So What Works? A Way Forward.

Smart Justice

10/12/22 • 48 min

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All communities work on criminal justice and child welfare issues but few have real systems change. You may have the right people and organizations, but if you don't get 5 things right you'll not make the change you're working so hard to make. In the season one final episode we discuss the impact a growing number of Arkansas communities are having by implementing the collective impact methodology of system change.
Season 1 of SmartJustice: To improve outcomes in complex problems around child welfare, incarceration, and crime we journey upstream to examine the Family as the institution we should
Interviewed:
Fort Smith PD Chief Danny Baker
Circuit Court Judge Shanice Johnson
Restore Hope Case Manager Courtnee Harlan
Restore Hope A.D. of Community Development Karen Phillips
100 Families White Co Coordinator Dana Baker
Empowering My Environment cofounder Charles Newsom
Restore Hope Executive Director Paul Chapman
Narrator Charles Newsom
Producer Renie Rule
Producer Ed Lowry
"A change of perspective is worth 80 IQ points." - Alan Kay
Through SmartJustice we explore issues from new perspectives in pursuit of better communities and better outcomes.
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10/12/22 • 48 min

Smart Justice - So What Works? A Way Forward.

Transcript

00;00;01;05 - 00;00;33;05
Danny Baker
We need to view our profession as more than just law enforcement. And I think that, you know, for a long time, that's that's kind of been a crutch for us because we say, well, we're just law enforcement. And so all these other issues that we're talking about, mental health and drug abuse and foster kids and foster care, you know, that's somebody else's issue that they need to deal with. We get paid to enforce the law. But the reality is that the peop

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