Summaries of Research Grants
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
An Evaluation of New York’s Less is More Parole Reform Act
Study of Alternative Strategies to Traditional Police Response
A Multisite Randomized Evaluation of PeaceRox, a School-based Violence Reduction Program
The Effect of Concealed Carry Training Requirements on Public Safety
The Effects of Health Care Accreditation on the Health and Well-Being of Incarcerated Individuals
Something Works: Misconduct and Recidivism Effects of the IGNITE Program
Targeted Interventions for High-Risk Domestic Violence Victims
The U.S. Consumer Firearms Industry: Equilibrium and Policy Implications
Promoting Procedurally Just Decision Making by Police: A Multi-Site Replication
Evaluation of the Community Wellness and Crisis Response Team Co-Response Program in San Mateo County
The Effect of Housing Subsidies on Intimate Partner Violence: Evidence from the Family Options Study
Efficacy and Effects of Pretrial Electronic Monitoring
Blind Justice RCT: Algorithmically Masking Race in Prosecutorial Charging Decisions
Missouri Prison Transformation Project
Impacts of Long Sentence Reforms in California
Implementation and Impact of In Re Humphrey in California
From Retributive to Restorative: An Alternative Approach to Justice
A Process and Outcome Evaluation of Automated Body-Worn Camera Review Technology in 3 Arizona Police Departments
Evaluating Pretextual Stop Reform in the LAPD with Bodyworn Video and Administrative Data
Evaluating Implementation & Impact of Automated Body-Camera Review on Officers’ Professionalism and Behavioral Outcomes
Police Arrests and Criminal Records: Prosecutors’ Heuristics vs Data
