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Working toward reducing crime and victimization, and inspiring sound public policy and fair treatment in the criminal and juvenile justice systems.

Featured Projects

Evaluation of the Salt Lake County Criminal Justice Pay for Success (PFS) Program: Reach

Pay for Success (PFS) is an innovative approach that leverages taxpayer risk by funding social service programs with private capital and ties payment...

Housing Support and Stability Program (HSSP) Families Project

This project was part of a 5-year Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) grant that was awarded to The Road Home...

Women's Reentry Assesssment Programming, and Services

Gender-responsive approaches start with women in mind and address womens' gendered pathways into the system, their needs, strengths...

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Our Team

The Utah Criminal Justice Center is a collaborative partnership between the University of Utah and the Utah Commission on Criminal and Juvenile Justice that supports interdisciplinary research, teaching, and training in the areas of criminal and juvenile justice. The Center works toward reducing crime and victimization, inspiring sound public policy and fair treatment in the criminal and juvenile justice systems, and providing a model of higher education that promotes good governance through independent, non-partisan research and innovative programs.

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Emily Salisbury, Ph.D.
Director, UCJC

 

 

 

 

 

Explore WRNA

Women's Risk Needs Assessment

Professor Salisbury's lab at the Utah Criminal Justice Center (UCJC),
College of Social Work University of Utah.

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UCJC Conference

Conferences that bring together researchers, practitioners, correctional professionals, administrators, students, academics, and policymakers from across the state to discuss emerging research and developments in the criminal and juvenile justice field.

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Goals

  • The production of applied research that furthers citizen understanding and assists in the development of public policy on issues of criminal and juvenile justice, as well as advances of body of knowledge in these areas
  • The recruitment of faculty to teach an interdisciplinary curriculum in criminal and juvenile justice
  • The training and placement of university students as professionals in the criminal and juvenile justice systems.

MORE GOALS & OUR VISION


Studies

To date, UCJC has conducted more than 80 studies of the criminal and juvenile justice system. These studies have assisted decision-makers within our state as they develop policy and statutes to govern the criminal justice system.


Funding

The Center is funded through a combination of federal grants, state and county funds, and foundation resources provided by the William R. Bireley Foundation.


Authorization

UCJC is authorized by the Utah State Board of Regents as a collaboration among the University of Utah College of Law, College of Social and Behavioral Science, and College of Social Work.



Our Mission

To provide organizations with research, training, and technical assistance grounded in scientific evidence to prevent and reduce crime and victimization among all communities, with an understanding that approaches must be tailored to the contextual needs of organizations and the diverse populations they serve.

 

 

Board of Directors

Martell Teasley, Ph.D.

Dean, College of Social Work
University of Utah

Elizabeth Kronk Warner, J.D.

Dean, S.J. Quinney College of Law
University of Utah

Cynthia Berg, Ph.D.

Dean, College of Social And Behavioral Science
University of Utah

Tom Ross

Executive Director, Utah Commission on Criminal and Juvenile Justice

Brian Nielson

Executive Director, Utah Department of Corrections

Brett Peterson

Director, Utah Division of Juvenile Justice Services

RON GORDON

State Court Administrator, Utah Administrative Office of the Courts

Jess L. Anderson

Commissioner, Utah Department of Public Safety

DANIEL STRONG

Director, Utah Sentencing Commission

Doug Thomas

Director, Utah Division of Substance Abuse and Mental Health

 

Last Updated: 6/2/22