Does San Francisco's Community Justice Center Reduce Criminal Recidivism?

• Main Author: Kilmer, Beau (auth)
• Other Authors: Sussell, Jesse (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: RAND Corporation 2014
• Subjects: Courts & procedure; Criminal law & procedure; Crime & criminology; Law; Sociology
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Community courts aim to improve outcomes by addressing factors linked to criminal behavior with access to treatment and services, and by emphasizing ties to a specific neighborhood. In 2009, San Francisco opened the Community Justice Center (CJC), a community court serving a traditionally high-crime...