While the collection and release of individual-level microdata is hotly debated across social disciplines, microdata has greatly improved outcomes and decision-making in criminal justice programs.
Continue readingConsent decrees open police data, but for a limited time only
Consent decrees can help achieve greater transparency and accountability in policing because they often require departments to institute new policy, collect new data and report data publicly.
Continue readingBright spots in criminal justice data from Connecticut to Colorado
Through our criminal justice project, we've discovered some great data resources across America.
Continue readingBaltimore’s open (but not current) police data
The death of Freddie Gray in Baltimore brought up questions of police misconduct in the city. These answers demand access to police data, and drew Sunlight to look at the Baltimore Police Department’s open data offerings and beyond.
Continue readingOpening criminal justice data: What we learned from Louisiana
While Louisiana fails at reporting criminal justice data on the state level, it succeeds at doing so on the municipal level, making it an extraordinary case study of the complexities of state criminal justice data.
Continue readingDOJ report calls for transparency in Ferguson criminal justice system
Among the DOJ's Ferguson report are recommendations that the city both increase transparency and improve its data collection efforts.
Continue readingStop and frisk in 4 cities: The importance of open police data
Stop and frisk data holds police departments accountable but, in cities where it isn't collected, the state of stop and frisk is unknown.
Continue readingBridging the gap between research and practice in criminal justice
With evidence-based practices becoming increasingly popular in many areas of criminal justice, the external push for academics to engage in policy decisions is logical. How such a connection can be forged sustainably, though, is less obvious.
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