The Bureau of Justice Assistance, which is part of the U.S.
Justice Department’s Office of Justice Programs, along with the
Council of State Governments Justice Center
launched “Justice
Counts” last year to address the data problem. The
initiative seeks to provide policymakers and the public with
timely, wide-ranging information that they have previously been
unable to access.
With the help of 21 other groups, the initiative aims to help
criminal justice policymakers make better decisions with data
that are “more timely, less disjointed, and as useful as
possible.”
Justice Counts proposes law enforcement use similar
standardized methods to identify people based on race,
ethnicity, and gender. For example, the proposals asked police to
ID Latinos on race and ethnicity.
For additional information on the initiative, please click
here.
