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"The Justice Policy Institute is a nonprofit research and public policy organization dedicated to ending society’s reliance on incarceration
and promoting effective and just solutions to social problems. Since 1996, JPI has evolved into one of the nation’s
most thoughtful and progressive voices for crafting workable solutions to age-old problems plaguing our juvenile and criminal
justice systems.
Today, the work of JPI moves along a distinct public policy and programmatic track: We seek to advance the quality
and content of public discourse in the ongoing debate around juvenile and criminal justice system reform as well as to help
jurisdictions to develop alternatives to incarceration. JPI has successfully pursued its goals in several ways, including:
1. Generating research on a wide range of justice issues for policy makers, practitioners and the media. ...
2. Organizing natural constituencies into powerful voices for reform. ...
3. Technical assistance and program development
for jurisdictions and communities seeking to reduce the overuse of incarceration."
-About JPI
Publications:
"Tipping Point: Maryland's Overuse of Incarceration and the Impact on Public Safety," by Ziedenberg and Lotke of the Justice
Policy Institute (March 2005)
"Race and Incarceration in Texas," by Ziedenberg and Schiraldi of the Justice Policy Institute (2005)
"Swing States: Crime, Prisons, and the Future of the Nation," by Lotke, Stromberg, and Schiraldi of the Justice Policy Institute
(August 25, 2004)
"Texas Tough: 3 Years Later," by Schiraldi and Ziedenberg of the Justice Policy Institute (April 23, 2003)
"Deep Impact: Quantifying the Effect of Prison Expansion in the South," by Jason Ziedenberg of the Justice Policy Institute
(April 4, 2003)
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