Publications
Criminal Justice
Smart on Crime
Transition Document: A coalition of more than 20 organizations, including the Brennan Center for Justice, and individuals created this publication of a catalogue of key criminal justice issues and policy recommendations for the next administration and congress.
Authored by: Criminal Justice Transition Coalition
– 11/06/08
Eligible for Justice: Guidelines for Appointing Defense Counsel
Neither the Supreme Court, nor any other source, has detailed how communities should determine who can afford counsel and who cannot. This report presents information about best practices for determining financial eligibility for free counsel. The report gathers, in one place, existing standards and procedures, relevant judicial precedent, and the specific views of many defenders in communities around the country.
Authored by: The Access to Justice Program
– 09/16/08
Sentencing for Dollars: The Financial Consequences of a Criminal Conviction
Driven by a combination of philosophical purposes—punishment, reparation, cost recovery, revenue production and cost shifting—local governments, states and the federal government have come to impose a vast array of fines, fees, costs, penalties, surcharges, forfeitures, assessments, reimbursements and restitutions that are levied against people convicted of criminal offenses.
Authored by: Alan Rosenthal and Marsha Weissman
– 02/01/07
Repaying Debts
A guide for legislators, administrators of corrections and community corrections agencies, court officials, victim advocates, child support enforcement officials, social service providers, and others who have an interest in the repayment of debts owed by people released from prisons and jails.
Authored by: Bureau of Justice Assistance
– 01/01/07
The Case for Community Defense in New Orleans
New Orleans’s system of public defense is broken. However, building a strong system of community defense today will help prevent more onerous and expensive steps tomorrow.
Authored by: Chris Muller
– 12/31/06
COD Newsletter August 2006
Newsletter published by the Brennan Center for the Community Orientated Defender Network.
The New York Bar Re-entry Report Chapter on Fees and Fines
Authored by: Special Committee on Collateral Consequences of Criminal Proceedings
– 06/01/06
Reaching Through the Prison Walls: Social Work in an Appellate Defender Office
A report on the relationship between social workers and lawyers in criminal defense offices.
Authored by: Melissa Rothstein
– 04/01/06
“Home” in 2010
A Report on the Feasibility of Enumerating People in Prison at their Home Addresses in the Next Census
Authored by: Kirsten D. Levingston and Christopher Muller
– 02/15/06
Incarcerated People and the Census
Painting a Distorted Picture of Virginia
Authored by: Patricia Allard and Chris Muller
– 01/11/05