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Treatment Court: Is Yours Sustainable? (Part One)

Learn which evidence-based practices make a difference

Treatment Court: Is Yours Sustainable? (Part One)

David Wallace

Part One – A Sustainability Plan When I was the Senior Director at NADCP’s National Center for DWI Courts, I trained new teams on how to implement DWI Courts, and

Sustainability Treatment Courts

Incentives In Your Treatment Courts: Are You Focused On The Right Thing?

Justice Speakers Institute

Tuesday, 29 May 2018 / Published in Incentives and Sanctions in Treatment Courts, Problem Solving Courts

By: Helen Harberts, Guest Author Most treatment courts are well aware of the importance of responding to participant behavior in a swift and certain manner. Reliable detection of good behavior

Incentives Sanctions Treatment Courts

To Test or Not to Test – Reasonable Suspicion in the Workplace

Hon. Brian MacKenzie (Ret.)

Tuesday, 22 May 2018 / Published in Corporate Safety, Drug Policies, Drug Testing, Law

Within a workplace setting what does an employer do when there is a legitimate reason to believe that the employee has been abusing alcohol or taking other drugs. The law

Natural Hurricanes Bring Humane Responses

Hon. Kevin Burke (JSI Associate)

Tuesday, 15 May 2018 / Published in Law, Race

But how do we deal with the man made hurricane of racial bigotry? Our nation has seen the horror that Hurricanes Harvey and Irma caused. What happened was not simply

Gideon Is Not a Promise but a Constitutional Mandate

Hon. Brian MacKenzie (Ret.)

Tuesday, 08 May 2018 / Published in Law

In Gideon vs. Wainwright the Supreme Court announced that the right to an attorney was both “fundamental and essential” to rule of law under the Sixth Amendment to our Constitution,

Traffic Safety and Teen Leadership: SADD’s Mission to Empower Youth

David Wallace

Thursday, 03 May 2018 / Published in Podcast

Explore SADD's initiatives promoting traffic safety, substance abuse prevention, and personal well-being. Learn how teens and parents can work together for safer, healthier communities.

Supporting the Rule of Law

Justice Speakers Institute

Tuesday, 01 May 2018 / Published in Alcohol, Drugs

By Guest Author: Judge Mark Atkinson, Chief Executive Officer, Texas Center for the Judiciary This past December, I traveled to Kabul, Afghanistan on a fifteen-day trip. I had been invited

Alcohol and Intimate Partner Violence

Hon. Peggy Hora (Ret.)

Tuesday, 24 April 2018 / Published in Alcohol, Drugs

(Editor’s Note: April is Alcohol Awareness Month. This is an important issue that involves alcohol) What does murder in America look like? It happens at night. The victim is the

Distracted Driving: It Can Wait

David Wallace

Tuesday, 17 April 2018 / Published in Distracted Driving, Traffic Safety

“I can’t wait to see you this weekend!” Angelina Holloway sent that text message at 2:11 p.m. on April 18, 2016. At 2:15 p.m., a deputy found her wrecked car. She

Crash Reconstruction in Court: Why Judges Need Scientific Knowledge

Justice Speakers Institute

Tuesday, 10 April 2018 / Published in Traffic Safety

By Guest Author: Professor John Kwasnoski Motor vehicle crash cases have become more and more technical with the evolution of so many forms of digital evidence and the prolific use