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From Confinement to Community: Supporting Successful Veteran Reentry and Employment
In its third set of recommendations, the Veterans Justice Commission asks Congress to reverse a ban on VA-provided healthcare for incarcerated veterans and urges government agencies and the business community to prioritize the hiring of “second chance veterans.”
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Crime Trends in U.S. Cities: Mid-Year 2024 Update
Homicide and most other violent crimes have dropped to or slightly below levels seen before the onset of the COVID pandemic and nationwide protests that followed the killing of George Floyd. Mid-year 2024 analyses also show declines for 11 of 12 crime types compared to the first half of 2023.
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Meet the Women's Justice Commission
CCJ’s newest initiative is the national, nonpartisan Women’s Justice Commission, led by former U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch. The diverse panel is examining the unique challenges facing women in the justice system and developing recommendations for evidence-based reforms to advance safety, health, and justice.
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Better Crime Data, Better Crime Policy
CCJ’s Crime Trends Working Group reached consensus on recommendations to strengthen the nation’s crime data infrastructure and better equip policymakers with timely, accurate, and usable data essential to address community violence and other crime.
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Pushing Toward Parity
Advancing our work on racial disparities, this comprehensive package assesses the impact of sentencing reforms on disparity trends in 12 states, examines imprisonment trends among female populations, and explores challenges in the measurement of Hispanic disparities.
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From Duty to Dignity: Supporting Service Members in Their Transition to Civilian Life
In its second set of recommendations, the Veterans Justice Commission says stronger support for service members transitioning from military to civilian life can reduce the number of veterans who land in the criminal justice system and improve other outcomes.
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First Step Act: An Early Analysis of Recidivism
This analysis estimates recidivism rates among individuals released from federal prison prior to the FSA who had similar risk profiles and were tracked for similar periods of time as those released under the Act.
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DOJ Adopts CCJ Violence Reduction Framework
The new U.S. Justice Department Violent Crime Reduction Roadmap urges state and local governments to follow the 10 Essential Actions strategy developed by CCJ’s Violent Crime Working Group.
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How big is the footprint of the criminal justice system, and how has it changed over time?
This new resource is a one-stop shop tracing decades-long changes in crime and victimization, arrests, incarceration, and community supervision.
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Building Common Ground
Centering Justice is a collaborative project engaging a diverse range of the nation’s top thinkers and doers in an ongoing, ideologically vibrant conversation about criminal justice policy.
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From Confinement to Community: Supporting Successful Veteran Reentry and Employment
In its third set of recommendations, the Veterans Justice Commission asks Congress to reverse a ban on VA-provided healthcare for incarcerated veterans and urges government agencies and the business community to prioritize the hiring of “second chance veterans.”
Read the report
Crime Trends in U.S. Cities: Mid-Year 2024 Update
Homicide and most other violent crimes have dropped to or slightly below levels seen before the onset of the COVID pandemic and nationwide protests that followed the killing of George Floyd. Mid-year 2024 analyses also show declines for 11 of 12 crime types compared to the first half of 2023.
Read the report
Meet the Women's Justice Commission
CCJ’s newest initiative is the national, nonpartisan Women’s Justice Commission, led by former U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch. The diverse panel is examining the unique challenges facing women in the justice system and developing recommendations for evidence-based reforms to advance safety, health, and justice.
Learn More
Better Crime Data, Better Crime Policy
CCJ’s Crime Trends Working Group reached consensus on recommendations to strengthen the nation’s crime data infrastructure and better equip policymakers with timely, accurate, and usable data essential to address community violence and other crime.
Read the Report
Pushing Toward Parity
Advancing our work on racial disparities, this comprehensive package assesses the impact of sentencing reforms on disparity trends in 12 states, examines imprisonment trends among female populations, and explores challenges in the measurement of Hispanic disparities.
Explore the Research
First Step Act: An Early Analysis of Recidivism
This analysis estimates recidivism rates among individuals released from federal prison prior to the FSA who had similar risk profiles and were tracked for similar periods of time as those released under the Act.
Read the Report
DOJ Adopts CCJ Violence Reduction Framework
The new U.S. Justice Department Violent Crime Reduction Roadmap urges state and local governments to follow the 10 Essential Actions strategy developed by CCJ’s Violent Crime Working Group.
Explore the 10 Essential Actions
How big is the footprint of the criminal justice system, and how has it changed over time?
This new resource is a one-stop shop tracing decades-long changes in crime and victimization, arrests, incarceration, and community supervision.
Check out the footprint
Building Common Ground
Centering Justice is a collaborative project engaging a diverse range of the nation’s top thinkers and doers in an ongoing, ideologically vibrant conversation about criminal justice policy.
Learn More

Grounding Criminal Justice Policy in Facts and Evidence

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"I believe that faith leaders and faith communities have an obligation to lift up the moral issues that we face. At Live Free, we believe that three civil rights issues of our time are police violence, gun violence, and incarceration."
Ciera Bates-Chamberlain - Executive Director, Live Free Illinois
Ciera Bates-ChamberlainExecutive Director, Live Free Illinois
"About 80% of people we see in our trial courts are struggling with some sort of substance use disorder, mental health issue, trauma backgrounds...most of the people we see have so many lifelong underlying conditions, and we need to understand them."
Tina Nadeau - Chief Justice, New Hampshire Superior Court
Tina NadeauChief Justice, New Hampshire Superior Court
"Experienced police officers are leaving the force in droves, recruitment is a real problem, and I think that many of the policies that have been implemented by progressive prosecutors have harmed public safety."
John Malcolm - Vice President, The Heritage Foundation
John MalcolmVice President, The Heritage Foundation
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SAFETY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL

We have accomplished a lot together in our first five years, but we are just getting started. Will you support the Council as we build bridges across ideological divides and craft consensus for solutions?

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