Bach ’95 Develops Revolutionary Measurement Tool for Criminal Justice Statistics in the US
Amy Bach ’95 is the Founder and Executive Director of Measures for Justice who has just released its Data Portal tool, a first-of-its kind database of comparative criminal justice data at the county level that span the criminal justice system from arrest to post conviction.
As the Executive Director of Measures for Justice, Bach set out six years ago to begin compiling, cleaning, and coding data that have never been made available before in one place, for free, to everyone. Now the Data Portal has attracted the support of Google.org, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, the MacArthur Foundation’s Safety and Justice Challenge, the Laura and John Arnold Foundation, the Pershing Square Foundation, and the Open Society Foundations.
Read more about the story that lead Bach to create this tool in coverage by Wired, The Marshall Project, and Quartz.
