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Leadership Off the Bench
American Judges/NASJE ConferenceSeattle, WAOctober 7, 2015
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Learning Objectives • Discuss the role of the judge as convener and collaborator in
system change.
• Identify strategies that engage courts, mental health, treatment and the community to build public trust and confidence, identify cost effective solutions, and help people to be successful.
• Focus on sustainability at all stages of implementation.
• Case Study: Recognize the scope of substance abuse and why there is a need for a different approach in the justice system.
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Setting the Stage
• Substance use disorder continues to be a leading factor in the criminal behavior of offenders.
• The judiciary has an ethical obligation to be a leader in system reform on and off the bench.
• Judges must become active players in a broader community effort to promote effective substance abuse treatment and positive development.
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Children in Trouble• 1 in 20 arrests of
young people are for
serious, violent
crimes like murder,
rape or aggravated
assault. About 80
percent of those
taken in to state
custody are locked
up for drug offenses,
misdemeanors or
property crime.
• As many as four in five teens in
trouble with the law are abusing
drugs and alcohol. • Only 10 percent of youth with a
substance use disorder can
actually access treatment.
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Adults in Trouble
• 80% of adult offenders abuse drugs or alcohol.• Almost 95% of these offenders will continue to
abuse drugs or alcohol after being released.• 60-80% will re-offend, typically drug driven.
The United States has the largest prison population of any developed county.
Over half of the Federal inmates sentenced to prison terms exceeding one year are incarcerated for drug related offenses.
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Scope of the ProblemSubstance Use Among Youth and Adults
Alcohol Marijuana Any Illicit Drug (Past Year) (Past Month) (Lifetime)
Ages 12-17
Ages 18-25
Ages 26 and over
(Past Year) (Past Month) (Lifetime) (Past Year) (Past Month) (Lifetime)
24.6% 11.6% 30.8%
76.8% 59.6% 83.8%
69.6% 55.9% 87.3%
13.4% 7.1% 16.4%
31.6% 7.9% 51.9%
9.2% 5.6% 45.7%
17.2% 8.8% 23.3%
35.8% 21.5% 57.0%
12.3% 7.3% 50.2%
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The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration released the National Survey on Drug Use and Health in June 2015. The latest survey revealed the data .
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Courts in Trouble• Courtrooms are
full.• Court records
offices are severely behind managing court documents.
• When Courts are overworked, access to justice is delayed.
• Drugs are a much more prevalent part of our communities and Courts are beginning to realize that management practices that were sufficient twenty years ago are ineffective at addressing modern day problems.
New Strategies for Old Challenges
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• Tangible outcomes
• Judicial authority and involvement
• Collaboration
• Non-traditional roles
• System change
The Problem-Solving Court
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Resolutions and Court Rules Supporting Judicial LeadershipConference of Chief Justices/ Conference of State Court Administrators :Resolution 22
• Found evidence of broad support
for problem-solving courts
• Supported judicial leadership in integrating
treatment services with judicial case management
• Endorsed judicial collaboration with community-
based and government organizations
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Local Ethical Considerations• In your jurisdiction, what court rules have been established
that defined judicial leadership beyond the bench?
What information do you lack about state specific court rules
and from whom will you gather this information?
• What conflicts exist between our discussion of judges’ roles
and your own state's rules? Where will you
get clarification?
• With whom will you speak to find out about other judges who
have initiated system reborn in your own state? What would
you do to find out more about what they are doing?
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Questions for Community Change
• What do persons in trouble with drugs, alcohol and crime need to be successful?
• Can we create partnerships between communities and institutions to help them?
• How do we move the system in this direction?
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Gaps in the System• No national standards for identifying these persons
and getting them service.
• Promising models in court are regarded as
“specialty” programs, such as drug courts or
veterans courts.
• Evidence-based practices for alcohol and drug
treatment are not being utilized.
• No standards to integrate care across justice and
treatment and other supports in the offender’s life.
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Public Attitudes
• News coverage is incomplete and/or
misleading
• Advocates need to be more vocal about
getting offenders the treatment they need…
and how that reduces crime, lightens court
case flow concerns, saves money, and
builds safer communities
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Opportunities and ChallengesAddressing substance abuse and court-involved persons in your community
1. What opportunities have been available in your community to
address these issues?
For example: resources such as grant money, new service providers, additional staff;
new partnerships with stakeholders; events that have drawn attention to substance abuse, or the
court in your community?
2. What challenges have you faced in your efforts
to address these issues in your community?
For example: policies, regulations or laws; community perspectives, community history
such as a failed initiative, a scandal or conflict.
Judges must use a shared leadership
approach with communities to improve
outcomes forcourt-involved
substance-abusing people and their
families.
Shared Leadership
Solutions
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Why Judicial Leadership• Unique Position
• Effective Administration of Justice
• Convener
• Bridge Gaps
• Represent the Courts
• Citizen Involvement
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• Relationship- The Judge should take the initiative to develop
strong, diverse bonds throughout the community, and continually
foster those relationships.
• Ownership- The community, as well as the bench, must
acknowledge the existence of the problem.
• Interdependence- All members of the team must rely on each
other’s strengths.
• Open communication- Encourage free flowing, dynamic
communication between not only the community participants and
the bench, but also the offenders you strive to assist.
A Shared Leadership Approach
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• Mobilizing the community
to create recovery
networks and
opportunities for
offenders is of critical
importance.
• The community has
ideas, commitment, and
passion.
• The community can push
for changes that often
cannot occur from within
government systems.
Why Community
Involvement?
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The Eight Stages of a Successful Change Process
1. Establish a sense of urgency
2. Form a powerful guiding coalition
3. Create a vision
4. Communicate the vision
5. Empower others to act on the vision
6. Plan for and create short-term wins
7. Consolidate improvements and produce still more
change
8. Institutionalize new approaches
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• Who needs to be at the
table?
• Ensuring diversity and
inclusion
• Strategies for outreach
Convening Community
Leaders
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Identifying Stakeholders and Collaborators
• Allies
• Critics
• Informants
• Decision-makers
• Leaders – formal and informal
• Connectors and
information collectors
• Insiders
• Other stakeholders
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Ensure Diversity and Inclusion
• Recognize institutional
racism and its impact
on inclusion
• Economic strata
representation
• Gender representation
• Sexual orientation
• Disability
• Age – youth, adults, and the
elderly
• Neighborhood representation
• Frontline workers
• Other ?
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Engaging the Community in Systems Change• Process for creating a shared vision
• Define success and success indicators:
outcomes and incremental change
• Asset approach to problem-solving
• Celebrate success
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Elements of a Shared Vision• Drives entire planning process
• Expresses possibility – ideal future state
in 10 – 15 years
• Serves as a foundation underlying goals,
plans, and policies
• Focuses on people and quality of life
• Uses language easily understood by all
• Is reached by consensus
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Imagine 10 years into the future and your community has taken all the steps needed for its offenders to remain crime drug free.
1. What words do you want your grandchildren to use to describe the people and families in your community?
2. If the very best quality of life existed in your community, what would be happening with people and families?
3. What common values exist across all perspectives and interest within your community, and how they manifest themselves? What is unique to your community that no other community has, and what does it look like 15 years from now?
Creating a Shared Vision
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Define Success and Develop Success Indicators• Identify gaps and resources
• Develop outcome statement
• Define success
• Determine success indicators
• Develop measurable goals
• Determine objectives for each goal
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Develop Outcome Statements and Determine Goals Outcome: We will have a substantial increase in the number of law-abiding, drug-free citizens in Montgomery County.Goals:• All persons who come in contact with the court
are screened for substance abuse problems.
• All who screen positive receive a comprehensive assessment.
• Based on assessment, evidence-based treatment is initiated within 14 days.
Example
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Asset Approach to Problem-Solving• Uncovers community assets and strengths.
• Uses their assets to move toward desired
outcomes.
• Reframes problems as opportunities.
• Inspires community to mobilize around common
vision.
• Builds relationships for problem-solving.
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Deficit Approach to Problem-Solving• Community members see themselves as needy.
• Outsiders see a picture of a broken
or problematic community.
• Needy people become consumers of services.
• Creativity and energy become focused on dealing
with the system.
• Cycle of dependency is deepened.
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Celebrate Success!
• When a major or even
minor goal is accomplished
• When your collaborative is
working hard toward
reaching your goals
• When the media presents a
positive story or article
about the court
• When your collaborative
receives a grant, an award,
or contribution
• When the efforts of the
court are positively
recognized throughout the
community
• When a cost effective
solution is realized
• Your ideas
To Honor Their Souls
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The challenge is great, but we are here to help.
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Anthony Capizzi, JudgeMontgomery County
Juvenile CourtDayton, Ohio 937-496-6600
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