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Putting Families First in the State’s Family Court System

Family Justice Initiative recommendations aim to strengthen families and increase access to justice statewide.

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How Family Courts Can Help Build Community Justice

By bringing everyone to the table, family courts can break cycles of trauma and meet families’ needs.

Voices of Justice: Multiple Pathways to Healing from Intimate Partner Violence

A conversation with Rebecca Thomforde on why addressing intimate partner violence is needed for community justice, how responses have shifted over the past three decades, and what the future of this work looks like.

30 Years of Community Justice: James Brodick and Rasmia Kirmani

James Brodick and Rasmia Kirmani sit down to discuss how the community safety landscape has changed, the ecosystem of community justice, and moving at the speed of trust.

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How AI Highlights the Need for Better Mental Health Care

Our new brief outlines how concerns about AI and mental health treatment shed light on the need for accessible, high-quality care.

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Women, Girls, and Gender Justice

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#MisdemeanorsMatter

Eighty percent of the cases in American criminal courts are misdemeanors. On any given day, more than 220,000 people are behind bars for a minor offense. That's too many.

Community Justice on the March

Local and state jurisdictions can apply for no-cost assistance to implement a community justice project.

Theory and Practice

One of the things that makes the Center for Court Innovation unique is that we bridge the worlds of action and reflection.

The Fall Season of the New Thinking Podcast

Each episode of New Thinking takes on pressing issues on justice system reform, talking to the people documenting the problems and those working to solve them. The fall season includes Bruce Western, Kim Foxx, and more.

Start Here on NPR

NPR’s Fresh Air with Terry Gross looks at our efforts to reduce the use of unnecessary incarceration.

Voices of Change

Our YouTube channel showcases a wide range of voices and new ideas.

A New Way to Handle Arrests

One example of our efforts to reduce the negative impacts of justice-system involvement is Project Reset.

2018 Community Courts and Public Safety Conference

Community Courts and Public Safety 2018

We host an international conference every two years dedicated to innovations in community justice. Our most recent event took place in Birmingham, Alabama in May 2018.

Start Here: A Road Map to Reducing Mass Incarceration

Out now from The New Press, Start Here: A Road Map to Reducing Mass Incarceration articulates a new approach to justice reform that emphasizes the value of community engagement and human dignity.

Working Across the U.S. to Improve Justice

The Center for Court Innovation helps reformers across the country—and around the world—solve problems and deliver more effective and humane justice.

Funding Available for Community Justice

We are delighted to announce we are now accepting applications for our 2018 Community Court Grant Program. The deadline is May 30th.