In this New Thinking podcast, Dr. Oliver Williams brings questions of race, faith, and incarceration into a conversation on domestic violence. Drawing on his work with both victims and perpetrators from African American, Latina, and other immigrant and diasporic communities, Dr. Williams examines the import of cultural responsivity in the justice system’s response to domestic violence.
At Reinvesting in Justice, Aubree Cote, smart pretrial site coordinator for Denver, talks about the city's reform efforts and what different states and jurisdictions can learn from each other regarding pretrial justice.
Community courts, which offer creative responses to low-level crime, have traditionally been thought of as neighborhood courts. But the core principles of community courts—promoting alternatives to incarceration, encouraging respectful treatment of defendants, engaging the public in doing justice—can work just as effectively when handling cases from an entire town, city, or county. This paper looks at three jurisdictions that have successfully adapted the community court model beyond single neighborhoods.
Edward J. Latessa, professor at the College of Education, Criminal Justice, and Human Services at the University of Cincinnati, presents on "Evidence-Based Approaches to Alternatives to Incarceration" at Community Justice 2014.
Tracey L. Meares, the Walton Hale Hamilton Professor at Yale Law School, presents on "Procedural Justice: The Secret Ingredient?" at Community Justice 2014.
An article in Police Chief Magazine looks at how researchers and practitioners have been exploring how to merge the efforts of public health with police, focusing in particular on projects in New Haven and Philadelphia. (Reprinted from Police Chief Magazine, Vol. LXXXI, No. 12, pages 38-41, 2014. Copyright held by the International Association of Chiefs of Police, Inc., 44 Canal Center Plaza, Ste 200, Alexandria, VA 22314. Further reproduction without express permission from IACP is strictly prohibited.)
The results of a 2010 community survey in Brownsville, Brooklyn focusing on perceptions of neighborhood quality of life, youth issues, public safety, and criminal justice agencies.
Carol Fisler, the Center for Court Innovation’s director of mental health court programs, participates in a panel on the show "BK Live" on Brooklyn Independent Media.
This report, published by the Association of Prosecuting Attorneys, recommends actions prosecutors can take to harness science and new technologies more effectively and better understand the work of crime labs and forensic practitioners. Better knowledge of scientific principles and practices strengthens a prosecutor's ability to make communities safe by strengthening investigations, identifying the guilty, exonerating the innocent, and presenting solid cases in court.
