A redacted and updated version of the article "Community Justice Around the Globe," which originally appeared in Crime & Justice International. Published in Judicature, Vol. 91, No. 6, May-June 2008.
This study examines the perceptions of self-represented tenants in an innovative housing court at the Harlem Community Justice Center. Harlem tenants viewed the experience in more positive terms than litigants in a conventional court, in large part because they were more likely to perceive the court process and outcome as fair.
A look at the early years of the groundbreaking Midtown Community Court. This 12 minute video, which was produced in 1996, is narrated by Charles Kuralt.
An overview of Bronx Community Solutions, an experimental project that brings the problem-solving principles to over 40 courtrooms in a busy urban courthouse. This 8 minute video was produced and directed by award-winning filmmaker Meema Spadola.
Excerpts from the PBS documentary "Red Hook Justice." This video, by award-winning filmmaker Meema Spadola, offers a look into the workings of this innovative justice center. (Spanish version Translation by La Comisión Interamericana para el Control del Abuso de Drogas de la Organización de los Estados Americanos / Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission of the Organization of American States)
A brief article highlighting the major findings and implications of the Center's comparison of defendant perceptions of fairness at the Red Hook Community Justice Center and a nearby "downtown" criminal court.
Deputy Inspector Michael Kemper is the commanding officer of the New York Police Department’s 76th Precinct, one of the three police precincts served by the Red Hook Community Justice Center and the one that incorporates the Red Hook neighborhood itself. The 76th precinct was recently named #1 in New York City in crime reduction over the past two years. In February 2008, Deputy Inspector Kemper spoke to Center staff about this impressive achievement.
This curriculum is intended to provide practitioners with the tools to initiate their own problem-solving initiative and to assist court managers, judicial trainers, and others in putting on trainings at the local level.
Based on surveys conducted in 2004 and 2005, this report documents community feedback on quality of life, public safety, community resources, and criminal justice agencies in five New York City neighborhoods.
