The tribal drug court movement has grown quickly; today there are about 50 tribal drug courts in the United States. Chico Gallegos, associate director of the Native American Alliance Foundation, talks here about the differences between state and tribal drug courts, as well as the challenges ahead.
Gerianne Abriano has been Bureau Chief for the Kings County District Attorney's office at the Red Hook Community Justice Center in Brooklyn, New York, since March of 2001 and, before that, spent two years as a prosecutor in the Brooklyn Treatment Court. Abriano sat down with the Center for Court Innovation's Carolyn Turgeon to talk about her experiences.
Among his many activities, Dr. Fred C. Osher advises state governments on how best to address mental health issues in the criminal justice system. Here he talks about the pros and cons of mental health courts.
Thomas Cayler has been a resident of the Times Square neighborhood for 25 years and has been involved in Midtown Community Court’s Community Impact Panels program for the last two. He talked to the Center for Court Innovation’s Carolyn Turgeon about his experiences.
One of the top drug court researchers in the country, Marlowe sat down with the Center for Court Innovation's Carolyn Turgeon to talk about his research on drug courts.
John Stuart has been the State Public Defender of Minnesota since 1990. In February 2005, Stuart spoke with the Center for Court Innovation’s Carolyn Turgeon about how problem-solving justice initiatives are playing out in Minnesota.
Judge John Leventhal has presided over the Brooklyn Felony Domestic Violence Court since its opening in June 1996. Leventhal talked with the Center for Court Innovation’s Carolyn Turgeon about his work.
David B. Wexler and the late Bruce J. Winick co-founded the field of social enquiry known as therapeutic jurisprudence, which seeks to assess the therapeutic and counter-therapeutic consequences of law and effect legal change to increase the law’s healing potential. Here they talk about the relationship between therapeutic jurisprudence and mental health courts.
Bruce J. Winick was Professor of Law and Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Miami. David B. Wexler is Professor of Law at the University of Arizona. Together, they are the leading authorities on “therapeutic jurisprudence.” They have co-authored and co-edited numerous books and articles, including the landmark volume Law in a Therapeutic Key. In January 2005, Winick and Wexler spoke with the Center for Court Innovation’s Carolyn Turgeon about the relationship between problem-solving justice and therapeutic jurisprudence.
Kevin Burke helped lead the effort to create the Hennepin County Drug Court in 1997, and advocated for the creation of the Hennepin County Mental Health Court as well. Appointed to the bench in 1984, he currently serves as an adjunct professor of law at the University of Minnesota and the University of St. Thomas Law School. The Center for Court Innovation’s Carolyn Turgeon spoke with Judge Burke about problem-solving justice.
