Jul 2024

Reimagining Justice at Justice: Investing in Communities as Co-Producers of Public Safety

Monica Bhatt

Research by the University of Chicago Crime Lab is highlighted in this paper on community investment as a strategy for promoting public safety.

This white paper was published by the Columbia Justice Lab’s Square One Project and tells the story of how the Office of Justice Programs through the Department of Justice is making collective efforts to reimagine public safety. The paper discusses using various levers of intervention including funding, technical assistance, and research to grow and strengthen the community ecosystem so that it is a central and lasting part of our nation’s public safety infrastructure.

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