Resources: 6.4 Innovative Court Responses

• A Community Court Grows in Brooklyn: A Comprehensive Evaluation of the Red Hook Community Justice Center (2013) [PDF 6.3MB] This study, conducted by the National Center for State Courts, suggests that improved procedural justice helped reduce recidivism among misdemeanor offenders.
• Community Courts, Specialized Dockets, and Other Approaches to Address Sex Trafficking [PDF 496KB] This document chapter provides information on different ways that courts are addressing sex trafficking, with regional examples.
• Problem-Solving Justice Toolkit (2007) The National Center for State Courts created a toolkit to provide an outline in using the problem-solving approach, which integrates treatment and social services with judicial case proceedings.