To support and help strengthen the work of advocates and organizers, the Hub is committed to providing and uplifting up-to-date research, reports, data, model policies, toolkits and other resources. We do this by searching for, categorizing, and making available existing resources from partner organizations and others working on issues related to policing. When needed, the Hub also produces its own research in collaboration with partners. This resource database is categorized, easy to search, and regularly updated by our research team.
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Resources that appear on the Community Resource Hub website are not necessarily supported or endorsed by the Hub. The resources that appear represent various different policies, toolkits, and data that have been presented to challenge issues relevant to safety, policing, and accountability.
Arnold Ventures – Alternatives to Arrest Initiative
A collection of reports from the Alternatives to Arrest initiative, including the role of research in policy change, creating a fairer pretrial system, targeting fines and fees, and disrupting the cycle of mental illness, substance use, and incarceration.
Open Society Foundations
A transcript of a discussion about Angela J. Davis’ book of the same name that includes data and touches on all of the ways that black men and boys are policed at every step of the process in the criminal justice system, arrest through sentencing.
Alliance for a Just Philadelphia
A policy platform for the upcoming Philadelphia elections that calls for accessibility, affordability, safety, health, dignity and respect for all work, and investment in every community.
The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights
A collection of reports and data around partnering with communities and police departments to rethink public safety and renew trust in policing.
Survived & Punished
A toolkit/guide that aims to equip more people with tools, resources, ideas, and models to pursue urgently needed community-based research projects. The goal is to inspire more organizers, advocates, attorneys, scholars, and survivors — especially those who are currently and formerly incarcerated — to lead research projects that will contribute to a growing body of data and information to fight for the freedom and well-being of criminalized survivors, and of all people.
John Jay College of Criminal Justice
This toolkit draws on the insight of Working Group members as well as existing data and research in order to provide actionable and adaptable steps for prosecutors and communities to prevent and address officer-involved fatalities and other critical incidents in their local jurisdictions.
ACLU Wisconsin
A report on changes being made in Milwaukee around policing policies on the use of stop-and-frisk, police misconduct, data accessibility, and police training.
The Marshall Project
A report on the impact of criminal justice reform in California, and specifically in San Joaquin County, that has led to decreased crime rates and decreased jail populations.
Center for Popular Democracy
This report examines racial disparities, policing landscapes, and budgets in twelve jurisdictions across the country, comparing the city and county spending priorities with
those of community organizations and their members. It also provides an invest/divest framework and “Budget 101” to help readers understand some of the terms
reflected in this report, and provide a general framework of budget analysis and advocacy. The report also highlights the potential impact of participatory budgeting.
