The PRIDE Act would encourage greater data collection on criminal justice across the U.S. and would make standardizing that data a priority.
Continue readingCalifornia’s new OpenJustice initiative illuminates criminal justice data
California's OpenJustice portal uses interactive visualization tools and analysis to open up criminal justice data. We chatted with one of the folks behind the project to discover how they got it done and what's next.
Continue readingOpenGov Voices: Using open data to analyze crime in New Orleans
Analyzing publicly available criminal justice data is painting a much fuller picture of crime in New Orleans.
Continue readingUsing microdata in criminal justice
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 readingAvoiding prejudice in data-based decisions
As we increasingly depend on data and technology in our decision-making, it's critical to know that while using a computer can produce important value, it does not guarantee us a substantively “objective” outcome.
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 readingOpenGov Voices: The keys to unlocking the power of justice system data
Here are three keys to successfully opening up criminal justice data in your hometown.
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 readingIlluminating the jargon of criminal justice data with Elasticsearch
Working with criminal justice information has led to new challenges for Sunlight developers. Using a tool called Elasticsearch, we're cutting through the newfound jargon to produce a useful criminal justice database.
Continue readingOpenGov Voices: Challenges and solutions to collecting law enforcement data
Participants in the White House's Police Data Initiative identified challenges and solutions across law enforcement data collection, analysis and release. Here are the ideas and actions that came out of those discussions.
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