Nonpartisan think tank and invitational membership organization that advances understanding of the criminal justice policy choices facing the nation and builds consensus for solutions that enhance safety and justice for all.
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Council on Criminal Justice
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The Council's Year-End 2025 Crime Trends report found that when nationwide data is reported by the FBI later this year, there is a strong possibility that homicides in 2025 will be the lowest rate ever recorded going back to 1900. Read the full report: counciloncj.org/crime-trends...
What are the possible reasons behind the historic decline in crime? @jerusalem.bsky.social and @mattyglesias.bsky.social discuss their thoughts using CCJ data in a recent episode for The Argument. www.theargumentmag.com/p/why-is-cri...
Congratulations to @johnkroman.bsky.social, senior fellow and director of the Center of Public Safety and Justice at the University of Chicago's @norc.org, on his election as a CCJ member. Welcome!
Despite falling violent crime rates, a few random or brazen incidents can often make people feel unsafe.
CCJ President and CEO @abgelb.bsky.social spoke to @ajc.com about the factors that shape people's perceptions of crime — and what policymakers can do about it: www.ajc.com/news/2026/06...
Free access link: archive.is/66szl
What is the state of due process ahead of America’s 250th anniversary?
Join CCJ’s Centering Justice initiative and experts @rachelbarkow.bsky.social, John Malcolm, Vikrant Reddy with moderators Khalil Cumberbatch and @marclevin.bsky.social to this foundational principle.
A perspective from CCJ Centering Justice’s Khalil Cumberbatch and @marclevin.bsky.social in @law360.bsky.social: www.law360.com/articles/248...
In light of Trump’s decision to pause the $1.8B anti-weaponization fund, how can Congress compensate those who are wrongly arrested and/or convicted? What strategies and approaches do the current framework permit?
“Clean Slate” laws use automatic record-sealing to help people w/ old criminal records gain better access to jobs, housing, & economic opportunities.
CCJ's @marclevin.bsky.social talked to @cnn.com’s @elevenson.bsky.social about why there’s growing bipartisan support: www.cnn.com/2026/05/30/u...
With homicide down 21%, the 2025 homicide rate may reach the lowest level ever recorded in law enforcement or public health data going back to 1900, CCJ’s year-end analysis finds.
