---
id: "govlab:project/project-data-driven-criminal-justice"
type: "GovLab project"
title: "Data-Driven Criminal Justice"
url: "https://thegovlab.org/project/project-data-driven-criminal-justice"
authors: ["Beth Simone Noveck","Denny Tek","Dino Cantú-Pedraza","Christopher Wong","Batu Sayici","Anirudh Dinesh","Ana Tovar"]
summary: "How can data be used to increase public safety and reduce incarceration?"
source: "The GovLab (thegovlab.org)"
licence: "Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)"
---

# Data-Driven Criminal Justice

How can data be used to increase public safety and reduce incarceration?

## Background

Jurisdictions across the country have found success implementing new evidence-based practices to reduce jail and prison populations, link more people with effective treatment in their communities, and generate cost savings without corresponding increases in crime; yet challenges in collecting, sharing and analyzing data continue to present significant barriers to widespread adoption of proven reforms and stifle opportunities for new innovation.

## Description

To accelerate trusted access to data for improved management of our criminal justice system, the Governance Lab with the support of the Laura and John Arnold Foundation, is working to articulate principles, policies, practices, and tools for trusted data sharing that safeguard civil liberties while maximizing the opportunity for evidence-based policy making and reform. The goal of the project is to enable greater collaboration between government and the research community to the end of improving effectiveness and legitimacy of our nation’s criminal justice system.

## Location

- United States

## Partners

- White House Office of Science and Technology Policy
- Laura and John Arnold Foundation

## Team

- [Beth Simone Noveck](https://thegovlab.org/team.html#beth-simone-noveck)
- [Denny Tek](https://thegovlab.org/team.html#denny-tek)
- [Dino Cantú-Pedraza](https://thegovlab.org/team.html#dinorah-cantu-pedraza)
- [Christopher Wong](https://thegovlab.org/team.html#christopher-wong)
- [Batu Sayici](https://thegovlab.org/team.html#batu-sayici)
- [Anirudh Dinesh](https://thegovlab.org/team.html#anirudh-dinesh)
- [Ana Tovar](https://thegovlab.org/team.html#ana-tovar)

## Additional resources

- [One-Pager](http://www.thegovlab.org/static/files/criminal-justice-one-pager-web.pdf)
- [Criminal Justice & Social Service Data Sharing Questionnaire (October 2015)](http://govlab.typeform.com/to/qPeday)
- [Toward a New Paradigm - Results of Surveys on Data Sharing and Data Readiness](http://www.thegovlab.org/static/files/data-sharing-survey-results-web.pdf)
- [Testimonials](http://www.thegovlab.org/static/files/ddcj_spring16_testimonials.pdf)