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Research Library:
Our mission is to empower activists, journalists, and policymakers to shape effective criminal justice policy, so we go beyond our original reports and analyses to curate a database of virtually all the empirical criminal justice research available online.
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- COVID-19 (79) The pandemic’s impact on prisons and jails
- Community Impact (271) Impact of justice system on communities, includes housing, employment, schools
- Conditions of Confinement (413)
- Crime and Crime Rates (382) Information on type of crime/frequency
- Death Penalty (164) Data, policy, and analysis of the death penalty
- Disability (28)
- Drug Policy (234) Analysis of drug policy and its effects on the prison system
- Economics of Incarceration (308) The economic drivers and consequences of mass incarceration
- Education (129) Correctional education and the school-to-prison pipeline
- Families (147) The justice system's impact on families.
- Felon Disenfranchisement (105) Barring people from the polls because of criminal convictions
- General (164) Atlases, indices, and broad-based source material
- Gun Control (50) Statistics on gun violence, suggestions for gun control
- Health impact (358) Public health, access to healthcare, and mortality
- Immigration (69) Detainment practices and statistics
- Incarceration Rates Growth Causes (478)
- International Incarceration Comparisons (58)
- Jails (282) Information and data on jails
- LGBT (27)
- Mental Health (174) Policies and practices surrounding mental health
- Police and Policing (345)
- Poverty and wealth (149)
- Pretrial Detention (161) Exploring cost and outcome of detaining people before trial or deportation (ie. instead of bail or other alternatives)
- Prison Gerrymandering (34) Research on prison-based gerrymandering (see also www.prisonersofthecensus.org)
- Privatization (101)
- Probation and parole (119)
- Public Opinion (81)
- Race and ethnicity (414)
- Recidivism and Reentry (393) What makes people more or less likely to succeed upon release?
- Sentencing Policy and Practices (272) Relating to sentencing policy.
- Sexual offenses (51)
- Trials (231) Statistics about the court system and its processes
- Women (210) Impact of the criminal justice system on women
- Youth (488) Criminal justice and young persons, the prison system’s effect on their lives
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Some of the most recently added reports are:
Monday, November 18 2024:
- The Drug Treatment Debate: Why Accessible and Voluntary Treatment Wins Out Over Forced, Drug Policy Alliance. September, 2024.
- Cautionary jails: Deconstructing the three "C"s of jail construction arguments, Prison Policy Initiative. February, 2024.
- Stop Cop Cities; Invest in Public Health Solutions, Human Impact Partners. October, 2024.
- Zombie politics: The return of failed criminal legal system policies in 2023 - and how to fight back, Prison Policy Initiative. January, 2024.
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