The Red Hook Community Justice Center (RHCJC) opened its doors in 2000 to serve a Brooklyn neighborhood plagued by a cycle of unemployment, poverty, and crime. An experimental court and services center, the RHCJC integrates several functions under one roof: Multi-Jurisdiction (low-level criminal, Family Court, and Civil Court matters like landlord-tenant disputes and juvenile delinquency); Community Restitution, Social Services (drug treatment, domestic violence counseling, job training, mediation services, health care); and a court where young people act as judges, jurors and attorneys in cases involving other teens.
OCLC:
(OCoLC)56780760
Locations:
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)
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