This paper provides results from an impact evaluation of the Harlem Parole Reentry Court. Although the court reduced re-convictions, increased parole revocations were also detected, suggesting that the increased reentry court supervision may have unintended negative consequences. Possible policy implications are discussed, including the need for improved staff training and for greater reliance on graduated sanctions in lieu of revocation. Published in the Journal of Offender Rehabilitation, Volume 50: 7 (2011).
This report describes the nature and scope of children's exposure to violence in eight sites nationwide that were selected to participate in the Attorney General's Defending Childhood demonstration program. This report describes the strategies the sites chose and draws key lessons from the planning phase.
This report attempts to synthesize the various goals that community prosecution initiatives have adopted, identifies the objectives associated with these goals, and develops performance measures that can be used to evaluate whether those goals and objectives are met.
Awarded the 2011 PASS Award, this comic-book guide highlights the lessons to be learned from demonstration projects that seek to reform the criminal justice system.
What are the most important goals of statewide coordination? This fact sheet answers that question by outlining the experience of five states: California, Idaho, Indiana, Maryland and New York.
A comprehensive evaluation of the Bronx Family Treatment Court, the report assesses court impacts on permanency outcomes and includes findings from an in-depth survey of parent-respondents, both in the Family Treatment Court and the traditional family court. The analysis of administrative court data found that the Family Treatment Court had little impact on child permanency outcomes.
In this interview, Michael Rempel, the Center for Court Innovation's director of research, discusses practical lessons that can assist researchers in the successful execution of randomized trials in criminal court settings. The interview was conducted by 4researchers.org, a website concerned with research design and methodology.