Amanda Cissner
Director of Research Writing
Leadership
Amanda Cissner is the director of research writing, editing and overseeing the written work produced by the Center's research departments. She is currently working on several projects assessing efforts to safely reduce the use of jail in jurisdictions across the country. Her past research includes studies on violence prevention; intimate partner and dating violence; specialized court models, including domestic violence, drug, mental health, and reentry courts; and restorative justice practices. She received her M.A. in Sociology from New York University.
Publications
- When Incarceration Is Automatic: Mandatory Minimums and Race
- Alternative Responses to Intimate Partner Violence in the Era of Pretrial Reform
- Population Review Teams: Evaluating Jail Reduction and Racial Disparities Across Three Jurisdictions
- Diagnostic Studies of International Drug Treatment Courts
- A National Portrait of Restorative Approaches to Intimate Partner Violence
- The Allegheny County Mental Health Court Evaluation: Process and Impact Findings
- Making Peace in Syracuse, New York: A Process Evaluation of the Near Westside Peacemaking Project
- Reentry Court Research: An Overview of Findings from the National Institute of Justice’s Evaluation of Second Chance Act Adult Reentry Courts
- The Windham County Integrated Domestic Violence Docket: A Process Evaluation of Vermont’s Second Domestic Violence Court
- Building Healthy Teen Relationships: An Evaluation of the Fourth R Curriculum with Middle School Students in the Bronx
- A Statewide Evaluation of New York's Adult Drug Courts: Identifying Which Policies Work Best
- Testing the Effects of New York's Domestic Violence Courts
- Testing the Efficacy of Judicial Monitoring: A Randomized Trial at the Rochester, New York Domestic Violence Courts
- The 2009 Onondaga County Community Treatment Court Enhancement Project: Impacts on Capacity, Case Processing, and Service Provision
- The Erie County Integrated Domestic Violence Court: Policies, Practices, and Impacts
- The Suffolk County Integrated Domestic Violence Court: Policies, Practices, and Impacts
- Lessons Learned from the Implementation of Two Randomized Trials in a Criminal Court Setting
- The Drug Court Model and Persistent DWI: An Evaluation of the Erie and Niagara DWI/Drug Courts
- Avoiding Failures of Implementation: Lessons from Process Evaluations
- Evaluating the Mentors in Violence Prevention Program
- Public Perceptions of Neighborhood Quality of Life and Safety in Five New York City Communities: Results from Operation Data, 2004-2005
- Bringing Domestic Violence Best Practices to New York's Town and Village Courts
- Do Batterer Program Length or Approach Affect Completion or Re-Arrest Rates?
- Process Evaluation of the Brooklyn Youthful Offender Domestic Violence Court
- The State of Drug Court Research: Moving Beyond 'Do They Work?'
- Seeing Eye to Eye: Participant and Staff Perspectives on Drug Courts
- The New York State Adult Drug Court Evaluation: Policies, Participants and Impacts (EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ONLY)
- The New York State Adult Drug Court Evaluation: Policies, Participants and Impacts (CONCLUSION ONLY)
- Op Data, 2003: Crown Heights, Brooklyn
- Op Data, 2003: Long Island City
- Drug Courts, An Effective Treatment Alternative
- The New York State Adult Drug Court Evaluation: Policies, Participants and Impacts
