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…
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…
Can we better align officers’ decisions with policy to improve resource use, fairness, and safety? Focusing on two key decision points—supervision level assignments and technical violation reports—we identify gaps between policy and practice and help design targeted reforms to improve…
Can risk-based release policies improve pretrial outcomes, compared to unstructured judicial decisions? We analyze how officers and judges currently decide who to keep in jail before trial, then model the impact of a policy that would release defendants classified as…
Can an innovative program reduce violence and self-harm on inpatient psychiatric units? We are testing a program designed to prevent violence by changing institutional risk factors like authoritarian staff-patient relationships. Introduction and development In state hospitals, staff treat people with…
Can a correctional group treatment program prevent re-offending among justice-involved people with mental illness? We are testing the impact of adding a group-based Cognitive Behavioral Intervention (CBI) program to usual services, in reducing justice system involvement for people with mental illness.…
What factors best protect against reoffending for youth of different ages? The Youth Protective Factors Study is a multistate, multiyear research initiative examining how risk and protective factors influence youth reoffending—particularly violent offenses—to help juvenile justice systems improve supervision, services,…
