Center for Court Innovation
Center for Court Innovation Recognized
Good news from the Center for Court Innovation! Congrats!
Dear Friend:
I’m writing to share some happy news. I just received word that the Center for Court Innovation has been named the winner of the 2009 Peter F. Drucker Award for Nonprofit Innovation. The competition for this $100,000 prize, which is named for the influential management theorist, is fierce—more than 600 organizations across the country applied. Needless to say, we are deeply honored by the distinction.
Problem Solving Courts and Other Court Innovation
Cutting Edge Law Categories:
Court Innovation and Problem Solving Courts
Topics:
Introductions and Descriptions
Topics:
Courts and Judiciary
Audience:
General Interest [See also Therapeutic Jurisprudence]
In our complex society, courts are increasingly being asked to address social problems that are not compatible with the traditional system of adversarial justice and punishment. Recurring problems - such as drugs, homelessness, domestic violence, child neglect and abuse, mental illness, driving while intoxicated - come before courts every day. Veterans returning from war zones return traumatized and often can't fit into society. Problem-solving courts attempt to address the root causes of crime by addressing the recurring problems which lead to the criminal offense.
New Book on Problem-Solving Justice Released
http://courtinnovation.blogspot.com/2009/05/new-book-on-problem-solving-...
A new book devoted to the subject of problem-solving courts has just been released. Edited by Paul Higgins and Mitchell Mackinem, Problem-Solving Courts: Justice for the 21st Century? (Praeger) is a collection of essays that detail both the pluses and the minuses of this new approach to jurisprudence.
Problem-Solving Courts & Court Innovation
Cutting Edge Law Categories:
Court Innovation and Problem Solving Courts
Topics:
Introduction/Description
Audience:
General Interest "Thousands of problem-solving courts are testing new approaches to difficult cases where social, human and legal problems intersect. In recent years, many in the field have sought to "go to scale" with problem-solving justice, testing key problem-solving principles outside of the specialized court context. The Bureau of Justice Assistance of the U.S. Department of Justice funded ten demonstration projects around the U.S. in support of this effort."
From the Center for Court Innovation web site at:
Roundtable Discussions Focus on Problem-Solving Courts
"A New Way of Doing Business: A Conversation about the Statewide Coordination of Problem-Solving Courts" summarizes a recent roundtable discussion on coordinating problem-solving courts on a statewide basis. The discussion also addressed the advantages and pitfalls of statewide coordination and discussed the states' strategies.
Center for Court Innovation Podcast
The Center for Court Innovation (www.courtinnovation.org) announces:
HONORS FOR RED HOOK
A podcast commemorating the Red Hook Community Justice's award from National Criminal Justice Association is available at:
Center for Court Innovation Winter, 2008 Journal On Line
The Center for Court Innovation has posted their Winter, 2008 Journal on line at http://www.courtinnovation.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=page.viewPage&pageID...
