Felony Courts
Neighborhood Effects on Felony Sentencing
Specialized Felony Domestic Violence Courts: Lessons on Implementation and Impacts From the Kings County Experience (From Violence Against Women and Family Violence: Developments in Research, Practice, and Policy, 2004, Bonnie Fisher, ed. -- See NCJ-199701)
Repeat Player Police Officers and Prosecutorial Charge Reduction Decisions: A Note
Estimating the Population at Risk for Violence During Child Visitation
Impact of Community Policing on the Criminal Justice System
Misdemeanor Courts and the Choice of Sanctions - A Comparative View
Reforming New Orleans' Criminal Justice System: The Role of Data and Research
With its criminal justice system in disarray following Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans invited the Vera Institute of Justice to examine the city's court and jail operations. For five years, Vera has been tracking arrest-to-first-appearance time, custodial arrests versus summonses, the granting of pretrial release, and many other decision-making points. Based on analysis of these data, Vera is making policy recommendations to assist with the implementation of new procedures and to ensure performance monitoring.