Reports
At the Justice Collaboratory, we’ve undertaken a variety of projects involving the study of procedural justice in both legal and community settings. Examples of our legitimacy and procedural justice work include the following reports.
Data and Transparency
Achieving real-world transparency in policing requires taking stock of current obstacles and taking advantage of emerging opportunities. This model prescribes a robust, meaningful, and economical transparency mandate for all modern police departments.
Defining State and Local Authority: An Entry in the Policy Model Series
Local and state regulation of policing is in need of significant reform. This model restructures how local and state governments divide their shared responsibility to make both more effective at overseeing policing.
Reimaging Public Safety
On October 23, 2020, the Justice Collaboratory at Yale Law School and the Policing Project at New York University School of Law hosted a virtual convening on reimagining public safety in the United States.
Changing the Law to Change Policing: First Steps
As an institution, policing needs significant reconsideration. It is time to rethink the structure and governance of policing. It is also time to engage in a deeper conversation about the meaning of public safety.
Re-Imagining Public Safety: Prevent Harm and Lead with the Truth
Released ahead of the 2020 presidential election, Re-Imagining Public Safety: Prevent Harm and Lead with the Truth provides recommendations for police reform. This report contains a five-step policy action plan highlighting the critical next steps to advance policing in America.