2018 Community Courts and Public Safety Conference - Supplemental Materials
Plenary A: Community Partnerships to Improve Public Safety
- How Community Advisory Boards Can Assist the Justice System
- Engaging Stakeholders in Your Project
- The Public Wants to Be Involved
- Washtenaw County Sheriff’s Office 2017 Report: Community Engagement
- Washtenaw Sheriff’s Office Community Engagement: Program Guide
- Introducing the Defend Nashville Initiative
- Participatory Defense Flyer, April 2017
- Statement on Creation of Client & Community Advisory Board
- Community Connection Fulton County District Attorney's Office Newsletter
Websites:
Red Hook Community Justice Center on Facebook
Red Hook Community Justice Center on Twitter
Red Hook Community Justice Center on Instagram
Plenary B: What's New in Community Courts
- What is a Community Court? How the Model is Being Adapted Across the United States
- Improving the Response to Misdemeanors by Adopting Community Court Principles
- Lessons from Community Courts
- Press Release: Spokane Community Court Anniversary and Expansion Week
- Press Release: Spokane Community Court Expansion
- Spokane Community Court Newsletter: Anniversary Edition
- Spokane Community Court Statistics
Websites:
Breakout 1: Improving Courtroom Communication… and Compliance
- Procedural Justice: Fair Treatment Matters
- Procedural Fairness/Procedural Justice: A Bench Card for Judges
- Procedural Justice in Action
- The Simple Idea That Could Transform US Criminal Justice
- Procedural Justice and the Courts
- To Be Fair: Conversations About Procedural Justice
Websites:
Video: Procedural Justice Playlist
Breakout 2: Planning a Community Court
Breakout 3: Expanding the Use of Restorative Justice in Court Programming
- Peacemaking Programs
- Inspired By Peacemaking: Creating Community-Based Restorative Programs in State Courts
- Can Restorative Practices Address Intimate Partner Violence?: Issues to Explore
- Can Restorative Practices Address Intimate Partner Violence?: Summary of a Roundtable Discussion
- Peacemaking Circles
Plenary C: The Latest Research in Addiction and Treatment
- Treating Opioid Addiction in Criminal Justice Settings
- Drugs, Brains and Behavior: The Science of Addiction
- Treating Substance Abuse: Theory and Technique
- Principles of Drug Abuse Treatment for Criminal Justice Populations
- The Latest Research in Addiction and Treatment PowerPoint
Plenary D: Keynote Address with Deanna Van Burn
Plenary E: Increasing Legitimacy for Shared Public Safety and Justice System Objectives
- How Judges Can Improve the Effectiveness of Criminal Court
- My Life as a Black Prosecutor
- Racial Reconciliation, Truth-Telling and Police Legitimacy
Websites:
Harvard's Implicit Bias online test
Video: Acknowledging and Managing Implicit Bias
Breakout 4: Effective Partnerships with Law Enforcement
- Co-Producing Public Safety: Communities, Law Enforcement, and Public Health Researchers Work to Prevent Crime Together
- Creating Off-Ramps: A National Review of Police-Led Diversion Programs
- Las Vegas Community Impact Center General Information Flyer
- Las Vegas Community Impact Center Provider List
- Las Vegas Community Impact Center Services Flyer
- Guide for Improving Relationships and Public Safety through Engagement and Conversation
Breakout 5: Data Tracking for Community Courts: The What, Why, and How
- Bronx Community Solutions, Results
- Evaluating Your Program Fact Sheet
- Evaluation Neighbourhood Justice: Measuring and Attributing Outcomes for a Community Justice Program in Australia
- Midtown Community Court: Documented Results
- Does San Francisco’s Community Justice Center Reduce Criminal Recidivism?
- The Red Hook Justice Center Research Findings
- Coming Home to Harlem: Randomized Control Trial Evaluation Fact Sheet
- Characterizing Community Courts: A Study of Two Israeli Community Courts
- Performance Measures Checklist – Excerpt
- Statistical Report on Select Court-Based Operating Programs (2016)
Breakout 6: Technology and Justice: Engaging Court Participants Through Technology
Websites:
(Re) Thinking Tech: Examining the Uses and Misuses of Technology in the Criminal Justice System
Plenary F: Risk-Needs-Responsivity: What’s in it for Me?
- Demystifying Risk Assessment: Key Principles and Controversies
- Evidence Based Strategies for Working with Offenders
- Risk Assessment Instruments Validated and Implemented in Correctional Settings in the United States
Websites:
Race and Risk Assessment: Would We Know a Fair Tool If We Saw It?
A Person-Centered Approach to Risk and Need Classification in Drug Court
Breakout 7: Funding Innovation
- Cost-Benefit Analysis and Justice Policy Toolkit
- Finding Resources to Help Your Program Thrive
- Publicizing Your Program and its Successes
- Evidence-based Policymaking: A Guide for Effective Government
- SAAs: Who They Are & What They Do
- Support For State and Local Problem Solving Courts
- Byrne JAG: Cornerstone for Justice One Pager
Websites:
- State Administering Agencies Profile Map, National Criminal Justice Association Center for Justice Planning
- Federal Government Funding Opportunities, Grants.gov
- Programs, Bureau of Justice Assistance, U.S. Department of Justice
- Funding, Bureau of Justice Assistance, U.S. Department of Justice
- Grant Opportunities, Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority
- Find Funders, Foundation Center
- Crime Solutions, National Institute of Justice
- Funding Sources, The Grantsmanship Center
- How do I approach a foundation and build a successful grantee-funder relationship?, Knowledge Base, Grantspace
- Guide to Raising Money from Foundations (Part I), Joe Garecht, The Fundraising Authority
Breakout 8: Limited Jail Space for Maximum Public Safety
- Jail in New York City: Evidence-Based Opportunities for Reform Fact Sheet
- Jail in New York City: Evidence-Based Opportunities for Reform
- NYC Supervised Release Annual Scorecard 2017
- Partnerships in Pretrial Justice
- Using Diversion as Part of a Problem-Solving Strategy
Websites:
- Start Here: A Road Map to Reducing Mass Incarceration
- Reducing Jail and Protecting Victims: A Roundtable on Pretrial Supervised Release
- Navigating the Bail Payment System in New York City: Findings and Recommendations
Breakout 9: Promising Short-Term Interventions: The Up & Out Program
Breakout 10: Working with the Business Community to Increase Neighborhood Safety
- Belmont Revitalization Project
- Diverting-Shoplifters: A Research Report and Planning Guide
- Partnering with Businesses to Address Public Safety Problems
- Reaching Out to the Private Sector: Building Partnerships and Managing Your Workforce
Breakout 11: Interviewing Techniques for Better Engagement
- A Guide for Probation and Parole: Motivating Offenders to Change
- Motivational Interviewing in Criminal Justice
- Motivational Interviewing Training In Criminal Justice: Development of a Plan
- The Language of Change Among Criminal justice clients: Counselor Language, Client Language and Client Substance Use Outcomes
Breakout 12: Effective Responses to Homelessness
- Addressing Homelessness: City of Eugene Update, Winter 2017-18
- Responding to Homelessness: 11 Ideas for CJ System
- Spokane Community Court Newsletter: Anniversary Edition
- Spokane Community Court Northeast Service Providers Flyer, January 2018
Plenary G: What's New in Promoting Behavioral Health
- A New Approach To Helping Men Of Color Heal After A Violent Incident, Code Switch, NPR
- Developing a Mental Health Court: An Interdisciplinary Curriculum, A Handbook for Facilitators
- “Make it Happen” Program Offers Outlet for Youths Haunted By Memories of Violence, March 2015
- Reentry as Part of the Recovery Process
- Responding To Trauma Among Young Men Of Color: Adapting the Crown Heights Approach for Your Community
- Targeting the Mental Health Needs of Misdemeanor Defendants
Plenary H: Innovations in Tackling the Opioid Epidemic
- A New Normal: Addressing Opioid Use through the Criminal Justice System
- Albany LEAD First Year Report, 2017
- Bronx Opioid Court Gives Participants a Chance at Recovery
- Essential Principles for Successful LEAD Implementation
- LEAD Program Evaluation: Describing LEAD Case Management In Participants Own Words
- LEAD National Support Bureau
- LEAD Program Evaluation: Recidivism Report
- Press Release: New Bronx Drug Courts Aim to Divert Opioid Drug Offenders at High Risk of Overdose
- Summary of “LEAD Program Evaluation Recidivism Report”
- The True, Deadly Scope of America’s Fentanyl Problem
- Vermont’s Statewide Approach to Opioid Crisis
Websites:
National Institute on Drug Abuse on Opioid Overdose Reversal with Naloxone
Plenary I: Making the Most of Community Service
- Criminal Justice Reform Act Brochure
- Developing a Community Service Protocol
- Community Service at Midtown Community Court