This grant supports the maintenance and expansion of the Criminal Justice Administrative Records System (CJARS) to include health- and public-health-related measures in its planned web-based data portal; to expand data-collection efforts geographically (by state) and by types of criminal justice system procedures; and to increase the data linkages of CJARS data and other health-related data to the United States Census Bureau’s data network. CJARS is a data-infrastructure initiative at the University of Michigan, in cooperation with partners at the Census Bureau, and is leading the way to a nationwide, integrated data system that will support the next generation of criminal justice research and data-informed policymaking to improve the public administration of the criminal justice system in the United States. Deliverables will be an expanded web-based portal and data coverage and a report on efforts to increase data linkages.
Funding Source: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Funding Period: 11/15/2021 – 11/14/2024