Past events
Justice Counts Tier 2 Public Feedback Opportunity Information Sessions
May 29–30, 2024
The CSG Justice Center and the Bureau of Justice Assistance, a component of the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of Justice Programs, invited the public and governmental entities across the U.S. to provide feedback on a proposed set of Tier 2 metrics. To support this effort, Justice Counts staff hosted a series of information sessions to answer questions and outline the intended purpose of the new metrics.
Event Speaker:
- Sarah Lee, Senior Policy Analyst, State Initiatives, CSG Justice Center
Justice Counts: 2022 Highlights and What’s Ahead
December 2022
Justice Counts made significant progress in its mission to improve the accessibility and usability of criminal justice data this year—the initiative launched to the public, the first tier of metrics was released, the first states and agencies signed on, and more.
Join us for a whirlwind tour of these and other highlights from this year’s achievements and dive deep with us on a few of the most exciting developments that will carry us into 2023.
Thank you to all who contributed to this outstanding roster of achievements!
Justice Counts Work Session Series
October 24-26, 2022
Between October 24 and 26, 2022, the Justice Counts team from The Council of State Governments Justice Center, the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of Justice Programs’ Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA), and Justice Counts partners hosted seven work sessions on the Justice Counts Tier 1 Metrics and their corresponding Technical Implementation Guides.
Each sector-specific work session included (1) a presentation of the draft Technical Implementation Guide for that sector’s metrics; (2) a deep-dive discussion designed to further shape the definitions, fields, and agency-specific customizations in the forthcoming Justice Counts data infrastructure; and (3) a conversation about potential barriers to implementing the Justice Counts metrics. These sessions were valuable learning opportunities for both session participants and the Justice Counts team. The information gained from these critical conversations helped shape work with project partners leading to the release of the final Technical Implementation Guides that agencies use as part of the Justice Counts onboarding process.
Event Speakers:
- Katie Mosehauer, Deputy Division Director, State Initiatives, CSG Justice Center
- Laura van der Lugt, Deputy Program Director, Justice Counts, CSG Justice Center
- Matt Herman, Data Scientist II, Research, CSG Justice Center
- Sarah Lee, Senior Policy Analyst, Justice Counts, CSG Justice Center
How to Make Justice Count: Introducing Consensus-Driven Metrics for Criminal Justice Data
May 4, 2022, 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm, Eastern
Criminal justice policymakers are often forced to make crucial decisions using limited or outdated criminal justice data. Accurate, accessible, and actionable data is essential to building stronger and safer communities. That’s why Justice Counts is empowering data-driven decision-making today and planning for better criminal justice data tomorrow.
Safety and Justice Deserve Better Data: Justice Counts National Launch
January 26, 2022, 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm, Eastern
Policymakers are often forced to make critical decisions about the safety of their constituents using limited or stale criminal justice data. But access to clean, updated data is essential to charting a path to safer, more equitable communities. This national event explored the significant shortcomings of data in the criminal justice system and introduced a bold solution comprising an unprecedented coalition of partners committed to creating a stronger information infrastructure for the justice system: Justice Counts. Justice Counts is a consensus-building initiative of the U.S. Department of Justice’s Bureau of Justice Assistance led by The Council of State Governments (CSG) Justice Center to help criminal justice policymakers across the country make better decisions with data that’s more timely, less disjointed, and as useful as possible.