Police Perspectives Guidebook Series
Building Trust in a Diverse Nation
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Overlooked: Women and Jails in an Era of Reform
Since 1970, there has been a nearly five-fold increase in the number of people in U.S. jails—the approximately 3,000 county or municipality-run detention facilities that primarily hold people arrested but not yet convicted of a crime. Despite recent scrutiny from policymakers and the public, one aspect of this growth has received little attention: ...
Impact Evaluation of the Adolescent Behavioral Learning Experience (ABLE) Program
All Research & Analysis
Reforming the Use of Solitary Confinement: A Conversation
Overlooked: Women in Jails
Interview with Elizabeth Swavola
Women in jail are the fastest growing correctional population in the country—increasing 14-fold between 1970 and 2014. Yet there is surprisingly little research on why so many more women wind up in jail today. To learn more, read the report and see what's happening in your community using the Incarceration Trends data tool.
Communications Strategies for Criminal Justice Reformers
Interview with Alan Jenkins
Trauma-Informed Policing
Interview with Captain Altovise Love-Craighead
Philadelphia Police Department Captain Altovise Love-Craighead discusses the fundamentals of trauma-informed policing including how de-escalation can interrupt cycles of violence. The central tenets of trauma-informed policing are introduced and examples are given as to how these principles can be applied in real-world policing situations.
Expanding the Reach of Victim Services
Maximizing the Potential of VOCA Funding for Underserved Survivors
New Orleans: Who's in Jail and Why?
Bail, Fines, and Fees
A look at how bail, fines, and fees in the criminal justice system impact poor communities in New Orleans
Second Chance Pell Convening
Second Chance Pell Convening event in Washington, DC, July 19, 2016
Making the Grade
Developing Quality Postsecondary Education Programs in Prison
With its July 2015 announcement of the Second Chance Pell Pilot Program, the U.S. Department of Education ushered in what could be a new era of expanded opportunities for postsecondary education in our nation’s prisons. The Second Chance Pell Pilot makes students incarcerated in state and federal prisons eligible for need-based financial aid in a l...
Racial Disparity in Marijuana Policing in New Orleans
Safety and Justice Challenge
An initiative to reduce over-incarceration in America's jails
It Takes a Village
Diversion Resources for Police and Families
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