Domestic Violence Courts

On November 4, 2015 Jerry Gardner and Kelly Stoner presented an overview of VAWA Special Domestic Violence Criminal Jurisdiction at the Office of Violence Against Women tribal consultation.

Two Center staff members presented " A Problem-Solving Approach to Tribal Court Assessments."

Center staff met with Chief Judge, Court Coordinator, Chief Probation Officer, and Tribal Council Member to discuss the status of the tribe’s community court project and outline specific action steps for moving the project forward

Domestic violence training from NDAA.

The Arizona Association of Drug Court Professionals and the ASU Center
for Applied Behavioral Health Policy hosted the
2015 Arizona Problem Solving Courts Conference: Advancing Justice
Together where national and statewide experts are on hand to present critical information,
share lessons learned, and engage in dialogue about a variety of topics.

Conference tracks included:
• Core Principles
• Treatment
• Juveniles & Young Adults
• Mental Health
• Veterans

The San Carlos Apache Tribe requested technical assistance for information on thier criminal justice system including: Tribal Court, Law Enforcement, & Prosecutor CJS Review. On January 11-14, 2015, Robert Hood of APA, Brett Taylor of Center for Court Innovation and Adelle Fontanet of Center for Court Innovation conducted a site visit.

Emily LaGratta served on a paper session called “Innovations and Setbacks in Courts and Trials,” in which experts in the field read and present on three recently published pieces of literature on various topics.

Site Visit: Pascua Yaqui Tribe in Tuscon, AZ regarding VAWA Trial Skills Training

Warren Reich and Sarah Fritsche presented “Complex Criminogenic Needs Predict Six-Month Recidivism in Misdemeanants,” an analysis of the Misdemeanor Assessment Project data, to an audience of researchers at the annual convention of the Association for Psychological Science, New York, NY.

In the state of Texas, the Office of the Governor is the SAA. The SAA works collaboratively with the Texas Association of Regional Councils (TARC), made up of the regional planning staff for the 24 Texas regions, to do statewide criminal justice planning. On April 22, 2015, NCJA received a request to present onsite training at the regional planners’ annual meeting in late September, 2015. The criminal justice planners are interested in onsite presentations and training by NCJA staff on both grants management and strategic planning.