Crime & Policing

Students and faculty at Temple's Justice Lab have researched and supported change in court translation service, immigration detention centers, juvenile justice, affordable housing, re-entry from incarceration, and more.

A project at the MacArthur Justice Center investigates the effects of pretrial custody for an inability to post bail. Research links this pretrial jail time to job loss, re-offense, and other deleterious effects.

The Law & Policy Lab's study "Race and Gender Diversity in California Prosecutors' Offices", analyzes how such diversity affects justice outcomes. Their research encompasses population studies, survey data, and literature reviews.

An example of private investment in public service, this partnership seeks to establish statewide legal portals supporting civil justice services.

Google's philanthropic division supports organizations like Bryan Stevenson's (Just Mercy, 2014) Equal Justice Initiative, the Center for Policing Equity, Measures for Justice and other groups doing data-driven analysis of racial justice issues and reforms.