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Arnold Ventures’ Criminal Justice Research team funds rigorous causal evaluations of interventions designed to reduce crime and improve outcomes for individuals with current or prior contact with our criminal justice system. (Proposals for funding are accepted through this RFP.)

This page provides links to summaries of these grants. Each summary includes a description of the intervention being evaluated, research design, study team, grant term, and funding. We update this page as new grants are awarded.

A Study to Test the Effects of Eliminating Drug Testing of People Without a Serious Substance Use Issue

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An Evaluation of New York’s Less is More Parole Reform Act

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Study of Alternative Strategies to Traditional Police Response

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A Multisite Randomized Evaluation of PeaceRox, a School-based Violence Reduction Program

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The Effect of Concealed Carry Training Requirements on Public Safety

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The Effects of Health Care Accreditation on the Health and Well-Being of Incarcerated Individuals

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Something Works: Misconduct and Recidivism Effects of the IGNITE Program

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Targeted Interventions for High-Risk Domestic Violence Victims

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The U.S. Consumer Firearms Industry: Equilibrium and Policy Implications

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Promoting Procedurally Just Decision Making by Police: A Multi-Site Replication

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Evaluation of the Community Wellness and Crisis Response Team Co-Response Program in San Mateo County

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The Effect of Housing Subsidies on Intimate Partner Violence: Evidence from the Family Options Study

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Efficacy and Effects of Pretrial Electronic Monitoring

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Blind Justice RCT: Algorithmically Masking Race in Prosecutorial Charging Decisions

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Missouri Prison Transformation Project

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Impacts of Long Sentence Reforms in California

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Implementation and Impact of In Re Humphrey in California

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From Retributive to Restorative: An Alternative Approach to Justice

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A Process and Outcome Evaluation of Automated Body-Worn Camera Review Technology in 3 Arizona Police Departments

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Evaluating Pretextual Stop Reform in the LAPD with Bodyworn Video and Administrative Data

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Evaluating Implementation & Impact of Automated Body-Camera Review on Officers’ Professionalism and Behavioral Outcomes

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Police Arrests and Criminal Records: Prosecutors’ Heuristics vs Data

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