How can emergency call takers improve the effectiveness and fairness of their responses to behavioral health crises? We are evaluating a new strategy for improving the identification and management of behavioral health crisis calls. Transforming crisis response UC Berkeley is…
Congratulations to Dr. Jennifer Skeem on Her IRLE Faculty Research Award! We’re proud to announce that Dr. Jennifer Skeem has been selected for a 2025–26 Faculty Research Award by UC Berkeley’s Institute for Research on Labor and Employment (IRLE). This…
Top 10 Most-Cited in 2023: Recognizing Our Impact in Criminology & Public Policy We’re proud to announce that our article “Understanding racial disparities in pretrial detention recommendations to shape policy reform”—authored by Jennifer Skeem, Lina Montoya, and Christopher Lowenkamp—was recognized…
New Research: How Protective Factors Reduce Youth Reoffending The latest brief from the Youth Protective Factors Study—a partnership between the CSG Justice Center, UMass Chan Medical School’s Implementation Science and Practice Advances Research Center, and UC Berkeley’s Risk-Resilience Lab—examines how protective…
Explore How Protective Factors Reduce Youth Reoffending—Register for Our Webinar! Join the CSG Justice Center, UMass Chan Medical School’s Implementation Science and Practice Advances Research Center, and UC Berkeley’s Risk-Resilience Lab for a webinar on the latest findings from the…
Can structured tools improve the consistency and fairness of parole decisions? We are analyzing parole processes and outcomes in California to identify any disparities and explore whether data-driven frameworks could deliver fairer, more consistent releases. Why parole decision-making needs a…
