I have previously blogged about the need for better national criminal justice data, and also about a new effort to fill data gaps by the Council of State Governments (CSG) Justice Center through a project called "Justice Counts." (Some of many posts on these topics can be found below.) I was pleased this morning to get a new email about the CSG effort under the heading "Justice Counts Unveils a New 50-State Scan of Criminal Justice Data." This email is available at this link, and here is some of its texts and links:
Policymakers are often forced to make critical decisions using limited or stale criminal justice data. Over the past year, every trend from crime to revocations has shifted quickly and dramatically. Facing significant challenges, state leaders need up-to-date information from across the justice system, presented in a digestible way.
As part of the Bureau of Justice Assistance’s Justice Counts initiative, researchers from Recidiviz and The Council of State Governments Justice Center conducted a 50-state scan of publicly available, aggregate-level corrections and jails data.The national dashboard demonstrates that while policymakers in several states have access to up-to-date information, data collection still has a long way to go.
Each state’s data dashboard provides a central, practical resource for stakeholders to identify gaps and inconsistencies in data reporting.
The scan looked at the availability of eight core corrections indicators scattered across hundreds of agency reports, as well as a review of statewide and county jail confinement rates across all 50 states. The scan shows how much — and how little — state policymakers have to work with.
Recent related posts:
- DEPC and NASC present "Justice Counts: Using Data to Inform Policy and Bolster Public Safety"
- New report highlights need for improved criminal justice data and means thereto
- Making a great case for greater data to improve sentencing decision-making and sentencing systems
- More details on "Justice Counts," a notable (and needed) criminal justice data collection effort
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