Trauma-Informed Juvenile Facilities: The Next Generation of Residential Care

By Bobbie Huskey, MSW

The purpose of this article is to:

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Emerging Professional Profile

This issue features Emerging Professional Amy Finlayson. Take a look at her personal background, past experience, how she got involved in justice planning and/or design, her area of expertise/focus, and what she hopes to contribute to the justice market.

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AAJ Subcommittee Updates

Get a sneak peak at what the AAJ Subcommittees have been working on and how you can be involved! This quarter issue features updates from the Local Component, Research, Communications, Sustainable Justice and Conference Committees.

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March is National Criminal Justice Month

In 2009 the United States Congress established March as National Criminal Justice Month. The purpose of National Criminal Justice Month is to promote societal awareness regarding the causes and consequences of crime, as well as strategies for preventing and responding to crime. The motivation for recognizing the Month largely stemmed from the criminal justice system regularly touching the lives of nearly every American in some form or another. Most directly impacted by the system are the millions of individuals who have been victimized by crime; the millions who are incarcerated, or on probation or parole; and the nearly three million Americans who are employed in the justice system.

Don't Miss the AAJ Convention Sessions

TH113: Social and Environmental Justice in Architecture: Ethical Urban Design
Thursday, May 14, 2015 \ 7:30 AM - 8:30 AM \ Georgia World Congress Center Room B308 \ 1.00 LU HSW \ Fee: $0

In this session, we'll explore how architects can - and should - address the long-term health impacts of city structures while protecting the safety and welfare of all residents. Gain valuable insights on areas such as:

Panelists:
Erin Carraher, AIA, NCARB, LEED AP
Assistant Professor, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah

Kathy Garrison
Executive Director, Madisonville Weed & Seed Sustained, Inc. , Cincinnati, Ohio

Moderator:
Brenda C. Scheer, FAIA, FAICP
Professor of Architecture and Planning, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah

TH309: Justice for ALL: Embracing Diversity in Civic Design
Thursday, May 14, 2015 \ 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM \ Georgia World Congress Center Room B303 \ 1.00 LU HSW \ Fee: $0

This session will empower you to plan and initiate civic design for large, non-English speaking populations, helping to foster the American dream for those waiting on immigration reform.

Using the Porterville Courthouse as a case study, topics will include:

Join us to gain a better understanding of the challenges involved in serving a diverse society and a framework for designing public spaces that embrace cultural and linguistic diversity.

Speakers:
Jay Farbstein, FAIA
Principal/ Owner, Jay Farbstein & Associates, Pacific Palisades, California

Glade F. Roper, J.D.
Judge, Superior Court, State of California, Superior Court of California, State of California, Porterville, CA, California

James William Simeo Jr., AIA, Leed AP, NCARB
Principal, CO Architects, Los Angeles, California

TH407: Safe Public Spaces: Encouraging Good Behavior Through Design
Thursday, May 14, 2015 \ 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM \ Georgia World Congress Center Room B314 \ 1.00 LU HSW \ Fee: $0

In "Safe Public Spaces," you'll discover how to: 

• Create well-organized public environments that remove the perception of threat while efficiently moving users to their destination. 
• Design safe public spaces with passive and unobtrusive measures rather than barricades and bollards. 
• Integrate mitigating features and concepts that can slow or prevent destructive behavior. 
• Assess trends in crime-preventative design for schools, sports arenas, courthouses, and other public facilities at risk of dangerous or destructive behavior. 
  

Join us to learn about internationally accepted principles of safe space design, including Crime Prevention through Environmental Design (CPTED). Plus, check out examples of visual wayfinding and clear paths of travel. You'll leave this session with the knowledge to make appropriate evidence-based design decisions.

Panelists:
David Insinga, AIA
Director, Design Excellence, General Services Administration, Washington, District of Columbia

Susan Oldroyd, FAIA
Principal, Susan Oldroyd Architect, San Francisco, California

Les Sheperd, FAIA
Chief Architect, General Services Administration, Vienna, Virginia

Paul Woolford, AIA LEED AP
Senior Vice President | Director of Design, HOK Architects, San Francisco, California

EV304: AAJ Sustainable Justice Committee Meeting
Friday, May 15, 2015 \ 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM \ Georgia World Congress Center Room B315 \ Fee: $0

The AIA-AAJ Sustainable Justice Committee is committed to creating healthy, eco-friendly environments for law enforcement, corrections facilities, and courthouses. At this event, you'll learn about meaningful, effective, and sustainable green solutions. Plus, you'll have the opportunity share your experiences and feedback with fellow attendees.

2015 AAJ Fall Conference Theme Announced: Challenging the Status Quo

Save the Date: November 18-21, 2015 | Conrad Miami Hotel – Miami

This year’s Academy of Architecture for Justice Conference is focusing on the future of justice and we are calling all planners and design professionals to challenge the status quo. How you define the status quo itself is going to add depth and diversity to the discussions that come out of our panels and it's an important preamble to proposals. We are looking forward to hearing about your experiences with clients from around the globe, and how their points of view and budgets are moving the future of justice in a real way. We want to know how your design and planning solutions respond to shape the clients’ visions.

Resources

Now Launched! The Justice Facilities Review Database

Since 2012, the AAJ Research Committee and Erin Costino Persky, the 2012 Research Scholar, have been working on providing members a user-friendly central repository of all the projects submitted to the JFR since 2000 – over 400 projects and more than 4,000 images. This newly-created database will provide project overview narratives, data and photos that will be searchable.

Please take an opportunity to review this incredible resource. Currently project data from 2007 through 2012 has been uploaded and is available for review. Visit the ‘Advanced Search’ page to sort by LEED status, location, project type, or project delivery method. Click ‘View by Year’ or ‘View by Facility Type’ to view the projects grouped by each awards program cycle.

This website will grow and evolve with AAJ as we continue to backfill past project data and move forward with each new year of the Justice Facilities Review awards program. We welcome your feedback on the second iteration of the research database and invite you to click on “Contact” or “Help & Feedback” buttons to send us your thoughts, corrections, suggestions, and experiences with the website.

New Research Summaries

The AAJ Research Subcommittee identified the development and dissemination of summaries of existing research on justice facilities as a top priority. This is viewed as more cost-effective than commissioning and conducting original research projects.

This cycle, we worked with Caren Martin and Denise Guerin of Martin & Guerin Design Research, LLC, to identify ten relevant research projects in corrections/detention, law enforcement and courthouse design. M&G then summarized the methods, findings and design implications of each research project in a user-friendly format for architects to use. The summaries are located in one central library and are concise, allowing those to be read in a short time. We hope you are able to apply the knowledge presented to your future projects.

Research Summaries:

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