Criminal Justice

Public safety, human dignity, equal justice

The Challenge

The status quo in our criminal justice system is not working. An effective criminal justice system protects people and preserves public safety, respects human dignity, restores victims, removes barriers to opportunity for people with criminal records, and ensures equal justice for all under the law.

Our society is eager to improve the current criminal justice system, but we need practical solutions that address root causes. We need social entrepreneurs to develop solutions that bring about a society of equal rights with justice for all.

Research Areas

Overcriminalization

Simplifying and streamlining the legal code

Policing

Developing policing alternatives in communities

Due Process

Pre-trial policy reforms to ensure justice for all

Sentencing

Sentences should be proportionate to the crime

Prison and re-entry

Smart decarceration and effective reintegration into society

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