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Latest Posts
An AI Taxonomy for Criminal Justice
This RAND report, produced for the CCJ Task Force on AI, examines AI use in criminal justice, presenting a taxonomy of current and emerging applications and offering recommendations for managing risks, opportunities, and governance gaps.
DOJ Budget in Focus: Earmarks, Grants, and Congressional Priorities in 2026
Despite proposals to reduce DOJ grants, Congress largely rejected those cuts in its latest budget, while boosting earmarks to nearly $1 billion. A new CCJ report examines these trends and includes an interactive earmark database.
UpClose With Elizabeth Glazer
This month’s spotlighted member is Elizabeth Glazer, founder of Vital City.
Event Recording: Second Chances: Sustaining Progress
As part of Second Chance Month activities, the Council on Criminal Justice’s Centering Justice initiative and a panel of experts examined how second chance policies are working in practice, what drives success and failure, and what it will take to sustain progress over time.
Perception and Reality: Understanding Crime Concerns in the United States
Using data from the Gallup Social Survey, this report examines how factors beyond crime itself, such as neighborhood characteristics, feelings of financial optimism, and political ideology, may influence perceptions and fear of crime.
Methodology and Data Sources: Perception and Reality: Understanding Crime Concerns in the United States
This analysis explains the methodology used to examine the relationship between crime concerns, individual characteristics, and features of respondents’ local area.