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The high costs of accessing "public" court documents have meant that surprisingly little large-scale data analysis has been done on the federal court system. These researchers have begun to address this issue:

Why We Know So Little about Disparities within the Federal Court System—and How That’s Finally Changing Millions of hard-to-obtain public court records shed new light on the fairness and efficiency of the U.S. judiciary.

A middle school librarian in Virginia has started using drones to deliver books to her students! 🪂📚

SIS Alum, School Librarian Kelly Passek Uses Drone Service to Loan Students Books - School of Information Sciences Kelly Passek loads books into packages to be delivered to students via Wing drone delivery. Photo courtesy of Wing. Imagine […]

As many courts have been relying on videoconferencing technologies during the pandemic, this article explores the history of remote trials and their potential for unfairness.

How Fair Is Zoom Justice? Court hearings are going virtual in response to COVID-19. Studies show they can lead to harsher outcomes for defendants.

Effective criminal justice reform requires data on arrests, sentencing, recidivism, etc. to know what works and what doesn't. Most states don't report this kind of data, making the job of reformers even more difficult.

Lack of Data: Missing Link in Justice Reform | The Crime Report Americans are asking if there are better ways of running our justice system, but without the numbers to answer fundamental questions, reformers are operating in the dark, write two specialists in criminological research.