Collaboration
The Collective Impact of Suspending Suspensions
An excerpt of Twenty Years of Life: Why the Poor Die Earlier and How the Challenge Inequity
Excerpt
Tag: Criminal Justice
IMPACT INDIA
Can Technology Finally Deliver on India’s Legal Aid Promise?
New digital projects could make legal services far more accessible—but they need to be about more than just the technology.
Human Rights
The Legacy of White Supremacy
America’s first memorial honoring African-Americans who have been lynched opened in Montgomery, Alabama.
Cities
Nonprofit Crime Reduction
Community organizations devoted to reducing crime have shown results.
Education
From Prison Back to School
Boston Uncornered gives gang-involved individuals a stipend and social support to attend college.
Video
Measurement & Evaluation
Data On Purpose | Do Good Data: Prediction vs Bias
Is it possible to use data to make predictions without enforcing existing biases?
Social Services
Cash for Leaving Prison: A New Solution to Recidivism?
We must address the poverty that underlies criminal recidivism if we want to reduce the number of people in US prisons and jails.
Human Rights
Changing the False Narrative That Conflates Gun Violence and Mental Illness
Gilroy. El Paso. Dayton. Another spate of shootings in the United States spurs more conversations about the causes and contexts of gun-fueled murders. President Trump points to mental illness, an argument that many people have challenged, including SSIR author Kevin T. Kirkpatrick in this May 2017 article.
Human Rights
Prison Reform Goes Local
A MacArthur-backed project is funding 40 local jurisdictions' efforts to reduce their jailed populations.
Human Rights
Human Rights Advocacy Under the Trump Administration
Effective advocates may need to shift focus from political persuasion to public relations power.