Criminal Justice

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

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.

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.

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.

Texas Constables – this video highlights the important role of Constables and the variety of services they provide, including those to domestic violence survivors. This video particularly focuses on Constables in Travis County, Austin, TX.

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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