Misdemeanor Courts
Community Court Grows in Brooklyn: A Comprehensive Evaluation of the Red Hook Community Justice Center, Final Report
Fines in Sentencing - A Study of the Fine as a Criminal Sanction
Impact of Community Policing on the Criminal Justice System
Adjudication and Sentencing in a Misdemeanor Court - The Outcome Is the Punishment
Dispensing Justice Locally: The Implementation and Effects of the Midtown Community Court
Rural Misdemeanor Court Management - A Study in One Court's Exercise of Greater Case Control
Misdemeanor Courts and the Choice of Sanctions - A Comparative View
Try Again, Fail Again, Fail Better: Lessons from Community Courts
Change doesn't come easy, particularly within an institution as large and complex as the criminal justice system. Greg Berman, Director of the Center for Court Innovation, offered lessons from several efforts to make reform stick in criminal justice settings. In particular, he focused on the development of community courts — experimental court projects that are attempting to reduce both crime and incarceration in dozens of cities across the U.S. and around the world.
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What Works in Offender Supervision
This NIJ Conference Panel highlights findings from NIJ projects that evaluated strategies to enhance the supervision of offenders in the community. Researchers discuss the effectiveness of fair, swift and certain sanctions for high-risk probationers in the Hawaii HOPE program. Panelists also provide empirical evidence on the effectiveness of electronic monitoring — including the use of GPS tracking — for medium- and high-risk offenders on supervision and upon completion of their supervision sentence.