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  • Publication

    Community Justice Today: Values, Guiding Principles, and Models

    The idea of community justice encompasses a diverse and growing range of evidence-based initiatives which seek to reduce crime by strengthening communities and redressing longstanding inequities. In recognition of the ways in which the approach has evolved over the years, this publication presents a new set of guiding principles of community justice and offers inventive models for putting them into practice, both inside and outside of the courtroom.

    Community Justice
  • Video

    Changemakers in Action: Kristina Singleton

    Kristina Singleton works on diverting people from court into supportive or educational programming. Among the programs she works with at the Midtown Community Court are Project Reset, which offers those charged with a low-level crime the chance to avoid court and a criminal record by completing community-based programming, and a recently launched youth gun-diversion program for young people who have been arrested on gun possession charges.

    Community Justice, Diversion, Problem-Solving Justice, Workforce Development
  • Video

    Community First: The Right Approach to Mental Health Crises and Homelessness

    Whether it is a warm meal or a pair of shoes, we help people who are housing insecure and living with severe mental health issues address immediate needs and then work towards linking them to longer-term housing, services, and support. With programs like Community First, law enforcement no longer has to be the only response to mental health crises and homelessness.

    Placemaking, Reducing Violence, Addressing Racial Disparities
  • Audio

    What Do We Know About Community Service?

    by Matt Watkins

    Community service has been a staple of sentencing in the United States for more than 50 years, yet we know surprisingly little about how it's actually being used. In Act One of this episode of New Thinking, an audio snapshot of community service at the Center for Court Innovation. In Act Two, Joanna Weiss of the Fines and Fees Justice Center offers a national perspective on community service, and the troubling findings of two new reports.

    Diversion
  • Video

    Midtown Community Court Celebrates 25 Years in New York City

    by Robert V. Wolf and William Harkins

    Explore the 25-year history of Midtown Community Court as the nation’s first community court, its impact on the justice landscape, and its unique community partnerships, including an emphasis on using arts programming as an alternative to incarceration.

    Community Justice, Problem-Solving Justice
  • Publication

    Midtown at 25: A History

    This collection of photographs tells the story of the Midtown Community Court, looking at its first 25 years of operation and tracing its development from groundbreaking experiment to a core component of the New York City criminal justice landscape.

    Community Justice
  • Video

    UPNEXT: A Second Chance at Life and Fatherhood

    Meet Harry, a proud father and an alumnus of UPNEXT, a fatherhood engagement and workforce readiness program of the Midtown Community Court.

    Parent Support, Workforce Development
  • Publication

    Unmasking Times Square: A Needs-Assessment Survey with Ticket Sellers, Costumed Characters, and Others

    by Tia Pooler and Becca Cadoff

    Since the spring of 2016, people soliciting tips, selling tickets and CDs, and panhandling in Times Square have had to conduct their business in “Designated Activity Zones” or risk a criminal penalty. This report presents findings from a needs-assessment survey of these workers. Implications for programming at the Midtown Community Court that handles violations of the new activity zones and recommendations for policy reforms by regulatory bodies are discussed.

    Problem-Solving Justice, Diversion, Community Justice
  • Publication

    Fact Sheet: Community Service at the Midtown Community Court

    This fact sheet briefly describes Midtown Community Court's use of meaningful and visible community restitution projects in lieu of incarceration or fines. The focus is on projects undertaken in partnership with local residents, businesses, and criminal justice agencies, and on helping defendants reintegrate into the community.

    Community Justice, Diversion, Problem-Solving Justice
  • Publication

    UPNEXT: A Model for Increasing Financial and Emotional Support

    by Bo Twiggs

    This monograph describes UPNEXT, a job training and family engagement program based out of the Midtown Community Court that serves unemployed men and non-custodial fathers. 

    Problem-Solving Justice, Parent Support, Reentry, Community Justice, Workforce Development

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