This report documents a gun violence prevention program and finds high levels of cynicism regarding the fairness and effectiveness of the justice system among residents of the Brownsville neighborhood of Brooklyn.
This report examines a project to improve drug court screening and referral protocols and increase access to vocational and education services, in a well-established drug court in Syracuse, New York. The enhancement did not result in significant improvements to either drug court access or referral time; the project did result in some improvements in service provision.
This monograph, published by the Centre for Justice Innovation with the assistance of the Probation Chiefs Association, identifies five key factors that have allowed seven Probation Trusts in England and Wales to continue to deliver high-intensity community sentence projects despite cuts in funding from the central government. This paper was underwritten by the Hadley Trust.
This Urban Institute evaluation of two mental health courts in New York City finds that mental health court participants are significantly less likely to recidivate, as compared to similar offenders with mental illness who experience business-as-usual court processing.
This report presents on the findings of several exploratory research projects focused on NYC Community Cleanup, a citywide program that supervises low-level offenders sentenced to perform community restitution. Overall, both justice stakeholders and offenders had a positive perception of NYC Community Cleanup and the value of community restitution in paying back the community for the harm caused by crime.
This report evaluates the impact of nine integrated domestic violence courts from primarily rural and semi-rural areas in upstate, New York. The findings indicate that IDV cases are significantly more likely than similar non-IDV cases from the same jurisdictions to be settled or withdrawn (indicating a mutually agreeable case resolution). At the same time, IDV cases were significantly less likely to be dismissed outright.
An exploration of litigant perspectives and experiences in the Yonkers integrated domestic violence (IDV) court, this report indicates that the majority of litigants felt the IDV court was fair, and that those who felt the court treated them fairly were more satisfied with their case outcomes. Domestic violence victims were more likely than defendants to have positive views of the court. Additionally, both victims and defendants felt that the IDV court made getting to and from court easier and reduced the amount of time taken off from work to make court appearances.
This report provides one of two in-depth examinations of NYS integrated domestic violence courts, which bring all related cases of the same family before a single judge where the underlying issue is domestic violence. The findings indicate that the IDV court saves families from making duplicate trips to court, increases mutually agreeable family court case resolutions, and is more likely to create lasting resolutions that do not need to be re-litigated in future cases.
This report provides one of two in-depth examinations of NYS integrated domestic violence courts, which bring all related cases of the same family before a single judge where the underlying issue is domestic violence. This report includes a comprehensive process evaluation, underlining important lessons for court planners.
