New Thinking, from the Center for Justice Innovation
226 episodes - English - Latest episode: 2 months ago - ★★★★★ - 40 ratingsNew Thinking is a podcast about justice—and injustice—in America. It’s about the people working to fix a justice system that falls so short of our ideals, and the people organizing to build something new in its place. It’s hosted by Matt Watkins and produced by the Center for Justice Innovation (formerly Center for Court Innovation).
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Dallas Community Courts Make Cleaner, Safer Streets a Top Priority
November 01, 2010 09:11 - 15.5 MBDianne Gibson, the manager of the community courts in Dallas, Texas, explains how the South Dallas Community Court uses a combination of partnership and problem-solving to link homeless with services while eliminating neighborhood eyesores.ROBERT V. WOLF: This is Rob Wolf, director of communications at the Center for Court Innovation. I’m recently back from Dallas where the Center for Court Innovation sponsored with the Bureau of Justice Assistance Community Ju...
David Kennedy: Innovating New Approaches to Justice (Part II)
July 30, 2010 07:07 - 19.3 MBProfessor David Kennedy, the director of the Center for Crime Prevention & Control at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, shares some of what he's learned about new approaches to addressing gang violence and open-air drug dealing.ROBERT V. WOLF: Hi. I’m Rob Wolf, director of communications at the Center for Court Innovation. This month’s podcast is the second in a row to offer excerpts from a presentation given to Center for Court Innovation staff by Professo...
David Kennedy: The Story behind the Drug Market Initiative (Part I)
June 30, 2010 16:06 - 27.2 MBProfessor David Kennedy, the director of the Center for Crime Prevention & Control at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, explains how the Boston Gun Project laid the groundwork for the Drug Market Initiative pilot in High Point, N.C.ROBERT V. WOLF: Hi. I’m Rob Wolf, director of communications at the Center for Court Innovation. For this month’s podcast I’m going to share with you some excerpts from a presentation given to Center for Court Innovation staff by...
Red Hook Community Justice Center Marks its 10-Year Anniversary
June 07, 2010 14:06 - 17.2 MBThis podcast includes observations from the presiding judge, Alex Calabrese, and short interviews by Director of Communications Robert V. Wolf with the Brooklyn D.A.'s Chief Assistant District Attorney Anne Swern and Captain Kenneth Corey, commander of the 76th Precinct.ROBERT V. WOLF: Hi, I'm Rob Wolf, director of communications at the Center for Court Innovation. When the Red Hook Community Justice Center was created in the year 2000, no one could predict its...
Confronting Gender Violence in Afghanistan
April 08, 2010 15:04 - 27.3 MBKristine Herman of the Center for Court Innovation spent three months in Afghanistan helping the attorney general establish the nation's first unit dedicated to prosecuting cases of violence against women. She spoke with the Center's Director of Communications Robert V. Wolf about her experience.ROBERT V. WOLF: Hi. I’m Rob Wolf, Director of Communications at the Center for Court Innovation. And today I’m talking with a colleague of mine, Kristine Herman who’s t...
Addressing Crime and Conflict in Baltimore through Community Conferencing
March 01, 2010 14:03 - 9.42 MBLauren Abramson explains how the Community Conferencing Center, which she founded and leads, provides communities with the structure and support they need to address certain crimes and conflicts on their own.
Manhattan’s New District Attorney Supports Reentry Initiatives
March 01, 2010 09:03 - 12.4 MBDistrict Attorney Cyrus Vance, Jr., following his keynote address at a Harlem Parole Reentry Court graduation, answers questions about reentry, crime prevention, and community prosecution.ROBERT V. WOLF: Hi, I'm Rob Wolf, director of Communications at the Center for Court Innovation. This is New Thinking, a podcast about innovations in justice. At the beginning of 2010, Manhattan, which is where the Center for Court Innovation is headquartered, got its first ne...
Shutting Drug Markets in High Point, North Carolina
December 15, 2009 17:12 - 20.5 MBGretta Bush and Bobby Davis of High Point Community Against Violence explain how the Drug Market Initiative--a program developed by David Kennedy of John Jay College of Criminal Justice--offers a sustainable and effective strategy for ending the violence associated with open-air drug markets.ROBERT V. WOLF: Hi, this is Rob Wolf, director of communications at the Center for Court Innovation. And I'm in High Point, North Carolina, speaking with Gretta Bush, who i...
Will Prison Overcrowding in California Inspire Positive Change?
November 02, 2009 16:11 - 31 MBJoan Petersilia, a law professor at Stanford University explains what ex-prisoners need to successfully reintegrate into society, and how California's correction system--once a national model--lost its way.ROBERT V. WOLF: Hi. I’m Rob Wolf, and welcome to “New Thinking,” a podcast produced by the Center for Court Innovation. Today I’m talking to Joan Petersilia, a law professor at Stanford University and one of the nation’s foremost criminologist. She’s the auth...
Giving the Community a Role in Corrections
October 09, 2009 08:10 - 29.7 MBDerek Miodownik, restorative systems administrator for the Vermont Department of Corrections, talks about the state's innovative experiments in community and restorative justice, including Citizen Reparative Boards, which give panels of community members a role in working with misdemeanor offenders, and Circles of Support and Accountability, which link community members with parolees convicted of serious crimes.ROBERT V. WOLF: Hi. This is Rob Wolf, director of ...
Harry Belafonte Congratulates Harlem Reentry Court Graduates
September 14, 2009 14:09 - 9.72 MBLegendary entertainer Harry Belafonte congratulates graduates of the Harlem Parole Reentry Court for satisfying the program's rigorous requirements.ROBERT V. WOLF: The 10th graduation of the Harlem Parole Reentry Court featured a special guest. HARRY BELAFONTE: I was born in Harlem. I grew up in Harlem. I’m in my 82nd year of life and I’m still alive. (APPLAUSE) WOLF: That was Harry Belafonte, singer, actor, and activist as he congratulated the Reentry ...
Drug Courts: Past, Present, Future
July 30, 2009 07:07 - 28.9 MBWest Huddleston, CEO of the National Association of Drug Court Professionals, talks about his group's new web site, why the nation's 2,300-plus drug courts reach only 10 percent of the people they're designed to help, and what's next on the horizon for the drug court movement. ROBERT V. WOLF: Hi. My name is Rob Wolf and I’m director of communications at the Center for Court Innovation. Today I have the pleasure of talking with West Huddleston who is the execut...
The Challenges of Differentiating among Domestic Violence Offenders
June 23, 2009 14:06 - 23.1 MBRonald B. Adrine, the administrative and presiding judge of the Cleveland Municipal Court talks about differentiating between defendants who are habitual batterers and defendants who are one-time perpetrators (such as those acting in self defense).ROBERT V. WOLF: How, I’m Rob Wolf, director of communications at the Center for Court Innovation. Today I’m speaking with Ronald B. Adrine, who is the administrative and presiding Judge of the Cleveland Municipal Cour...
Herb Sturz Works Behind the Scenes to Spark Innovation
May 26, 2009 14:05 - 31.7 MBHerb Sturz--the subject of a new book, A Kind of Genius, by New York Times reporter Sam Roberts--talks about innovation, the power of private-public collaborations, the founding of the Midtown Community Court, and his current work at the Open Society Institute.ROBERT V. WOLF: Hi. This is Rob Wolf, director of communications at the Center for Court Innovation. Today I’m at the Open Society Institute with Herb Sturz. It’s difficult for me to even begin to describ...
Community Policing and Community Courts
April 08, 2009 06:04 - 14.2 MBAfter visiting the Harlem Community Justice Center, Katherine McQuay and Zoe Mentel of the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) talk about reentry, community policing, and the stimulus package.ROBERT V. WOLF: This is Rob Wolf, director of communications at the Center for Court Innovation. Welcome to another New Thinking podcast. I’m here today at the Harlem Community Justice Center with Katherine McQuay who is a sup...
Addressing Vacant Properties through Prevention, Enforcement and Redevelopment
March 13, 2009 07:03 - 7.93 MBRoxann Pais, an executive assistant city attorney in the Dallas City Attorney's Office, describes how prosecutors across the U.S. are responding to the crisis in foreclosed and vacant properties.ROBERT V. WOLF: Hi. This is Rob Wolf, director of communications at the Center for Court Innovation. Welcome to another New Thinking podcast. I’m here with Roxann Pais, who is the executive assistant city attorney with the Dallas City Attorney’s Office and the special a...
Fighting Mortgage Fraud
February 09, 2009 16:02 - 17.9 MBAnn Fulmer, a lawyer and community activist, explains how mortgage fraud harms neighborhoods—including her own community outside Atlanta, Georgia—and what residents can do to stop it.ROBERT V. WOLF: Hi. This is Rob Wolf, director of communications at the Center for Court Innovation. Welcome to another New Thinking podcast. Today I’m with Ann Fulmer who is a vice president at Interthinx, and she’s also the co-founder of the Georgia Real Estate Fraud Prevention a...
Giving Youth a Voice in Justice Policy
January 08, 2009 17:01 - 17.2 MBLinda Baird discusses the Youth Justice Board, which brings together high schoolers across New York City to study and make recommendations about justice policies that affect their peers.
Addressing Domestic Violence in New Orleans
December 05, 2008 06:12 - 22.2 MBMary Claire Landry, director of Domestic Violence Services for the Catholic Charities in New Orleans, discusses the challenge of rebuilding effective responses to domestic violence in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.ROBERT V. WOLF: This is Rob Wolf with another New Thinking podcast from the Center for Court Innovation. Today I'm with Mary Claire Landry, who is the director of Domestic Violence Services for the New Orleans arm of Catholic Charities and also serves...
A New Court in California: An Interview with Judge Wendy Lindley
November 07, 2008 14:11 - 17.8 MBJudge Wendy Lindley offers a preview of the Orange County Community Court, which is scheduled to open in coming months.ROBERT V. WOLF: Hi, this is Rob Wolf, director of communications at the Center for Court Innovation, and I'd like to welcome you to New Thinking, a podcast produced by the Center for Court Innovation. With us today is Orange County Superior Court Judge, Wendy Lindley. I'm sorry for the background noise, but we're in a hotel lobby. Welcome to Ne...
Community Justice in Baltimore
October 27, 2008 16:10 - 16.4 MBUniversity of Maryland Law Professor Terry Hickey discusses Baltimore's new Prostitution Court and other community justice initiatives.ROBERT V. WOLF: This is Rob Wolf, director of communications at the Center for Court Innovation. I'm here today with Terry Hickey, who is adjunct professor at the University of Maryland School of Law and is deeply involved in an interesting project that they have been collaborating on, called the Community Justice Initiative. Te...
Member of Parliament Discusses Community Justice
September 29, 2008 07:09 - 22.4 MBMember of Parliament Nick Herbert talks about his work as Britain's shadow justice minister, the Conservative Party's prospects in the next election, and the importance of problem solving.ROBERT V. WOLF: This is Rob Wolf and I'm welcoming listeners to another podcast produced by the Center for Court Innovation. With me today is Nick Herbert, who is a member of Parliament, conservative member of Parliament, and currently the shadow justice secretary. Let me firs...
Harlem Parole Reentry Court
July 15, 2008 13:07 - 30.4 MBStaff of the Harlem Parole Reentry Court discuss how they help ex-offenders make the transition from incarceration to the community.ROBERT V. WOLF: Hi. This is Rob Wolf, director of communications at the Center for Court Innovation, and welcome to another episode of New Thinking, a podcast produced by the Center for Court Innovation to highlight practitioners, researchers, and others who are experimenting with new approaches to justice. Today I'm in the Harlem ...
Youthful Offender Domestic Violence Court: Working with Teen Victims and Abusers
June 03, 2008 06:06 - 22.6 MBJudge Miriam Cyrulnik explains how the court--the first of its kind in the country--addresses the unique needs of adolescent domestic violence victims and perpetrators.ROBERT V. WOLF: Hi, this is Rob Wolf, director of communications at the Center for Court Innovation, and welcome to another episode of New Thinking, a podcast produced by the Center for Court Innovation to highlight practitioners, researchers, and others, who are experimenting with new approaches...
Brooklyn Mental Health Court: Linking Offenders to Treatment
May 08, 2008 15:05 - 7.82 MBJudge Matthew D'Emic and others explain how the Brooklyn Mental Health Court links mentally-ill offenders to treatment and rigorously monitors compliance.ROBERT V. WOLF: This is Rob Wolf, director of communications at the Center for Court Innovation. Today we're going to take a look at the Brooklyn Mental Health Court, the first court of its kind in New York State to link mentally ill offenders to treatment as an alternative to jail. Judge Matthew D’emic has pr...
UK’s Justice Secretary Visits Red Hook
April 21, 2008 14:04 - 5.27 MBJack Straw, the United Kingdom’s justice secretary and lord chancellor, experiences a judge’s-eye view of the courtroom, quizzes staff about operations, and meets with a group of ex-offenders who have gotten their lives back on track during a visit to the Red Hook Community Justice Center in February 2008.ROBERT V. WOLF: The courtroom of the Redhook Community Justice Center is, in many ways, like countless courtrooms. There's a gallery for witnesses and litigan...