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Criminal Justice

Criminal Justice

We strive to advance community safety and the values of fairness, effectiveness, and racial justice.

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America’s criminal justice system strips too many people of their jobs, families, health, and dignity. It puts people of color at risk, disproportionately harms low-income people, limits the potential of those caught in the system, and doesn’t give everyone the opportunities they need to get back on track. And it does all this at an enormous cost to taxpayers.

It puts people of color at risk, disproportionately harms low-income people, limits the potential of those caught in the system, and doesn’t give everyone the opportunities they need to get back on track. And it does all this at an enormous cost to taxpayers. Our work in criminal justice is about identifying, testing, and scaling policies that improve people’s lives.

465K
Number of unconvicted people in jail
1 in 14
Number of U.S. children who have had an incarcerated parent
2.2m
Number of incarcerated adults in the U.S.
$80.7B
Amount the U.S. spends annually on prisons, jails, probation, and parole

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Community Safety Studying the Effects of Youth Violence Reduction Programs: A Q&A with Becky Pettit, J. Mark Eddy, and Shana Fox Q&A

Requests for Proposals

Summaries of Research Grants

Summaries of Research Grants

Find summaries of grants that have been funded by our Criminal Justice Research team. Each summary includes a description of the intervention being evaluated, research design, study team, grant term, and funding.

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