Kim Ball's Summer Reads
Whether you’re traveling for vacation or sticking close to home, be sure to take a book with you, too. And if you need a recommendation, here are some of my favorites:
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July's Just Thoughts
Have you been keeping up with our Just Thoughts blog? Here's a roundup of our top posts from July.
- Heard but Rarely Seen - Student Associate Ben Marchman looks back at his time at JPO and what it is like to be behind the scenes promoting JPO's mission and the people that make it happen.
- Let’s Talk about the Constitution - Director Kim Ball discusses the importance of introducing our youth to the constitutional right to counsel.
- Historical Hysterics over Youth Culture - Program Associate Megan Ward examines the historic and continuing fears over youth culture and what this means for juvenile justice.
- Characteristics of Robust RPPs and How We Can Promote Their Development - Part two of Associate Director of Research Julie Baldwin's reflection on promoting research-practitioner partnerships.
- Researcher-Practitioner Partnerships - Dr. Julie Baldwin explores the challenges of connecting research to practice in part one of a two-part series on the JPO blog.
- All I need to know about parenting, I’ve learned in my criminal justice career - Read about how Director Kim Ball takes lessons learned in a career of advocating for criminal justice reform and applies them to parenthood.
If you want to be a guest blogger for us, please email JPOCommunications@american.edu. We accept submissions on topics related to our issue and project areas.
Drug Court Review
The Drug Court Review is now accepting articles for an upcoming issue focusing on innovative treatments and approaches employed by specialized court programs to address the underlying issues of criminal justice involvement.
Changes in the fields of criminal justice, mental and behavioral health, medicine, and technology, as well as shifting trends in social problems, highlight the need for treatment court programs to also evolve in their responses. As such, topics of particular interest to this issue of Drug Court Review include, but are not limited to:
- Family-centered approaches
- Evidence-based treatment
- Medication-assisted treatment (MAT)
- Inter-tribal and/or multi-jurisdictional transfers
- Rapid responses or immediate linkages to treatment
- New/promising treatment modalities or program structures
Submissions are due August 31, 2018, and publication is expected in December 2018.
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JPO in the News
Senior Policy Counsel Zoë Root recently published an article in Court Manager magazine about the state of public defense in the US, the Right to Counsel National Campaign, and how court managers can ensure the fair administration of justice.
Director Kim Ball stopped by the Leslie Marshall radio show to talk about the Right to Counsel National Campaign (R2C) and other issues relating to public defense.
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JPO's NDCRC has a new monthly newsletter focused on resources related to behavioral health, mental health, and criminal justice issues faced by veterans and military personnel.
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