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1 online resource (405 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of Figures; Foreword; Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction; Project Origins; Underlying Problems; Purpose; Research and Policy Influences; Developing the Court; Local Influences; Developing the Court; Early Challenges; Research on the Midtown Community Court; Notes; 2. The Courthouse; The Courtroom; The Alternative Sanctions/social Service Floor; Other Uses of the Courthouse; Notes; 3. The Courtroom: Caseloads, Case Processing and Case Outcomes; Arrest-To-Arraignment Process; Target Zone Cases; Arrest-to-Arraignment Procedures |
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Calendared CaseloadsCaseload Volume; Relieving Pressure on the Downtown Court; Caseload Composition; Desk Appearance Tickets: Failure-To-Appear at Arraignment; Issues Related to DATs at the Court; Calendared DATs in the Court Caseload; DAT Appearance Rates; Arraignment Outcomes; The Characteristics of Arraigned Defendants; Adjournments at Arraignment; Disposition Rates; Case Dispositions; Sentences and Sanctions; Developing Graduated Responses; The Correlates of Sentence Outcomes; Sentence Length; Escalating Short-term Sanctions; Notes; 4. Building Community Partnerships; Community Role |
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Community Service: Paying Back the CommunityCommunity Service Sentences in New York County; Community Service at the Court; Community Service Compliance; Using the Court as a Gateway to Services; Court-Based Services in New York County; Court-Based Services at the Court; Establishing a Graduated Array of Social Service Sanctions; Mandatory Long-Term Treatment/Case Management; Community Involvement; Mediating Community Disputes; Reaching Out to Local Police; Notes; 5. Project Implementation; Implementation Issues; Reaching the Projected Caseload; Case Processing Issues |
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New Technology, New Players and New InformationEnsuring Accountability; Emerging Themes; The Changing Nature of the Courtroom Work Group; Expanding Social Services; The Role of the Coordinating Team; Unanticipated Factors: Other Influences on Quality of Life in Midtown; Notes; 6. Court Outcomes in a Comparative Perspective; Data Sources; Caseloads, Case Processing and Case Outcomes; Using Multivariate Statistical Analyses to Compare Outcomes at the Two Courts; Decision 1: The Frequency of Failure to Appear at Arraignment; Decision 2: Case Adjournments |
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Decision 3: Disposition-ACD or ConvictionDecision 4: Sentencing and Sanctioning Options; Decision 5: The Jail Sanction; Decision 6: Compliance with Intermediate Sanctions; Summary; Is there a Difference between the Two Courts in Whether Defendants given a DAT Appear as Scheduled?; Is there a Difference between the Two Courts in Continuance Rates?; Is there a Difference between the Two Courts in Conviction Rates?; Is there a Difference between the Two Courts in the Frequency of Intermediate Sanctions and the Frequency of "Walks" (Sentences with no Conditions Imposed)? |
| Summary |
This book shows the significant impact and success that can be accomplished when courts are designed to meet the needs of the community regardless of traditional proceedings. The presentation of this unique approach marks the way for courts and ancillary justice agencies of all sizes to work together to build community confidence and assure not only quality of life but quality of justice |
| Notes |
Is there a Difference between the Two Courts in the Likelihood of Receiving a Jail Sentence and if so, in the Length of that Jail Sentence? |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
New York (N.Y.). Midtown Community Court.
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| SUBJECT |
New York (N.Y.). Midtown Community Court fast |
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Neighborhood justice centers -- New York (State) -- New York
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Criminal justice, Administration of -- New York (State) -- New York
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LAW -- Criminal Law -- General.
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Criminal justice, Administration of
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Neighborhood justice centers
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New York (State) -- New York
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Ostrom, Brian J., 1956-
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Rottman, David.
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Sviridoff, Michele.
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| ISBN |
9781134417575 |
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1134417578 |
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