Trial and Error in Criminal Justice Reform.

Trial and Error in Criminal Justice Reform

By Greg Berman and Aubrey Fox

Trial and Error in Criminal Justice Reform argues that public policy cannot be divided neatly into successes and failures. The reality, say authors Greg Berman and Aubrey Fox, is that some ideas work in some places some of the time. Good results are hard to sustain and even harder to replicate.

Berman and Fox, both executives with the Center for Court Innovation, detail lessons that can be applied to future reform programs by providing readers with high-profile examples of programs that have struggled to succeed, like Operation Ceasefire--which dramatically reduced teen homicides in Boston, but disintegrated...