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Program goal(s) name: Develop evidence to improve policies and practices across the justice system. Program goal(s) description: Build knowledge and tools that can be applied at the state and local levels to reduce crime and advance justice. Program objective(s) name: Strengthen research to inform crime reduction and advance justice. Program objective(s) description: Support rigorous research and evaluation that helps identify and analyze the causes and correlates of crime; improves the functioning and outcomes of the criminal and juvenile justice systems; develops new and improved methods for the prevention and reduction of crime; and strengthens the justice research and practice infrastructure.

This program supports research, development, and evaluation to inform and improve policy and practice on the ground on a variety of topics, including but not limited to youth and the juvenile justice system, school safety, the intersection of drugs and crime, forensic science, correctional workforce, policing, and other emerging topics and technologies that impact the justice system.