New Crime Solutions Website

The U.S. Office of Justice Programs recently launched a new website compiling research on different crime-fighting programs and rating each program’s effectiveness. The website aims to help practitioners and policy makers find out “what works in criminal justice, juvenile justice, and crime victim services.” It covers a broad range of topics including police strategies, forensics, sentencing, corrections programs, substance abuse, and child protection and exposure to violence. The site’s rating system indicates whether the research finds a program effective, promising, or has no effect.