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New Thinking, from the Center for Justice Innovation — 229 episodes
AI and Justice: The Neutrality Myth
Punishment Isn’t Safety
Punch: The Real-Life Restorative Justice Story Behind the Broadway Show
Trauma 360
Drug Testing and the Ordeal of Probation
Inside Literary Prize: And the Winner Is…
Inside Literary Prize: Shakopee Women’s Prison
Mental Health and Anti-Blackness
Recriminalization in Oregon
Gideon at 60: Deconstructing Mass Supervision
Gideon at 60: Uncivil Justice
Gideon at 60: The Unfunded Mandate
When Young People Go to Prison for Life
Emphasizing the Harms
Evicting Evictions
Why Data Doesn’t Stick
Can We Close Rikers?
The Question of Dirty Work
Taking Reform Out of Its Comfort Zone
The Crisis on Rikers Island
Cages Don’t Help Us Heal
One of These Days We Might Find Us Some Free: Reginald Dwayne Betts
The Cycle: Police Violence, Black Rebellion
Policing, Race, and a Crisis in Mental Health
Does the Criminal Justice System Cause Crime?
How Will the Death Penalty End?
COVID-19 Behind Bars: A Pandemic of Neglect
Heal and Punish? Treatment and Trauma Inside a Coercive System
Josie Duffy Rice: Fighting a Big Fight
Guns, Young People, Hidden Networks
Reform and Its Discontents
What We All Get Wrong About Gun Violence
Misdemeanors, Race, and a History of Injustice
Restorative Justice is Racial Justice
Justice and the Virus: Racial Patterns
Justice and the Virus: Rachel Barkow
Getting People Off Rikers Island in a Pandemic
The Inequities of COVID-19: A Focus on Public Housing
Criminal Justice as Social Justice: Bruce Western
“One of These Days We Might Find Us Some Free”: Reginald Dwayne Betts
Introducing ‘In Practice’
College Incarcerated
Kim Foxx: Rooted in Humanity
What Do We Know About Community Service?
Ending Bail, Closing Rikers: How Change Happens
‘Jail-Attributable Deaths’
Art vs. Mass Incarceration
Beyond the Algorithm: Risk and Race
The Art and Science of Reducing Violence
Marilyn Mosby, Karl Racine: “We’re Talking About Humans”
Prosecutor Power: Scott Hechinger on the Urgency of Reform
The Pathological Politics of Criminal Justice
Emily Bazelon: When Power Shifts
Misdemeanors Matter #3: Rachael Rollins Reboots Low-Level Justice
New Jails to End All Jails?
The Cost of Being Poor? The Fight Against Fines and Fees
Prosecutor Power #8: What’s Next for Progressive Prosecutors?
Misdemeanors Matter #2: Alexandra Natapoff on a Legacy of Injustice
Prosecutor Power #7: Strength in Numbers
Heal and Punish? When Therapy Is the Alternative to Incarceration
Rikers: An American Jail (Best of 2018)
Prosecutor Power #6: Larry Krasner, The Antagonist
Race, Trauma, and Healing in Crown Heights, Brooklyn
Leading by Doing: Innovations in Addressing Domestic Violence in Rural Virginia
Misdemeanors Matter #1: Social Control and the Lower Criminal Courts
The Most Hot-Button Issue in Criminal Justice Reform?
Prosecutor Power #4: Kim Foxx, Rooted in Humanity
Criminal Justice as Social Justice: A Conversation With Bruce Western
Financial Insecurity and Domestic Violence: A Conversation about Child Support
Prosecutor Power #3: Reform From Within—The Brooklyn D.A.
How the Law Intersects with Everyday Life: Promoting Access to Civil Justice
Rikers: An American Jail
Keeping the Peace: Patrick Sharkey on Sustaining the Great Crime Decline
How Do We Tell What’s Working? Disrupting the Justice Evaluation Model
Putting the Public in Public Defending: Standing Up for a Profession in Crisis
Prosecutor Power #2: A Public Defender on the Urgency of Reform
Violence, Trauma, and Healing in Crown Heights, Brooklyn
Prosecutor Power #1: John Pfaff on Mass Incarceration
Kansas City Domestic Violence Court: Assessing Risk, Addressing Needs
Reducing Incarceration Now: A Conversation About ‘Start Here’
Renewing Justice: When the Library Becomes a Community Court
Project SAFE: Improving Services for Criminalized Black Women
Designing Decarceration: Architect Deanna Van Buren
Improving Access to Civil Justice: A Conversation with Jordan Dressler
Using Volunteers to Evaluate the Courtroom Experience: A Conversation about CourtWatch of King County, Wash.
The End of Rikers? Courtney Bryan on the Call to Close the Rikers Island Jails
Reducing New York City’s Jail Population
Problem-Solving in L.A.: Multiple Issues, One Collaborative Court
Seeking Evidence: A Professor Looks for Empirical Proof to Improve Access to Justice
How Can Lawyers Help Address Poverty and Eviction? A Conversation with Law Professor Raymond Brescia
Houston’s SAFE Court Offers Victims of Human Trafficking a New Path
Taking a Collaborative Approach to Addressing Racial and Ethnic Disparities in the Justice System
The Potential for Bias in Risk-Assessment Tools: A Conversation
Fairness, Procedural Justice, and Domestic Violence: A Conversation with Judge Jeffrey Kremers
Foundations Can Support Justice Reform, If You Know How to Ask: A Conversation with James Lewis
Strengthening Ties Between Police and the Community: A Conversation about Restorative Justice in Madison, Wisconsin
A Second Chance Society: A Conversation about Justice Reform in Connecticut
‘An Open and Inviting Court’: Judge Joe Perez of the Orange County Community Court Talks Procedural Justice
Jails as Psychiatric Facilities: Addressing Mental Illness in the Justice System with Judge Steve Leifman
‘My Partner, My Enemy’: New York State Judge John Leventhal
10 Years of Community Justice in Melbourne, Australia: An Interview with Kerry Walker
‘Invest in Your Participants’: Deborah Barrows of Community Partners in Action
Reducing Violence Through Media Training and Cultural Awareness
Prosecutors Explore New Solutions to Public Safety Concerns: A Conversation about the ‘Smart Prosecution Initiative’
Sustainability Strategies for Youth Advisory Boards: A Podcast on Youth Engagement
A Trauma-informed Approach to Reducing Youth Violence
Breaking the Cycle of Violence By Reaching Youth At School
The Strengths and Limitations of Risk Assessment: Professor Susan Turner of the University of California-Irvine
‘Evidence-based Practices for Community Corrections’: San Diego County Chief Probation Officer Mack Jenkins
New Approaches in Indigent Defense
Innovations in Pretrial Justice: The View from Denver
Race, Data, and Procedural Justice: A Conversation with David Slayton
Improving Outcomes for Individuals with Co-occurring Disorders
‘Hammers Don’t Work’: Alameda County Chief Public Defender Brendon Woods
The Neuroscience of Addiction and Pharmacological Treatment
With an Evidence-based Curriculum, Improving Outcomes for Minority Male Youth
Working With Unlikely Allies: A Conversation With Marc Levin
A Policing Approach That Improves Health and Wellness of Youth
“They’re Not Talking About Me”: Race, Cultural Responsivity, and Domestic Violence
Red Hook Community Justice Center 15th Anniversary
Hospital-based Violence Intervention and a New Approach to Trauma
Coming Home to Harlem: Understanding the Impact of a Reentry Court
‘An Obligation To Solve Problems in the Community’: A Conversation With Milwaukee District Attorney John Chisholm
A Hospital-based Approach to Stopping Youth Violence
Safer Tomorrows: The Grand Forks Defending Childhood Initiative
The Cuyahoga County Defending Childhood Initiative
The Defending Childhood Demonstration Project
Supervised Visitation: The New York Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children’s Unique Approach
Using Evidence-Based Assessment To Create Problem-Solving Interventions
Babies in the Child Welfare System to Get More Help in the Bronx, Along with Their Families
How Electronic Records Are Transforming The Justice System
Understanding Youth Violence: A Conversation with Dr. Joel Fein
Criminal Justice at the Crossroads: Transforming Crime and Punishment
Hospital Seeks to Halt Violence Among Minority Youth
"They’re Not Talking About Me”: Race, Cultural Responsivity, and Domestic Violence
To Help Teens Experiencing Dating Violence, Meet Young People Where They’re At
The International Rule of Law Movement: David Marshall on the Need for Reform
Community-Oriented Public Safety Strategies: A Conversation with Long Beach Police Chief Jim McDonnell
Importing Innovation: the Challenges and Rewards of Transplanting a Program from One Nation to Another
Los Angeles City Attorney Says Listening is Key to Developing Effective Community-Based Programming
Rebuilding Trust in Government in a Country Recovering from Guerrilla Warfare
How Procedural Justice Strengthens the Public’s Willingness to Obey the Law
Minimizing the Collateral Consequences of a Conviction
Improving Outcomes by Assessing the Impact of Trauma on Offenders
Deploying Public Health Strategies to Address Drug Addiction
Thoughtful Implementation is Essential for Evidence-based Practices to Succeed
After 5 Years, the San Francisco Community Justice Center Continues to Adapt
Evidence-based Practices, Reducing Unnecessary Incarceration are Priorities for Bureau of Justice Assistance
Teenagers Learn about the Law as They Grapple with Cases of Bias & Bullying
Innovation on the Last Frontier: A Conversation about the Anchorage Mental Health Court
Mental Health and Juvenile Justice: A Discussion about QUEST Futures
Rapid Response is a Priority for Domestic Violence Court in Boise, Idaho
The Harlem Justice Corps Combines Education with Community Service for Justice-Involved Young People
Community Court in Brooklyn Lowers Recidivism, Researchers Find
Midtown Community Court Celebrates 20 Years of Problem-Solving Justice
Information Technology & Social Services: Tracking Clients, Treatment, and Compliance
Addressing Domestic Violence in Guam: a Judge’s Perspective
Experts at Your Fingertips: The National Drug Court Online Learning System
A View of Domestic Violence from the Judge’s Bench
Adolescent Diversion Program in NY: Researchers Discuss First-Year Impacts
Domestic Violence and Child Custody: A 4-Part Model for Helping Judges Make More Informed Decisions
After Rockefeller: Research Findings on the Statewide Impact of Judicial Diversion
Welcome to Problem Solving: Kelly O’Neill Levy Embraces Her New Assignment as Presiding Judge of the Harlem Community Justice Center
Studying Reentry: A Conversation about Research and Reentry Courts
Innovation Down Under: Director of New Centre Explains What Justice Innovation Looks Like In Australia
Changes ‘That Don’t Roll Back’: Using Technology to Institutionalize Innovation
Testing a Public Health Approach to Gun Violence: A conversation on new research
Child or Adult? Adolescent Diversion Program Says ‘Child’ is Right Answer
Lessons from London: Improving Probation on Both Sides of the Atlantic
Payback with a Purpose
Taking Responsibility: A Conversation on Restorative Justice and Youth
Beyond Fighting Crime, Police in a Minnesota Town Seek to Foster a Sense of Community
Officials Announce Funding for the Brownsville Anti-Violence Project
Improving Youth Programming: The Role of Research
Parent Support Program Helps Repair Parent-Child Relationships
Lacking U.S. Citizenship, Some Survivors of Domestic Violence Face Extra Challenges
Can Batterers be Rehabilitated?
‘Each One’s a Success When They Walk Through That Door’: Creating and Sustaining a Tribal Peacemaking Program
Peacemaking: How Native American Elders Use Tradition to Support Offender Reintegration
Lessons from Australia: What Researchers Have Learned about the Melbourne Neighbourhood Justice Centre
The Architecture of Collaboration: A New Courthouse in Colorado has Cooperation in Mind
Sustaining Community Courts: What Makes a Program Attractive to Potential Funders?
In Vancouver, Offenders Find Community Service is a Two-Way Street
Breaking the Cycle: A Canadian Province Explores an Integrated Approach to Addressing Offenders’ Underlying Problems
Connections Among People: Tracking and Preventing Violence through Social Network Analysis
A Community Court Takes Washington D.C.: Expanding the Model in the Nation’s Capital
‘Victims, Not Perpetrators’: Ohio’s Changing Actions To Change Habits Court
Changing Perceptions: A Conversation on Prostitution Diversion with Judge Fernando Camacho
Celebrating 15 Years of Reform: NYC Mayor Bloomberg and Others Reflect on the Center’s Achievements
Involved Communities Support Vermont’s Restorative Justice Panels
The Evolution of a Prosecutor: Early Intervention Improves Safety and Saves Money
Military Families: How Courts and Communities Can Offer Support
Elder Abuse: Looking for Effective Responses
Tribal Courts and Families: Native American Sovereignty and the Indian Child Welfare Act
A Community Process: Strategies to Improve the Response to Domestic Violence
Privileged Work: A Conversation about Victim Advocacy
With 11 Questions, Officers Assess Homicide Risk
An Outsider’s Perspective on an Inside Job
Solving and Preventing Homicides through Collaboration
What Can Law Enforcement Learn from Public Health?
What Victims Really Need: A Conversation with Author and Victim Advocate Susan Herman
Problem-Solving Justice in Indian Country: The Navajo Nation Plans a Pilot Community Court
Starting from Scratch in New Orleans: Rebuilding after Katrina
Dallas Community Courts Make Cleaner, Safer Streets a Top Priority
David Kennedy: Innovating New Approaches to Justice (Part II)
David Kennedy: The Story behind the Drug Market Initiative (Part I)
Red Hook Community Justice Center Marks its 10-Year Anniversary
Confronting Gender Violence in Afghanistan
Addressing Crime and Conflict in Baltimore through Community Conferencing
Manhattan’s New District Attorney Supports Reentry Initiatives
Shutting Drug Markets in High Point, North Carolina
Will Prison Overcrowding in California Inspire Positive Change?
Giving the Community a Role in Corrections
Harry Belafonte Congratulates Harlem Reentry Court Graduates
Drug Courts: Past, Present, Future
The Challenges of Differentiating among Domestic Violence Offenders
Herb Sturz Works Behind the Scenes to Spark Innovation
Community Policing and Community Courts
Addressing Vacant Properties through Prevention, Enforcement and Redevelopment
Fighting Mortgage Fraud
Giving Youth a Voice in Justice Policy
Addressing Domestic Violence in New Orleans
A New Court in California: An Interview with Judge Wendy Lindley
Community Justice in Baltimore
Member of Parliament Discusses Community Justice
Harlem Parole Reentry Court
Youthful Offender Domestic Violence Court: Working with Teen Victims and Abusers
Brooklyn Mental Health Court: Linking Offenders to Treatment
UK’s Justice Secretary Visits Red Hook