The Justice Collaboratory is an interdisciplinary group of scholars at Yale University and beyond. We develop new theories and conduct original empirical research to improve the criminal justice system.

Justice Forward is the Justice Collaboratory’s vision for rethinking and reforming the criminal justice system. We are forging a new path grounded in the idea that if we are to build a fair and effective system, we must 1) arrest the persistence of inequality and draw down the concentration of criminal justice exposure that itself can become criminogenic, 2) focus on mobilizing and engaging members of the community as co-producers of justice, and 3) be mindful of the fact that offending and victimization are concentrated and intertwined within the same small social networks. The Justice Collaboratory will pursue this vision through the production of innovative and collaborative research, policy engagement, training, and outreach.

For more information about the Justice Collaboratory, please email our Program Coordinator, Molly Aunger or our Executive Director, Caroline Sarnoff. 

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Access our most recent Justice Collaboratory Newsletter.

Project Highlight: Public Safety Policy

The Justice Collaboratory, in conjunction with Center for Policing Equity has released a new report titled Re-imagining Public Safety: Prevent Harm and Lead with the Truth. Using our combined extensive experience and research, Re-imagining highlights a five step policy action plan which reveals critical next steps to advancing public safety in America. Each recommendation advocates for enhancing popular legitimacy and implementing models that promote assessing, maintaining and fostering public trust. Collectively, these policies make every prior recommendation we have endorsed, easier, more likely, and more effective. In other words, these are the five steps that we believe can do the most work towards turning a just public safety system from a goal to a reality.