Dispensing Justice Locally (PART II): The Impacts, Costs and Benefits of the Midtown Community Court

The executive summary of Part II of the original evaluation of the country’s first community court–the Midtown Community Court. The second phase focused on impacts on recidivism rates for select sub-groups of defendants; examined impacts on jail costs after accounting for “secondary jail sentences”; explored other cost and benefit implications; and surveyed the opinions of community residents. The executive summary of Part I is available here.