Check Out a New Resource on Reducing Violence and Mass Incarceration from the Vera Institute of Justice
The Vera Institute of Justice has released a new resource as part of its Common Justice project, a program focused on alternatives to incarceration, victim services, violence reduction, and racial equity. In Accounting for Violence: How to Increase Safety and Break Our Failed Reliance on Mass Incarceration, Common Justice Director Danielle Sered makes the case that though violence and mass incarceration in the United States are connected, both can be reduced concurrently.
The report outlines four key principles for addressing violent crime in a way that does not automatically rely on mass incarceration, advocating that responses to violence should be:
- Survivor-centered.
- Accountability-based.
- Safety-driven.
- Racially equitable.
The report explains that by developing new policies and procedures guided by these principles, policymakers and practitioners can enhance the justice system in a way that prioritizes survivors’ needs for healing and justice, accounts for socioeconomic and structural conditions related to violence, and improves public safety.
To view the full report, please click here.