a restorative, strength-based program that will divert high-risk youth from gang involvement as well as violent behavior.

At the kick-off summit for the Minority

Youth Violence Prevention initiative, Nancy Frank and Ralphalla Richardson discuss how they became interested

in partnering with police to help stop the cycle of harm in some of Binghamton’s struggling neighborhoods.

Jill Smialek and Dr. Jeff Kretschmar discuss the Cuyahoga County Defending Childhood Initative, which  seeks to address violence against children in one of the country's most violent areas - Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Their unique approach includes the creation of an integrated, county-wide screening, assessment, and service system for children ages 0-18 who have experienced violence and trauma. The initative is part of the Department of Justice's Defending Childhood Demonstration Program, which funded eight sites across the country to  respond to the problem of children's exposure to violence. The Center for Court Innovation has produced a report on the Cuyahoga County Defending Childhood Initative, a series of reports on five other sites, and a report that condenses lessons learned across the sites. 

 

In this New Thinking podcast, Dr. Oliver Williams brings questions of race, faith, and incarceration into a conversation on domestic violence. Drawing on his work with both victims and perpetrators from African American, Latina, and other immigrant and diasporic communities, Dr. Williams examines the import of cultural responsivity in the justice system’s response to domestic violence. 

This product was supported by Grant No. 2013-TA-AX-K042 awarded by the Office on Violence Against Women, U.S. Department of Justice. The opinions, findings, or recommendations expressed in this podcast are those of the speaker(s) and do not necessarily reflect the view of the Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women.

At Reinvesting in Justice, Aubree Cote, smart pretrial site coordinator for Denver, talks about the city's reform efforts and what different states and jurisdictions can learn from each other regarding pretrial justice.

than when adults experience it, explains Andrew Sta. Ana,  supervising attorney of Day One, which seeks to end teen dating violence. "There's this

idea, 'Oh, teen DV. That must mean domestic violence or intimate-partner violence 'lite'... I think

that what's important to recognize about teen dating violence, particularly as it affects young women, is that

[the age group of 18 to 24 has] the highest rates of dating violence" among any group, Sta. Ana says in this

New Thinking podcast. He also explains what services Day One offers clients and how it works with the Brooklyn Youthful Offender Domestic Violence Court, and he discusses some

of the factors that distinguish cases of teen intimate-partner violence from adult cases, including differences in

law, the use of technology, and adolescent brain development.

 

 

than when adults experience it, explains Andrew Sta. Ana,  supervising attorney of Day One, which seeks to end teen dating violence. "There's this

idea, 'Oh, teen DV. That must mean domestic violence or intimate-partner violence 'lite'... I think

that what's important to recognize about teen dating violence, particularly as it affects young women, is that

[the age group of 18 to 24 has] the highest rates of dating violence" among any group, Sta. Ana says in this

New Thinking podcast. He also explains what services Day One offers clients and how it works with the Brooklyn Youthful Offender Domestic Violence Court, and he discusses some

of the factors that distinguish cases of teen intimate-partner violence from adult cases, including differences in

law, the use of technology, and adolescent brain development.

 

 

Some people mistakenly think that when teenagers experience intimate partner violence, it's less serious than when adults experience it, explains Andrew Sta. Ana,  supervising attorney of Day One, which seeks to end teen dating violence. "There's this idea, 'Oh, teen DV. That must mean domestic violence or intimate-partner violence 'lite'... I think that what's important to recognize about teen dating violence, particularly as it affects young women, is that [the age group of 18 to 24 has] the highest rates of dating violence" among any group, Sta. Ana says in this New Thinking podcast. He also explains what services Day One offers clients and how it works with the Brooklyn Youthful Offender Domestic Violence Court, and he discusses some of the factors that distinguish cases of teen intimate-partner violence from adult cases, including differences in law, the use of technology, and adolescent brain development.

 

 

International Rule of Law Movement: A Crisis of Legitimacy and the Way Forward, discusses the

international rule of law as an industry--one that has been promoted as offering solutions in post-conflict and fragile

states and that too often fails. Marshall discusses some of the reasons for these failures and outlines some alternative

approaches to interventions in fragile states. (September 2014)

Simon Fulford, chief executive of Khulisa U.K., explains how and why his not-for-profit brought a successful South African prisoner reentry program to the United Kingdom.

strategies–including community engagement and prevention-oriented diversion approaches–that can effectively and efficiently

keep communities safe, address the symptoms and causes of criminal activity, and alleviate prison overcrowding.

(August 2014)