Where serious science has a serious impact

 

Now is the time for us to make new conscious and informed choices concerning the definition of public safety, community vitality, and the right of every citizen to have a voice in this process.  

We envision a future where science and scholarship provide the foundation for justice systems transformation, where people and communities feel and experience equity, respect, and trust in justice system interactions.

The Justice Collaboratory (The JC) is a membership-based social science research center at Yale Law School that brings together an interdisciplinary group of scholars and researchers at Yale and beyond to cooperatively work toward a theory-driven, evidence-informed justice system. Our work is centered around the criminal legal system, but is more broadly concerned with the goal of building vibrant communities. We believe that in the long-term addressing issues of social order requires community engagement and centeredness.

Meet Our Scholars

Comprised of members of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, MacArthur “Geniuses”, Pulitzer and Audacious Prize winners, and a member of the National Academy of Sciences, our interdisciplinary network brings together some of the nation’s most renowned scholars dedicated to transforming historically underserved communities to ones of vitality, opportunity, and justice for all citizens. Their research addresses issues at the intersection of race, community vitality, and criminal legal reform.

We view collaboration as fundamental to our work.

 Featured Justice Collaboratory Projects


Learn More

Learn about our work from our Executive Director, Caroline Nobo, Policing, Law, and Policy Director, Jorge Camacho, and co-founding directors Tracey Meares and Tom Tyler.

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“Public safety is dependent on strong, vibrant communities. Our nation’s individual and collective wellbeing—from access to health care and clean water to access to education and jobs—is the foundation of a more just society with less reliance on criminal legal intervention.”

— Tracey Meares, co-founder of The Justice Collaboratory and Walton Hale Professor of Law, Yale Law School