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Vision 7: BUILDING TRADITIONAL COMMUNITY JUSTICE INTO COURTS
Some of the participant/clients of the San Francisco Parole Reentry Court, a Community-Based Court Program October 19, 2015 An article in the Huffington Post proposes a novel alternative to the...
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San Francisco Parole Reentry Court Judge Jeffrey Tauber (ret.), presents a program participant with an award THE SUCCESS OF CAL.PROP. 47 REFORM WILL NOT IMPACT DRUG COURTS California’s PROP. 47 did...
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HOW I KNOW PROP. 47 IS THE RIGHT THING TO DO [One in a series of articles on California’s Prop 47; reducing less serious felony offenses,(drug and non-drug) to misdemeanors] San Francisco District...
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POPE URGES THE NEW YEAR TO BE A HOLY YEAR OF AMNESTY FOR PRISONERS Pope Francis continues to bring the attention of the world to the plight of the poor and the imprisoned. In his annual peace message...
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A NEW YEAR’S VISION: EVIDENCE-BASED SENTENCING FOR ALL FORMER SERVICEMAN STANDS BEFORE “VETERANS’ COURT” JUDGE It is the New Year and so it is customary to envision what we should accomplish in the the...
View ArticlePRISON CORPS. MOVE IN ON “ALTERNATIVES TO PRISON”
Reprinted from January 2016 PARTS II: ARE GPS BRACELETS AN ACCEPTABLE ALTERNATIVE TO INCARCERATION? This is an introduction to an issue which has been brewing within the criminal justice system, but...
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WHY DRUG COURT IS NOT A SILVER BULLET
Reprinted from December 2018 Dr.Doug Marlow, Chief of Science, Policy and Law, NADCP If you follow the comments of governors and other state policy makers these days, it appears that they have signed...
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DRUG COURTS ARE FOR DRUG ADDICTS/UNLESS THEY’RE NOT
Reprinted from January 2016 Recent published articles suggest that some drug courts show a statistical preference for participants who have less serious criminal histories (ie. without violent...
View ArticleGROWING SOCIAL INEQUALITY LINKED TO HARSH CRIMINAL SENTENCES
Reprinted from February 2016 article GROWING SOCIAL INEQUALITY LINKED TO HARSH CRIMINAL SENTENCES A recent research paper out of Great Britain, finds that “public anger toward crime and support for...
View ArticleALTERNATIVES TO THE AMERICAN “RETRIBUTION” PRISON MODEL
A recently published book on prisons around the world, turns a spotlight on the “punishment“ focus of America Prisons and alternatives to that American Model. Baz Dreisinger, writes in her book,...
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ITALIANS PRISONERS SUCCEED THROUGH THEATRE
Reprinted from January 2016 While running the nacent San Francisco Parole Reentry Court in 2010, I rediscovered the importance of engaging parolees in what the social...
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THE RIP VAN WINKLE EFFECT
I began to write a book on my experiences as a drug and reeentry court judge five years ago. At the time I was well aware of the momentum building for prison and sentencing reform and wrote about it...
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THE DANGERS OF EXPORTING PRISONS
the Commissioner-General of the Namibian Correctional Service, Raphael Tuhafeni Hamunyela As bad as overcrowded prisons are in the U.S. and Europe, the issue of mass incarceration is hardly limited...
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profile of the author as a world travelling sax playing judge
Two narratives on promoting your book: They told me I needed to stay focused. I actually thought that all you had to do was find the thousands of hours to write your book. If you have something to...
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HEALING CRIMINAL JUSTICE: A Journey to Restore Community in Our Courts (free...
Healing Criminal Justice: a journey to Restore Community in Our Courts, is newly published , by Judge Jeffrey Tauber (free download on Amazon through 2020). It’s central theme is the rediscovery of...
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