The evaluation toolkit is designed to help judges and other criminal court practitioners assess their use of procedural justice - both in terms of individual practices, as well as agency-level or environmental factors that may contribute to court users’ perceptions of fairness. The toolkit includes a self-assessment, defendant survey, and courtroom observation instrument.
This project summary outlines the key activities of the Improving Courtroom Communication initiative, a partnership between the Center for Court Innovation, National Judicial College, and the Bureau of Justice Assistance. Guided by a national advisory board, the project has included multi-disciplinary trainings in four jurisdictions and the creation of practitioner tools to help courts assess and improve their procedural justice practices.
The Center for Court Innovation and the United States Department of Justice COPS Office developed the Police-Youth Dialogues Toolkit as a resource for communities hoping to foster conversations between young people and the police, enabling them to discuss their interactions and find common ground. Drawing from projects across the country, the toolkit consolidates expertise, providing strategies and promising practices for police-youth dialogues.
This report describes the planning, implementation, and evaluation process of an initiative to improve signage at the Red Hook Community Justice Center. The initiative sought to improve procedural justice at the Justice Center by making the courthouse easier to navigate and more welcoming.
This fact sheet briefly describes Midtown Community Court's tailored use of social services along with specialized youth programming and community service in lieu of incarceration and fines. Through this problem-solving justice approach, the court seeks to reduce crime and incarceration and improve public trust in justice.
This fact sheet explores the complex relationship between domestic violence, sexual assault, and human trafficking and offers strategies for developing effective justice-system responses.
The Center for Court Innovation works to improve outcomes for young people involved—or at risk of involvement—in the justice system. This fact sheet describes the Center’s youth justice programs, which seek to promote accountability, engage young people in skill-building, and spark civic engagement.
This research report examines the first year of a new pilot program at nine sites in New York State. The impact analysis found that the program did not undermine public safety and was most effective for high-risk youth.
