The Center for Justice Innovation—and our operating programs—are regularly featured in the media. Here is a sampling of the press coverage of our work.
American-style community justice centres in which the public has a say in penalties imposed for crime and anti-social behaviour are to be set up in England and Wales, the Lord Chancellor announced.
Judge Matthew Jude D'Emic of the Brooklyn Mental Health Court summoned Kalvin Berry to the bench to find out why he had been arguing with his court-appointed therapists.
So, what does Tony Blair mean by rebalancing criminal justice? Some of the blueprint for reform was outlined in a low-key consultation paper issued by the lord chancellor in April.
The perception that downtown Minneapolis has a crime problem threatens the district's future. Lessons that could help are available in another city: New York.
The Brooklyn Mental Health Court was recently featured on New York City's NY news channel. See the story to read a transcript or access a video of the first segment of this multi-part story.
The court that tries to keep people out of prison is on the side of the justice system we rarely get to see. In the first of a three part series, NY1's Solana Pyne looks at Brooklyn's Mental Health court where the judge offers treatment instead of jail time.
In the world of television, in this case, the show Law and Order—justice is swift, fair and usually right. But in the real world of Canadian courtrooms, the wheels of justice can churn for months, or years. And sentences don't often satisfy anyone—not the victims, not the perpetrators, not the community. [scroll down to The Current: Part 3]
There might be changes coming in the provincial justice system that could lead to the reduction of the number of property crimes, which B.C.'s top judge admitted are out of control." "