Results from a survey of 500 state criminal court judges about their attitudes towards common problems within criminal courts as well as a variety of new tools and strategies for addressing these problems.
Based on focus groups and interviews with 35 judges in California and New York, the study assesses which problem-solving court practices are transferable to general court calendars, the major barriers to transferability and how problem-solving methods may be more widely disseminated among judges and judicial leaders.
An overview of the findings from, "The New York State Adult Drug Court Evaluation: Policies, Participants and Impacts." The study, conducted by the Center for Court Innovation and the New York State Office of Court Administration, found consistent recidivism impacts across a large number of drug court sites.
The story of how the Red Hook Community Justice Center is serving as a model for a similar problem-solving experiment in Great Britain. Published in Judicature, Vol. 87, No.5 (March-April 2004)
In this collection of essays, Center for Court Innovation staff identify and address some of the most challenging questions faced by states as they seek to reform their court systems, moving beyond the implementation of specialized pilot projects.