Watch: After Rikers: Course Change for People with Serious Mental Illness Panel Discussion
On March 25, The Greenburger Center for Social and Criminal Justice held a forum at Baruch College in which panelists discussed changes necessary to redesign delivery of Rikers’ mental health services in order to treat and stabilize people within a public health, rather than a criminal justice framework. The forum opened with a new, 15-minute […]
Watch: Staten Island DA Michael McMahon – Reckonings & Reforms: A Conversation about Serious Mental Illness
Watch Greenburger Center for Justice Executive Director Cheryl Roberts in conversation with Staten Island DA Michael McMahon. Together, they explore initiatives aimed at addressing the challenges faced by individuals with mental health conditions within legal frameworks. He emphasizes the importance of community-based approaches and the need for systemic reforms to better support those affected by […]
Watch: Dads Making a Difference in Mental Health Advocacy: Why these Dads have HOPE and you should too!
In our “Dads Making a Difference in Mental Health Advocacy” panel, our panelists Norm Ornstein, co-founder of the Matthew Harris Ornstein Memorial Foundation; Garen Staglin, co-founder of One Mind; and Chris Thomas, co-founder & CEO of The Defensive Line shared their lived experiences of mental illness in their families and talked about what gives them […]
Watch: NYC’s Defenders In Conversation About The Criminalization of Mental Illness & Bail Reform
In this compelling panel discussion presented by the Greenburger Center for Justice and John Jay College of Criminal Justice, leading public defenders from across New York City—including representatives from The Bronx Defenders, Brooklyn Defender Services, and The Legal Aid Society—convene to examine the intersection of serious mental illness and the criminal justice system. The conversation […]
Watch: Brooklyn DA Eric Gonzalez – Reckonings & Reforms: A Conversation about Serious Mental Illness
Watch Greenburger Center for Justice Executive Director Cheryl Roberts in conversation with Brooklyn DA Eric Gonzalez. Reflecting on his experience leading one of the nation’s most progressive prosecutor’s offices, DA Gonzalez discusses initiatives like the Brooklyn Mental Health Court and the Justice 2020 Initiative, which aims to provide alternatives to incarceration and address systemic disparities. […]
Watch: Manhattan DA Cyrus Vance – Reckonings & Reforms: A Conversation about Serious Mental Illness
Watch Greenburger Center for Justice Executive Director Cheryl Roberts in conversation with Manhattan DA Cyrus Vance. Drawing from his tenure, DA Vance explores initiatives aimed at reducing unnecessary incarceration, such as the establishment of Manhattan’s first Mental Health Court and the implementation of alternatives to incarceration programs. He emphasizes the importance of community-based justice models […]
Watch: Bronx DA Darcel Clark – Reckonings & Reforms: A Conversation about Serious Mental Illness
Watch Greenburger Center for Justice Executive Director Cheryl Roberts in conversation with Bronx DA Darcel Clark. Listen as DA Clark shares her perspective on the urgent need to rethink how the justice system interacts with individuals living with serious mental illness. Drawing from her experience in one of the busiest and most impacted boroughs, DA […]
Watch: Queens DA Melinda Katz – Reckonings & Reforms: A Conversation about Serious Mental Illness
Watch Greenburger Center for Justice Executive Director Cheryl Roberts in conversation with Queens DA Melinda Katz. This conversation delves into the intersection of serious mental illness and the criminal justice system, highlighting the challenges faced by individuals with mental health conditions within legal frameworks. DA Katz discusses initiatives and reforms aimed at addressing these challenges, […]
Watch: Voices of Those Accused of Sexual Offenses & Lessons Learned from Those who Defend Them
In the final part of our From Sexual Health to Sexual Harm series, Executive Director Cheryl Roberts is joined by Nick Dubin, Elizabeth Kelley and Gilberto Laboy to discuss their involvement in the criminal justice system.
Watch: Voices of Survivors. What Survivors Need and How to Prevent Victimization
In Part Seven of our From Sexual Health to Sexual Harm series, Executive Director Cheryl Roberts is joined by Cynthia Alvarado, David Garlock and Katheryn Robb to share their lived experiences and discuss what survivors of sexual assault need and how to prevent victimization.
Watch: Sex and Incarceration: What Happens When Someone is Incarcerated for a Sex Offense? Is Sexual Health Possible While Incarcerated? What can be Done to Reform the System?
In Part Six of our From Sexual Health to Sexual Harm series, Executive Director Cheryl Roberts is joined by Stephanie Convington, Brian Fischer and Arthur “Cetewayo” Johnson to discuss what happens when a person is incarcerated for a sex offense, whether sexual health is possible while incarcerated and ways to reform the system.
Watch: When Sexual Behaviors Lead to Sex Crimes and Confronting Confirmation Bias
In Part Five of our From Sexual Health to Sexual Harm series, Executive Director Cheryl Roberts is joined by attorneys Karen Friedman Agnifilo, Isabelle A. Kirshner, and Andrea Zellan to discuss what happens when sexual behavior lead to sex crimes and how to confront confirmation bias.
Watch: Sex and Autism: The Criminalization of Autism Spectrum Disorder
In Part Four of our From Sexual Health to Sexual Harm series, Executive Director Cheryl Roberts is joined by Dr. Isabelle Henault and criminal defense attorney Mark Mahoney to discuss sex, Autism and the criminalization of ASD.
Watch: Atypical Sexual Interests, Hypersexuality, and Paraphilic Disorders. What’s the Difference & is Treatment Effective?
In Part Three of our From Sexual Health to Sexual Harm series, Executive Director Cheryl Roberts is joined by Dr. Meg Kaplan and Dr. Richard Krueger to discuss atypical sexual interests, hypersexuality and paraphilic disorders.
Watch: Sex Addiction: Is it real? What does it mean? What can you do about it?
In Part Two of our From Sexual Health to Sexual Harm series, Executive Director Cheryl Roberts is joined by Dr. Ken Rosenberg and Dr. Meg Kaplan to discuss sex addiction, when it crosses the line into criminal behavior and what can be done about it.
Watch: What is Sexual Health, What are Sexual Health Conversations & When Does Sex Become Unhealthy?
Introducing From Sexual Health to Sexual Harm, an eight-part series brought to you by the Greenburger Center for Justice. In this series, viewers will learn from sexual health experts, survivors with lived experience, advocates, attorneys, justice involved people, psychologists and more. Each week, our panelists and GCJ Executive Director Cheryl Roberts will discuss topics ranging […]
Out now – NEW Episode of Justice Speaks: Neurodiversity on Trial: ASD & The Justice System
In this episode of Justice Speaks, Executive Director Cheryl Roberts explores the intersection of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and the criminal justice system. Joined by clinical psychologist and author Dr. Isabelle Hénault, attorney and advocate Mark Mahoney, and father-son duo Nick and Larry Dubin, the conversation delves into how individuals with ASD may be uniquely […]
Sexual Harm & Restorative Justice: Does it work?
Kathryn Robb directs the Children’s Justice Campaign at Enough Abuse. She is a lawyer and legislative advocate who has been fighting to pass meaningful child sex abuse legislation across the country for over 2 decades. She is a national expert on Statute of Limitations reform/elimination aimed at providing justice for survivors, accountability for abusers and […]
Watch: Access to Justice: A Panel Discussion on Civil Litigation Reform
Everyday, Americans face legal challenges related to physical injury or financial loss from unsafe or defective products, unfair evictions, construction defects, deceptive debt collection practices and more. In a vast majority of these cases, whether wealthy or not, people have either no, or a limited ability to vindicate their rights in court. The inability to […]
Introducing Justice Speaks – A New Podcast Hosted by The Greenburger Center
Welcome to Justice Speaks: Controversial Conversations on Crime, hosted by the Greenburger Center for Justice. Here, we dive deep into the pressing issues and reform efforts that are reshaping our criminal justice and mental health systems. Each episode tackles difficult topics offering fact based and unfiltered discussions on the challenges and changes needed to create […]
Film screening of David Feige’s film Untouchable
On Monday, November 18, we welcomed Director David Feige to New York Law School for a private screening of Untouchable followed by a Q&A. This programming was part of our larger Sex Crimes & Punishment Series. Untouchable is streaming on Peacock.
Watch: Paraphilic and Compulsive Sexual Disorders: Separating Fact from Fiction
On November 17th, Cheryl Roberts, Executive Director of the Greenburger Center moderated a conversation with three experts in compulsive sexual and paraphilic disorders: Dr. Ken Rosenberg, MD, Dr. Richard Krueger, MD and Dr. Meg Kaplan PhD. The panelist explored issues including, what is paraphilic vs a compulsive sexual disorder? Is either disorder considered a mental […]
Watch: Getting Help Without Getting Hurt
A Greenburger Center panel discussion about mandated treatment and what people with serious mental illness, parents, doctors and policy makers can do to change the system. Listen to the full panel discussion by clicking on the video below:
Watch: After Rikers Panel Discussion
On June 25th, the Greenburger Center hosted the second program in a three part series called After Rikers. This second installment focused on new developments in diversion and re-direction programs to help people living with serious mental illness either avoid the criminal justice system or access diversion and alternative to incarceration programs once in the […]
