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CAJ Faculty to Evaluate the GREAT Program in Central America
The Gang Resistance Education and Training (GREAT) Program has been in operation for several years in multiple Central American countries, but this will be the first systematic effort to evaluate its effectiveness.
Race and Prosecutorial Diversion
The latest PPIs report focuses on racial and ethnic disparities in diversion across four different jurisdictions.
CAJ Researchers Awarded $760K Grant by the Schusterman Family Foundation
The two-year grant will fund the new Community Prosecutor Researcher Project housed at the Center for the Administration of Justice.
The PPIs Work is Expanding to New Jurisdictions
Montgomery state’s attorney hires experts to find any possible ‘blind spots,’ racial bias in prosecutions.
Data as a Tool for Racial Justice
Melba Pearson discusses the role that the Prosecutorial Performance Indicators can play in addressing criminal justice reform and prosecutorial discretion in a recent American Bar Association publication.
Dr. Kutateladze Publishes New Study on LGBTQ Victimization
The Study, entitled "Acting 'Straight': Socio-Behavioral Consequences of Anti-Queer Hate Crime Victimization," appears in Justice Quarterly.
Broward County and Orlando area state attorneys join FIU’s prosecutorial performance project
The two-year project seeks to achieve data-driven, evidence-based prosecution and sentencing.
When Florida prosecutors rely on data, criminal justice can be more transparent and equitable
CAJ Faculty discuss how prosecutors in Florida are paving the way for a more race-equitable, transparent and data-driven criminal-justice system.
Racial Disparity is a ‘Cancer’; Here’s How Prosecutors Can Cure It
Dr. Kutateladze recently authored the op-ed for The Crime Report. In it, he discusses several ways prosecutors can address the issue of racial disparities in prosecution.
CAJ Researchers Help Launch Hillsborough County Prosecutorial Data Dashboard
Hillsborough County prosecutors can now measure the impact of their work beyond conviction rates and prison commitments to include things like fairness and efficiency.