Research
From examining the role of trauma in justice involvement for young people, to chronicling states’ progress toward reducing prison populations, to highlighting the system's stark racial disparities, JPI stays at the cutting edge of the debate on criminal and juvenile justice reform through the ongoing publication of timely, accessible research.
Here, you can use find JPI’s reports, briefs and factsheets on the most pressing criminal and juvenile justice issues.
Behind the Times: President Obama's FY2013 Budget- Justice Policy Institute, Feb 16, 2012
- Despite the fact that prison populations have fallen for the first time in 40 years, President Obama’s FY2013 budget released this week devotes more than $27 billion to prison and policing.
The Education of D.C.: How Washington D.C.’s investments in education can help increase public safety.- Paul Ashton, Justice Policy Institute, Feb 15, 2012
- This brief examines the intersection of education and public safety in Washington, D.C.
Wrong Track for Savings: How Florida’s prison population became a runaway train, and why better policies, not private prisons, can put the brakes on correctional costs- Justice Policy Institute, Feb 7, 2012
- How Florida’s prison population became a runaway train, and why better policies, not private prisons, can put the brakes on correctional costs
Education Under Arrest: The Case Against Police in Schools- Amanda Petteruti, Justice Policy Institute, Nov 15, 2011
- The presence of school resource officers in schools, drives up arrests, causes lasting harm to youth, and disrupts the educational process.
When Treatment is Punishment: The Effects of Maryland's Incompetency to Stand Trial Policies and Practices- Nastassia Walsh, Justice Policy Institute, Oct 12, 2011
- Incompetency to stand trial policies in Marlyand unfairly confine people without a conviction or a guilty verdict.
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