The report suggests that by embracing principles of fairness, swiftness, authority and a focus on people as well as cases, our criminal courts can do more to reduce crime and make better use of resources. The report highlights 11 case studies that exemplify better court innovation.
In this interview, John Stuart, the state public defender of Minnesota, talks about leadership, collaboration, and innovation from the public defense perspective.
In this interview, Randall Shepard, the former chief judge of the Indiana Supreme Court, discusses the role of the judiciary in spurring innovation in the court and system-wide.
In 2009, the Center for Court Innovation received funding from the Bureau of Justice Assistance to enhance drug court programming for young adults in the Mid-Hudson Valley region of New York. As part of that effort, experts from around the country participated in a roundtable discussion about the challenges of young adults in drug courts and explored some promising practices for meeting their needs. This report summarizes that discussion.
This presentation—with audio commentary provided by Aubrey Fox and Emily Gold—highlights the main findings of a national survey of more than 600 police chiefs, state chief judges, elected prosecutors, and probation and parole officials on their views on innovation and leadership
The results from a survey of over 600 national criminal justice leaders provides a snapshot of the current state of innovation in criminal justice. It seeks to answer such questions as: Is innovation a priority? Are criminal justice leaders aware of emerging research? Do they use research to inform policymaking? What obstacles stand in the way of innovation?
This presentation highlights the main findings of a national survey of more than 600 police chiefs, state chief judges, elected prosecutors, and probation and parole officials on their views on innovation and leadership.
This statewide evaluation of New York's adult drug courts finds modest reductions in re-arrest over a three year study period, with wide variation in impact across the 86 sites. In fact, while the most effective courts reduce re-arrest by up to 21 percent, the least effective courts increase re-arrest.
Chief Magistrate Judge Berryl Anderson of DeKalb County, Georgia discusses the lessons she has learned over the course of 21 years as an attorney and 13 years as a judge about working with victims of domestic violence and improving the justice system's response to intimate partner violence. July 2013
