CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM RESEARCH NETWORK
A Prevention-Focused Racial Equity Approach to Transforming the Criminal Legal Landscape
Over 2 million individuals in the US are engaged in some form of incarceration or supervised reentry. This unprecedented rate of incarceration disproportionately impacts Black Americans and is a result of failed public policy undergirded by outdated often deficit-based research.
We seek to chart a new path forward in strategic community with researchers, strategists, and advocates who will leverage cutting-edge research centering system-impacted communities.
EXPLORE, SHARE, & USE POLICY LANDSCAPE
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JOIN THE LISTERV
Stay up to date on key findings, network events, and research products.
We will share findings from our impacted voices field research, our state and federal policy landscape analysis, and rapid response resources for prevention-focused policy and research.
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TELL YOUR STORY
We believe that policies should be shaped by those most impacted by them. Decision-makers on school boards, city councils, state capitals, and federal agencies share few experiences in common with the communities most impacted by their policies.
The research on which these institutions rely is often deficit-based – highlighting the problems but downplaying the conditions.
We want to hear directly from impacted communities that have felt the direct or indirect effects of incarceration or engagement at any level of the criminal legal system. We are interested in understanding the people, processes, and policies that were key to navigating your journey.
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BECOME A NETWORK FELLOW
The USC Race & Equity Center invites nominations for researchers and advocates to become a Racial Equity CJR Network Fellow. Fellows will play a key role in setting priorities for policy, research, and partnership. Nominate yourself or someone to the network if you/they have interest in:
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Producing and leveraging quantitative and qualitative research to develop and engage new audiences, methods, and partnerships in criminal justice reform (CJR) efforts;
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Joining a community of racial-equity minded scholars along with all points of the criminal legal landscape focused on prevention-focused research and policy;
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Leveraging the scholarly and experiential expertise and activities of the racial equity prevention cohort (REPC) to create policy tools, rapid-response research, and peer-reviewed literature;
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Attend and engage in key activities:
– January 26th: 11am PST – 12:30pm PST – Policy Landscape Presentation
– February 24 – 25: Network Fellows Conference
– Provide expert review of network products and final deliverables
DR. KENDRICK DAVIS
Dr. Davis is the Chief Research Officer of the USC Race & Equity Center and Associate Professor of Research teaching in the Rossier School of Education and Sol Price School of Public Policy. An engineer by training, Kendrick has served as an education and science policy advisor locally, nationally, and internationally. Dr. Davis was an American Association for the Advancement of Science Congressional Fellow through the American Educational Research Association and was recognized as an Emerging Scholar by Diverse publication.
JAMIRA BURLEY
Jamira Burley is the Director of Social Impact North America for Adidas and founder of IAMHERETO, working at the intersection of community, impact investments and philanthropy. Over the last 15 years, her work has taken her across the United States and 30+ countries working with collective impact teams representing business, government, and youth leaders to make an equitable change by evaluating and reforming business structures to enable profit and social impact. Jamira was recognized as an Obama White House Champion of Change and a Forbes Under 30 Honoree in Law and Policy. She has worked with Target, Deloitte, Sephora, American Express, Ponds, and Adidas. Previously, she was featured on MSNBC, CNN, Forbes, C-SPAN, BBC, and Al Jazeera
For more information, please visit www.jamiraburley.com or follow her on Twitter/Instagram @JamiraBurley