Center for Advancing Correctional Excellence

After seeing a family member struggle with inadequate help in dealing with the criminal legal and treatment systems available, Faye S. Taxman devoted her career to developing change. In November, she received the criminology field’s highest honor.

A recap of a gun safety panel discussion cohosted by the Schar School of Policy and Government and the nonprofit Safer Country.

A panel discussion on gun safety in Virginia brings in regional leaders as well as a Marjory Stoneman Douglas High shooting survivor.

A road trip of academics and professionals in jurisprudence and incarceration fields takes them to civil rights landmarks that inspire them to continue their work.

A collaborative study on mental health and jail populations in the U.S. wins a major research award.

The Schar School’s Center for Advancing Correctional Excellence is working with officials in St. Louis to improve conditions at the county’s jail. The grant is $300,000.

An important new study of 3,100 counties shows the relationship between a community’s mental health services and the local jail population. It also shows how to reduce that population.

A discussion among practitioners in Virginia’s criminal justice system about major reforms is long overdue. So we had one.