New Thinking, from the Center for Justice Innovation
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Lacking U.S. Citizenship, Some Survivors of Domestic Violence Face Extra Challenges
Gail Pendleton, co-director of ASISTA, which advises and trains advocates and attorneys who work with immigrant survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault, discusses some of the complex
Can Batterers be Rehabilitated?
David Adams, co-founder and co-director of Emerge, the first counseling program in the nation for men who abuse women,discusses the inner workings, challenges, and potential benefits
‘Each One’s a Success When They Walk Through That Door’: Creating and Sustaining a Tribal Peacemaking Program
Peacemaker Administrator Anna Francis-Jack discusses tribal history and how The Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation in Washington State have launched and grown their peacemaking pr
Peacemaking: How Native American Elders Use Tradition to Support Offender Reintegration
During a visit by the Tribal Justice Exchange to the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation in Washington State, Robert V. Wolf talks with two elders--Matthew Dick Jr. and Dar
Lessons from Australia: What Researchers Have Learned about the Melbourne Neighbourhood Justice Centre
Mark Halsey of Flinders University Law School discusses key findings of an evaluation of Australia's first community court. ROBERT V. WOLF: Hi, I'm Rob Wolf, director of communications at the
The Architecture of Collaboration: A New Courthouse in Colorado has Cooperation in Mind
A new building in Milliken, Colorado, houses a community court, police station and social services in an effort to foster collaboration among agencies and be more user-friendly for both the pu
Sustaining Community Courts: What Makes a Program Attractive to Potential Funders?
Burke Fitzpatrick administers the Office of Justice Programs in South Carolina's Department of Public Safety, which distributes federal justice dollars to programs in the state. In thi
In Vancouver, Offenders Find Community Service is a Two-Way Street
Crown Counsel Adam Dalrymple explains how the Downtown Vancouver Community Court uses community service assignments to match offenders with organizations that address their social service need
Breaking the Cycle: A Canadian Province Explores an Integrated Approach to Addressing Offenders’ Underlying Problems
Kurt Sandstrom, assistant deputy minister of Alberta Justice in Alberta, Canada discusses his province's efforts to break cycles of offending with integrated, evidence-based services.ROBERT
Connections Among People: Tracking and Preventing Violence through Social Network Analysis
Sociologist Andrew Papachristos focuses his studies on urban neighborhoods, social networks, street gangs, violent crime, and gun violence. A Robert Wood Johnson Health and Society Scholar at