Community Justice by Hamilton-Jr., John R. -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Contents Preface 1 Criminal justice and the community

Criminal justice and social justice The importance of “place”

What is community? How do neighborhoods affect community life?

Place and life chances The concentration of crime and criminal justice Place and public safety Disorder models: broken windows Disorganization models: systemic theory Informal social control models: collective efficacy

Place-based strategies and public safety goals

Community-oriented strategies in criminal justice

Places, not just cases Proactive, not reactive Problem solving, not just blaming Decentralization, not hierarchy Fluid organizational boundaries, not fragmented organizational accountability

Comprehensive community change initiatives Political empowerment Economic development Service sector improvements

Evaluation of community justice initiatives Community justice within traditional criminal justice functions

Police Courts Corrections

Conclusion Suggested web resources References Further reading

Social justice The concept of “place” Community Broken windows theory

2 Policing and community justice

A brief history of community policing Policy and the community: a dual-track rationale The community relations rationale for community policing

The police: essential services ensnared in quandary Police as a symbol of modern culture Police as a function of the legal system Police as a function of power in society

The criminal justice rationale for community policing Community policing

Community-building strategies Problem-oriented strategies Broken windows strategies

Community policing and community justice Suggested web sources References Further reading

Community-oriented policing Problem-oriented policing Police culture Police authority and power

3 The courts and community justice

Criminal cases, communities, and courts The two functions of criminal courts

Adjudication of complaints Sanctioning wrongdoers

How courts work today

Is that the way the law really operates in practice?

The victim of crime The community court

A historical look at community courts The contemporary community court movement

Community-oriented court functions

Community-oriented adjudication

Community prosecution Community defender services Community judiciary

Community-oriented sanctioning

The role of victims Restorative justice

Courts for specialized communities

Drug courts Domestic violence courts Mental health courts Teen courts Re-entry courts

Suggested web sources for readers: References Further reading

Courts culture and caseload Sentencing reform Innovation in the courts

4 Corrections and community justice

Themes in traditional correctional services

Offender management Risk Treatment Surveillance and control Punishment

Themes in correctional community justice

Neighborhoods and communities Partnerships Victims and communities Problem solving Restoration

Integrating traditional correctional thought into the community justice framework How community justice changes the traditional correctional functions

Community justice and probation Community justice and the jail Community justice and the prison Community justice and parole (re-entry) Community corrections and restoration Women in prison

Community justice centers in the neighborhood context: a vision for the future

Community guardianship Civic leadership Workforce development Supportive health care and housing

Suggested web sources for the reader: References Further reading

Risk assessment Public safety Offender re-entry

5 The future of community justice

The essentials of community justice

Place Adding value Public safety Varieties of community justice Goals continuum Means continuum

Four prototypes of community justice programs: the models of community justice

Involvement Model Partnership Model Mobilization Model Intermediary Model

Which community justice model is best?

Issues in community justice

The future of community justice References Further reading

Mobilization Partnerships Politics of crime prevention

Appendix

Partnership development Information analysis Resource leveraging How does community justice look in the long term?

Index

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