An Introduction To “Nudging” In The Criminal Legal System
<p>Nearly everyone agrees that prosecutors should use more evidence-based practices and engage in more evaluations to build that evidence base. Unlike our health and education systems, the criminal legal system lacks research integration — with almost no modern policy or practice evaluations. And, even where there are evaluations of prosecutions, those evaluations tend to focus on extremely limited metrics like crime rates, conviction rates, and recidivism that would be considered outdated in other professions. Justice Innovation Lab collaborates with partners to develop robust evaluations that include both traditional and more meaningful modern metrics, all aimed at improving prosecutorial outcomes. This series’ first post explores the potential of using one form of innovation in prosecution — behavioral “nudges” — to promote public safety and better serve victims and defendants, how to base nudges on evidence-based best practices or — if there are no best practices because the evidence base is thin — how to evaluate those nudges to build an evidence base.</p>
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