia.
This study examines the impact of the Midtown Community Court, as compared with Manhattan's traditional centralized criminal court, on case processing and sentencing outcomes.
An article presenting the major findings of the Center's comparison of tenant perceptions at the Harlem Community Justice Center and the centralized Manhattan housing court.
The Fall 2008 issue focuses on efforts to improve the jury system with articles on the comprehensibility of new jury instructions, how the internet has affected the jury trial, and more.
