Justice Happens Here
Justice Happens Here is the Justice Collaboratory’s blog written by its senior research team. The Justice Collaboratory’s mission is to bring the latest ideas in the social sciences to bear on current problems. Rooted in the tenets of procedural justice, we seek to improve both the criminal legal and social media governance systems.
Flipping the Script on Public Safety
Crime and public safety played a starring role in the Midterm election cycle with both parties centering the debate around policing and punishment and resorting to rhetoric and platitudes like “tough on crime” and “defund the police.” Both parties missed the larger point that voters understood: You can’t police your way to a safe and thriving community.
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