On October 23, 2024, the Council on Criminal Justice hosted a live webinar on domestic violence and women’s justice involvement with experts from CCJ’s Women’s Justice Commission (WJC) and Crime Trends Working Group (CTWG).
This assessment reviews existing research about women’s pathways into the system and the challenges they face from arrest through reentry.
This series of charts presents a portrait of women in the criminal justice system, highlighting trends in victimization, arrest rates, breakdown of offenses, sentence length, incarcerated populations, recidivism, racial disparities, and more.
Former U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch leads new national commission developing findings and recommendations to enhance women’s safety, health, and justice
