Criminal Justice

American Correctional Association – where criminal justice never sleeps, Quincy, MA.

Brennan Center for Justice at New York University School of Law – working to ensure that the promise of "justice for all" one day rings true. We seek comprehensive policy reforms in the criminal justice system to increase the accuracy, fairness and efficiency of the system, and at the same time we seek the elimination of racial disparities throughout the system. We lead a national indigent defense reform movement, dedicated to strengthening defender services. Through our Community-Oriented Defender (COD) Network, we help public defenders achieve important policy reforms, even as they represent their clients in individual cases. We also seek to promote rational sentencing approaches by combining research, scholarship, and policy advocacy to address racial disparities in federal sentencing. We are fighting for policy changes to restore the right to vote for the formerly incarcerated, and to eliminate wrongful "fees & fines" with the goal of increasing the opportunities for positive contributions from those who have both served their time and"paid their debt to society." Our research, policy and advocacy focus on systemic reform that would combat lasting legacies of discrimination and inequality. We pursue a broad range of initiatives inspired by the goal of securing racial justice, New York, NY and Washington, DC.

Center for Program Evaluation and Performance Evaluation – is funded by the Bureau of Justice Assistance to maintain a user-friendly online evaluation and performance measurement tool designed to assist state and local criminal justice planners, practitioners, State Administrative Agencies, researchers, and evaluators in : 1) conducting evaluations and performance measurement that will address the effectiveness and efficiency of their projects and 2) using evaluation information to improve program planning and implementation, Washington, DC. Resources on Evidence-Based Programs and Practices.

Centre for Children and Families in the Justice System – a non-profit social service agency helping children and families involved with the justice system as victims of crime, witnesses of crime, parties in custody disputes, subjects of child protection proceedings, litigants in civil suits for compensation, teenagers in therapeutic care settings, or youthful offenders. We are known around the world for our innovative approach to understanding children exposed to domestic violence, supporting their mothers, and creating resources for service deliverers, London, ONT, CA.

Constables in Travis County, Texas (video), Justices of the Peace & Constables Association of Texas – highlights the important role of Constables and the variety of services they provide, including those to domestic violence survivors, Austin, TX.

Criminal Justice Profiles – making an informed decision about a career in criminal justice can be a daunting and difficult endeavor. For nearly 5 years we have been helping aspiring criminal justice professionals, job seekers and students make better, more informed career choices by providing them with relevant, reliable and up-to-date career and job information.

National Association of Attorneys General – helps Attorneys General fulfill the responsibilities of their office and to assist in the delivery of high quality legal services to the states and territorial jurisdictions. The mission is to facilitate interaction among Attorneys General as peers and to facilitate the enhanced performance of Attorneys General and their staffs. NAAG fosters an environment of "cooperative leadership," helping Attorneys General respond effectively – individually and collectively – to emerging state and federal issues. The Association fosters interstate cooperation on legal and law enforcement issues, conducts policy research and analysis of issues, and facilitates communication between the states’ chief legal officers and all levels of government, Washington, DC.

National Directory of Programs for Women with Criminal Justice Involvement, a partnership between the National Institute of Corrections and the Women's Prison Association.

National Resource Center on Justice Involved Women – The U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance, in partnership with the National Institute of Corrections, established the Resource Center to address the unique needs and complex needs of adult women involved in the criminal justice system. NIC will continue to deliver products and services to the field specific to justice-involved women, and will work closely with BJA and the Resource Center to assure a coordinated approach. The mission of the Resource Center is to provide guidance and support to criminal justice professionals ~ and to promote evidence-based, gender-responsive policies and practices ~ in order to reduce the number and improve the outcomes of women involved in the criminal justice system.

Promising Practices Initiative – to design the most effective interventions against domestic violence, sexual assault, and stalking, policymakers and practitioners in advocacy, law enforcement, prosecution, and the courts need easy access to information about solutions that work. The Center on Victimization & Safety's Promising Practices Initiative is working closely with officials from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women and experts from the field to identify and share promising practices that will help jurisdictions improve their response to these issues, New York, NY.

Purple Berets – a grassroots, in-your-face women's rights group dedicated to gaining equal justice for women. We work as advocates for women who are victims of sexual assault and domestic violence and we do direct action political organizing to make system-wide change to give women access to justice, Santa Rosa, CA.

The Sentencing Project – working for a fair and effective criminal justice system by promoting reforms in sentencing law and practice, and alternatives to incarceration, Washington, DC.

Vera Institute of Justice – Vera staff lead more than two dozen separate projects that each aim to reveal more about the meaning of justice even as they make a difference in the lives of individuals. Those projects include efforts to improve school safety, reduce violence against women, help men in prison prepare to return home, strengthen police-community relations, and more, New York, NY.

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