Publications & Digital Media

A detailed look at efforts to reform probation using the principles of community justice in Vermont, Massachusetts, Arizona, and Oregon. Published in Texas Journal of Corrections (August 2001), Vol. 27, No. 3, Executive Exchange of the National Association of Probation Executives (Spring 2001), and Perspectives, the Journal of the American Probation and Parole Association (Winter 2002)

An analysis of drug court efforts to move into the mainstream of court operations across the country.

A look at how problem-solving courts impose new roles and responsibilities on judges.

A discussion of the web-based case management system designed for the Harlem Community Justice Center. A tool for court planners, this white paper addresses the information challenges unique to a juvenile drug court.

Outlines how criminal justice officials can use community surveys to gather data about neighborhood public safety problems.

A look at the many ways in which the Brooklyn Treatment Court addresses the unique needs of women recovering from substance abuse. Published in The Justice System Journal, Volume 23, No. 3 (2002)

Published by Harwood Academic Publishers, this book offers the original evaluation of the country's first community court, the Midtown Community Court,examining the court's impacts on local crime, public opinion and jail expeditures.

A look at the Midtown Community Court's responses in the 1990s to prostitution in Times Square and surrounding neighborhoods. This article appeared in the Volume 22/23 (2001) of the Justice System Journal. For information on more recently implemented strategies to address prostitution, see Prostitution Diversion Programs.

An evaluation documenting the implementation process and the impact of the Kings County Felony Domestic Violence Court. Published by the Urban Institute Justice Policy Center (October 2001)

A close look at the information system used in New York State's domestic violence courts.