Justice Studies

APPC’s work has informed the policy debates around campaign finance, children’s television, Internet privacy, tobacco advertising and the tone of discourse in Washington.

The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) is a nonpartisan research and policy institute.

CLASP is a national, nonpartisan, anti-poverty nonprofit advancing policy solutions for low-income people.

is a daily news site where race matters, featuring award-winning in-depth reporting, news analysis, opinion and curation.

Demos is a public policy organization working for an America where we all have an equal say in our democracy and an equal chance in our economy.

(EPI) is a nonprofit, nonpartisan think tank created in 1986 to include the needs of low- and middle-income workers in economic policy discussions.

Our goal is to establish a venue where researchers, practitioners, policymakers, advocates, and interested members of the public can easily locate resources related to wrongful arrests, convictions, and other miscarriages of justice

Legal Services in New Jersey embraces the vision of full access to essential civil legal aid for all economically disadvantaged people who cannot secure a lawyer on their own

The Marshall Project is a nonpartisan, nonprofit news organization that seeks to create and sustain a sense of national urgency about the U.S. criminal justice system.

Begun n 1997, NJPP provides credible research and analysis on important issues facing New Jersey.

Using a holistic approach to addressing the unique and critical issues facing New Jersey’s urban communities.

The Policing Project at New York University School of Law is a nonprofit organization dedicated to strengthening policing by bringing the ordinary processes of democratic accountability to bear.

PolicyArchive is an innovative, new digital archive of global, non-partisan public policy research.

Prison Policy Initiative produces cutting edge research to expose the broader harm of mass criminalization, and then sparks advocacy campaigns to create a more just society.

The Sentencing Project works for a fair and effective U.S. criminal justice system by promoting reforms in sentencing policy, addressing unjust racial disparities and practices, and advocating for alternatives to incarceration

Our mission: to open minds, shape decisions, and offer solutions through economic and social policy research.

The Registry collects, analyzes and disseminates information about all known exonerations of innocent criminal defendants in the United States, from 1989 to the present.

Information on crime, criminal offenders, victims of crime, and the operation of justice systems at all levels of government. These data are critical to federal, state, and local policymakers in combating crime and ensuring that justice is both efficient and evenhanded.

A trove of crime statistics that dates back to 1930, the UCR program currently produces the three publications below based upon data collected from thousands of municipalities around the country:
    Crime in the United States
    Law Enforcement Officers Killed and Assaulted
    Hate Crime Statistics

The Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law is a nonpartisan law and policy institute that seeks to improve our systems of democracy and justice.

The Brookings Institution is a nonprofit public policy organization based in Washington, DC. Our mission is to conduct in-depth research that leads to new ideas for solving problems facing society at the local, national and global level.

he Cato Institute is a public policy research organization — a think tank — dedicated to the principles of individual liberty, limited government, free markets, and peace.

The Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice (CJCJ) is a nonprofit nonpartisan organization whose mission is to reduce society’s reliance on incarceration as a solution to social problems.

The Center for American Progress has an extensive roster of leading policy experts, analysts, and senior fellows

The RAND institute provides research in a variety of areas such as arts, civil justice, education, national security, public safety, and other areas.

Non-partisan Center conducts public opinion polling, demographic studies, media content analysis and other empirical social science research

The Vera Institute of Justice combines expertise in research, demonstration projects, and technical assistance to help leaders in government and civil society improve the systems people rely on for justice and safety.