Brief Using Data Dashboards to Drive Criminal Justice Decisions
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An Innovation Fund Case Study from Allegheny County, Pennsylvania and San Francisco, California
Megan Russo, Jesse Jannetta, Marina Duane
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Jurisdictions across the country are seeking ways to better understand their justice-involved populations and guide their decisions with data. This case study examines the experiences of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania and the City and County of San Francisco, California in integrating real-time data across criminal justice decision points and other non-justice systems to inform decisionmaking. With the increased interest in using dashboards across the country, practitioners interested in implementing similar efforts can take several lessons from Allegheny County and the City and County of San Francisco’s experiences, including the importance of collaboration and continuous communication throughout the process, building a strong analytic capacity and ongoing relationship with IT, and the importance of automated, real-time data.

Research and Evidence Justice and Safety
Expertise Victim Safety and Justice Justice Systems Data and Analytics
Tags Crime and justice analytics Jails