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Vera's Mission
The Vera Institute of Justice combines expertise in research, demonstration projects, and technical assistance to help leaders in government and civil society improve the systems people rely on for justice and safety.Recent Publications
- Assessing the Effectiveness of Intermediate Sanctions in Multnomah County, Oregon
- Developing Indicators to Measure Rule of Law
- Unaccompanied Children in the United States
- Improving Efficiency and Promoting Justice in the Immigration System
- Just 'Cause, Vol. 15, No. 3, Fall 2008
Featured Issues
Providing Language Access
On July 22, Mayor Bloomberg signed an executive order requiring all city agencies to provide language assistance in six foreign languages to New Yorkers who do not speak English well. In 2007, the Translating Justice project in Vera’s Center on Immigration and Justice (CIJ) worked with law enforcement agencies in three states on a similar effort to improve communication with limited English proficient (LEP) communities. The report on that project, Overcoming Language Barriers, offers strategies for making law enforcement services more accessible to these communities. CIJ also worked with criminal justice practitioners in New York City to develop criminal justice glossaries in Spanish and Chinese.
Vera in Washington, DC
Vera established an office in Washington D.C., to bring its unique expertise more directly to bear on important national policy debates related to the administration of justice.
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