Success-Oriented Funding: Reforming Federal Criminal Justice Grants
36 Pages Posted: 5 Sep 2014
Date Written: August 28, 2014
Abstract
A new policy proposal from the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law suggests the president make broad reforms to federal grants across the country that fund state and local law enforcement. Specifically, the president should use his executive authority to recast all federal grants for criminal justice in a “Success-Oriented Funding” model, in which the flow of dollars is linked to the achievement of clear goals. Grant programs run by the federal government have a powerful role in shaping the behavior of law enforcement nationwide. “Success-Oriented Funding” would encourage practices that reduce crime and violence without recourse to unnecessary force, whether through police behavior or undue focus on arrests and incarceration.
Keywords: mass incarceration, criminal justice, policing, Ferguson
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