Justice Department Launches CrimeSolutions.gov Website

The U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Justice Programs recently launched a new website designed to be a central, credible resource to inform practitioners and policymakers about what works in criminal justice, juvenile justice, and crime victim services. This site, http://www.crimesolutions.gov/,  includes information on more than 150 justice-related programs and assigns "evidence ratings" - effective, promising, or no effects - to indicate whether there is evidence from research that a program achieves its goals.

CrimeSolutions.gov is a searchable online database of evidence-based programs covering a range of justice-related topics, including corrections, courts, crime prevention, substance abuse, juveniles, law enforcement, technology and forensics, and victims.

The new website is part of the Evidence Integration Initiative (E2I) launched in 2009. The Initiative's three goals are improving the quantity and quality of evidence the Office of Justice Programs generates; integrating evidence into program, practice, and policy decisions within OJP and the field; and improving the translation of evidence into practice.