Dispensing Justice Locally
Subtitle: The Implementation and Effects of the Midtown Community Court
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Routledge
Published: September 1, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 238
ISBN-13: 9789057026140
Subjects: Causes & prevention of crime; Courts & procedure; Sociology; Midtown Community Court; Government - State & Provincial; New York (State); Law; New York; Neighborhood justice centers; Criminology; Government - State, Provincial & Municipal; Urban  State & Local Government; Social Science / Sociology / General; Social Science; State, Provincial & Local Government; Courts - General; Criminal justice, Administration of; New York (N.Y.)
First sentence: In October 1993, the Midtown Community Court opened as a three-year demonstration project, designed to test the ability of criminal courts to forge links with the community in developing a problem-solving approach to quality-of-life offenses.