Community Courts in NYC

Running head : SOCIOLOGY

Community Courts in New York City

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Community courts are locality-focused courts that try to tie together the authority of the criminal justice system in to tackle problems that face offenders as well as the community . The midtown community court was the first court of the kind it opened way for others which have currently reducing crime in the neighborhood as well as reducing recidivism . This is going to look at the goals as well as roles of community

courts so as to determine whether they work , how they can be changed in to make them more efficient , and also examine their impacts on the criminal justice system .Introduction

Community courts , according to Anderson (1996 , are neighborhood centered courts that try to connect the authority of the criminal justice system with intent of tackling local problems . Community courts can be of different forms , but all of them are founded on two principle aims finding solutions to community problems and creating partnership These courts , as pointed out by Community Court (n .d , attempt to develop novel associations , both inside the criminal justice system and with stakeholders from the outside such as merchants , residents learning and religious institutions as well . Community courts were founded on five major principles : restoring the community , developing a link between communities and the criminal justice system , helping offenders deal with factors that lead to crime , providing...