Diversion
We seek to provide meaningful off-ramps at various stages of the criminal justice process in order to achieve better outcomes for arrestees.
Areas of Focus
The Center for Justice Innovation tackles a variety of problems, using rigorous, collaborative planning and an emphasis on data to achieve tangible results.
Rethinking Incarceration
Problem-Solving Justice
Problem-solving justice seeks to go beyond processing cases to solve the problems that bring people to court.
Bail Reform
We design and implement bail reform strategies to reduce the use of jail and increase the fairness of the justice system.
Treatment Courts
By using a combination of community-based treatment and rigorous monitoring, treatment courts reduce recidivism and the use of incarceration.
Engaging Communities
Community Justice
We are committed to engaging communities and harnessing the power of the justice system to address local problems and improve public safety.
Arts and Justice
Art can help build stronger, safer communities and serve as a bridge to employment, education, and therapeutic opportunities.
Youth Initiatives
We invest in young people as leaders within their communities and beyond and support them to reach their self-defined goals.
Restorative Justice
Restorative justice focuses on repairing harm and restoring relationships.
Aiding Survivors
Gender and Family Justice
We help courts and communities respond creatively and effectively to domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, and dating violence.
Human Trafficking
The Center for Justice Innovation helps to plan and create off-ramps for justice-involved victims of human trafficking.
Supporting Child Victims
We help justice systems support children who have experienced violence and victimization.
Justice-Involved Women
Women and gender non-conforming people experience disproportionate levels of crime, greater rates of trauma, and have unique needs often unmet by the justice system.
Reducing Trauma
Studies show that many defendants, victims, and witnesses have histories of trauma; striving to reduce that trauma is central to our work.
Preventing Crime
Placemaking
We believe in working with communities to reimagine public spaces, promoting positive activities and increasing safety.
Reducing Violence
We seek to prevent disorder and violence by working directly in and with the communities that are most affected by crime.
Improving Decision-making
Risk Assessment
We seek to apply data science to the field of criminal justice, working with jurisdictions to improve their use of risk assessments, while promoting the ideals of transparency and fairness.
Evidence-Based Practices
At the Center for Justice Innovation, we are committed to bridging the worlds of research and practice and spreading programs that have been determined to be effective.
Learning from Failure
We encourage honest self-reflection and thoughtful risk-taking among criminal justice agencies, beginning with ourselves.
Technology
We are committed to harnessing the power of technology and data science to improve the work of criminal justice reform.
Advancing Fairness
Access to Justice
We work to improve access to justice, with a particular focus on ensuring that low-income individuals have the tools they need to solve problems.
Procedural Justice
Procedural justice seeks to ensure that the justice system treats everybody with dignity and respect.
Tribal Justice
The Center for Justice Innovation’s Tribal Justice Exchange works with tribal communities across the United States to enhance their justice systems in ways that support tribal sovereignty.
Addressing Racial Disparities
We seek to document and address racial disparities in the justice system.
Strengthening Families
Parent Support
We have developed a range of programs to improve how the justice system works with parents and children.
Workforce Development
Improving the employment prospects of people who have had contact with the justice system can reduce recidivism and strengthen communities.
Reentry
Helping people released from jail or prison transition back into their communities and avoid future contact with the criminal justice system is crucial to building safer neighborhoods.