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Process Evaluations

Austin, J., Johnson, K. D., & Naro, W. (1999). Multnomah County adult community justice supervision redesign program: Final report. Washington, DC: George Washington University, The Institute on Crime and Corrections.

Cissner, A. B. (2005). Process evaluation of the Brooklyn Youthful Offender Domestic Violence Court. New York: Center for Court Innovation.

Delaware Criminal Justice Council. (1998). Wilmington's community court project SODAT Delaware Inc.: A process and implementation evaluation. Wilmington, DE: Author.

Johnson, K. D., Austin, J., & Davies, G. (2002). Low risk offenders: Is it a good investment? Washington, DC: George Washington University, The Institute on Crime and Corrections.

Rhyne, C. (2001). Interchange process study: The first six months. Portland, OR: Multnomah County Department of Community Justice.

Sviridoff, M., Rottman, D., Ostrom, B., & Curtis, R. (1997). Dispensing justice locally: The implementation and effects of the Midtown community court. New York, NY: Center for Court Innovation.

Outcome Evaluations

Austin, J., Johnson, K. D., & Naro, W. (1999). Multnomah county adult community justice supervision redesign program: Final report. Washington, DC: George Washington University, The Institute on Crime and Corrections.

Benekos, P. J., & Sonnenberg, S. L. (1998). An assessment of Erie County intermediate punishment programs. Pennsylvania: Mercyhurst College, Department of Criminal Justice, Institute for Child and Family Policy.

Lowenkamp, C. T., & Latessa, E. J. (2002). Evaluation of Ohio's community based correctional facilities and halfway house programs. Ohio: University of Cincinnati, Division of Criminal Justice, Center for Criminal Justice Research.

Marion, N. A. (2002). Community corrections in Ohio: Cost savings and program effectiveness. Akron, Ohio: University of Akron.

Residential Directors Council of Texas and Community Justice Assistance Division. (1999). Community corrections facilities outcome study. Austin/Huntsville: Texas Department of Criminal Justice.

Rhyne, C. (2001). Assessing the impact of community involvement in field office supervision practices: Peninsula field office. Portland, OR: Multnomah County Department of Community Justice.

Rhyne, C. (2001). The Londer Learning Center: Participants' descriptions and rearrest rates. Portland, OR: Multnomah County Department of Community Justice.

Sviridoff, M., Rottman, D., Ostrom, B., & Curtis, R. (1997). Dispensing justice locally: The implementation and effects of the Midtown community court. New York, NY: Center for Court Innovation.

Svirdoff, M., Rottman, D., Weidner, R., Cheesman, F., Hansen, R., Ostrom, B. J., & Curtis, R. (2000). Dispensing justice locally: The impacts, cost and benefits of the Midtown community court (Executive Summary). Retrieved September 14, 2004, from http://www.ncsconline.org/WC/Publications/Res_CtComm_MidtownExecSumPub.pdf

Weed and Seed best practices: Evaluation-based series (vol 2). (n.d.). Washington, DC: Executive Office for Weed and Seed.

Other Community Justice Reports

American Prosecutors Research Institute. (n.d.). Community prosecution planning and implementation workbook (revised). Washington, DC: Bureau of Justice Assistance.

Anderson, D. C. (1996). In New York City, a "Community Court" and a new legal culture. Washington, DC: National Institute of Justice.

Bazemore, G. (1997). The community in community justice: Issues, themes and questions for the new neighborhood sanctioning models. Justice System Journal 19 (2), 193-228.

Bazemore, G., & Griffiths, C. T. (1997). Conferences, circles, boards, and mediation: The new wave of community justice. Federal Probation 61 (2), 25-37.

Berman, G., & Anderson, D. (1997). Engaging the community: A guide for community justice planners. New York, NY: Center for Court Innovation.

Berman, G., & Anderson, D. (1999). Drugs, courts, & neighborhoods: Community reintegration and the Brooklyn treatment court. New York, NY: Center for Court Innovation.

Berman, G. (2001). Red hook diary: Planning a community court. New York: Center for Court Innovation.

Brito, C. S., & Allan, T. (Eds.). (1999). Problem-oriented policing (POP): Crime-specific problems, critical issues, and making POP work, vol. 2. Washington, DC: Police Executive Research Forum.

Bureau of Justice Assistance. (1998). Overcoming obstacles to community courts: A summary of workshop proceedings. Washington, DC: Author.

Casey, P. M., & Rottman, D. B. (2003). Problem solving court models: Community courts. In Problem solving courts: Models and Trends (pp. 2-3). Williamsburg, VA: National Center for State Courts.

Clear, T. R., & Cadora, E. (2002). Community Justice. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth Publishing.

Clear, T. R., & Karp, D. R. (1999). The community justice ideal: Preventing crime and achieving justice. Boulder, CO: Westview Press.

Clear, T., & Karp, D. (2000). Toward the ideal of community justice. NIJ Journal (2000, October).

Clear, T., & Karp, D. (2002). What is community justice?:  Case studies of restorative justice and community supervision. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.

Coles, C. M. (2000). Community prosecution, problem solving, and public accountability: The evolving strategy of the American Prosecutor. Cambridge, Massachusetts: John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University.

Coles, C. M., & Kelling, G. L. (1998). Prosecution in the community: A study of emergent strategies: A cross site analysis. Cambridge, Massachusetts: John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University.

Dickey, W. J., & McGarry, P. (2001). Community justice in rural America: Four examples and four futures (Bureau of Justice Assistance Community Justice Series, No.3). Washington, DC: Bureau of Justice Assistance.

Dunlap, K. (1998). Community justice: Concepts and strategies. Lexington, KY: American Probation and Parole Association.

Executive Office for United States Attorneys Office of Legal Education. (2001). Community Prosecution. The United States Attorney's Bulletin, 49, (1), 1-46.

Feinblatt, J., & Berman, G. (1997). Responding to the community: Principles for planning and creating a community court. Washington, DC: Bureau of Justice Assistance.

Feinblatt, J., Berman, G., & Sviridoff, M. (1998). Neighborhood justice: Lessons from the Midtown community court. New York, NY: Center for Court Innovation.

Feinblatt, J., & Berman, G. (2000). Community court principles: A guide for planners. New York: Center for Court Innovation.

Frazer, M. S. (2006). The impact of the community court model on defendant perceptions of fairness. New York: Center for Court Innovation.

Garcia, C. A. (2004). Realistic expectations: Constructing a mission-based evaluation model for community corrections programs. Criminal Justice Policy Review, 15, (3), 251-269.

Goldkamp, J. S., Irons-Guynn, C., & Weiland, D. (2003). Community prosecution strategies. Washington, DC: Bureau of Justice Assistance.

Goldkamp, J. S., Weiland, D., & Irons-Guynn, C. (2001). Developing an evaluation plan for community courts: Assessing the Hartford Community Court model. Washington, DC: Bureau of Justice Assistance.

Johnstone, Q. (2001). The Hartford community court: An experiment that has succeeded. Law Review, 34, (1), 123-156.

John Howard Society of Alberta. (1998). Community corrections. Alberta, Canada: Author.

Karp, D. R. (Ed.). (1998). Community justice: An emerging field. Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield.

Karp, D. R., & Clear, T. R. (1999). The community justice ideal: Preventing crime and achieving justice. Boulder, CO: Westview Press.

Karp, D. R., & Clear, T. R. (2000). Community justice: A conceptual framework. In C. M. Friel (Vol. Ed.), Criminal justice 2000: vol. 2. boundary changes in criminal justice organizations (pp. 323-368). Washington, DC: National Institute of Justice.

Kurki, L. (1999, September). Incorporating restorative and community justice into American sentencing and corrections. Sentencing & Corrections 3. Washington, DC: National Institute of Justice.

Lee, E. (2000). Community courts: An evolving model. Washington, DC: Bureau of Justice Assistance.

Lee, E., & Martinez, J. (1998). How it works: A summary of case flow and interventions at the Midtown community court. New York, NY: Center for Court Innovation.

Mansky, A. (2004). Problem solving: Responding to real problems, real people. CJM, 57, 30-31.

McCold, P., & Wachtel, B. (1998). Community is not a place: A new look at community justice initiatives. Contemporary Justice Review 1, 71-85.

McCoy, D. C. (n. d.). Evaluation of community justice initiatives in Jefferson County, West Virginia, 1996-1997. Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan, Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research.

Mitchell, C., Parent, D., & Barnett, L. (2002). Transition from prison to community initiative. Washington, DC: National Institute of Corrections.

National Center for State Courts. (1997). Report on trends in the state courts. Arlington, Virginia: Author.

Quinn, T. J. (1997). Beyond community policing: Community justice. Police Chief 64 (10), 107-108.

Roman, C. G., Moore, G. E., Jenkins, S., & Small, K.M. (2003). Understanding community justice partnerships: Assessing the capacity to partner. Washington, DC: Urban Institute.

Rottman, D. B. (1996, August). Community courts: Prospects and limits. National Institute of Justice Journal 231.

Shelly, T. O., & Grant, A. C. (Eds.). (1998). Problem-oriented policing (POP): Crime-specific problems, critical issues, and making POP work, vol. 1. Washington, DC: Police Executive Research Forum.

Thompson, A. C., & Wolfe, R. V. (2004). The prosecutor as problem-solver: An overview of community prosecution: A workshop for prosecutors. New York: Center for Court Innovation.

Weed and Seed best practices: Evaluation-based series (vol 1). (n.d.). Washington, DC: Executive Office for Weed and Seed.

Weidner, R. (1999). Hartford Community court: Origins, expectations and implementation. New York: Center for Court Innovation.

Wolfe, R. V. (2004). Beyond big cities: The problem-solving innovations of community prosecutors in smaller jurisdictions. Washington, DC: Bureau of Justice Assistance.

Wolf, V., & Wolf, R. V. (2000). Community prosecution profiles. New York, NY: Center for Court Innovation.

Wolf, R. V. (1999). Defining the problem: Using data to plan a community justice project. New York, NY: Center for Court Innovation.

Wolfe, R. V., & Worrall, J. L. (2004). Lessons from the field: Ten community prosecution leadership profiles. New York: Center for Court Innovation.