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conceived, practiced and experienced by individuals, officials and societies.</p> <p>The Global Justice Lab studies and supports organizations, systems and entire societies that are under significant pressure to change. Many justice systems struggle to maintain their social license in the face of demographic shifts, rapid economic development and the erosion of traditional governance regimes. Some face competition from other public and private sector players claiming to offer fairer, more effective or more cost-efficient solutions to justice-related problems. And of course stressors such as escalating political demands, growing perceptions of inequality and changing patterns of violence present acute challenges to the status quo.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="l-section__zone-2 l-flex l-section-vertical-alignment--top" > <figure class="m-image "> <div class="m-image-wrap"> <img width="900" height="600" srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_3_2_200/public/assets/media/images/2022-10/clay-banks-ocfh2pgloqk-unsplash.jpg.webp?itok=xxz29rxk 200w, /sites/default/files/styles/landscape_3_2_400/public/assets/media/images/2022-10/clay-banks-ocfh2pgloqk-unsplash.jpg.webp?itok=BfyP29zn 400w, /sites/default/files/styles/landscape_3_2_600/public/assets/media/images/2022-10/clay-banks-ocfh2pgloqk-unsplash.jpg.webp?itok=ZsIa8HDK 600w, /sites/default/files/styles/landscape_3_2_860/public/assets/media/images/2022-10/clay-banks-ocfh2pgloqk-unsplash.jpg.webp?itok=tdxscqcY 900w, /sites/default/files/styles/landscape_3_2_1200/public/assets/media/images/2022-10/clay-banks-ocfh2pgloqk-unsplash.jpg.webp?itok=ZxQrv3NV 1200w, /sites/default/files/styles/landscape_3_2_1500/public/assets/media/images/2022-10/clay-banks-ocfh2pgloqk-unsplash.jpg.webp?itok=kZeREEpj 1500w, /sites/default/files/styles/landscape_3_2_1800/public/assets/media/images/2022-10/clay-banks-ocfh2pgloqk-unsplash.jpg.webp?itok=ljSO0xj1 1800w, /sites/default/files/styles/landscape_3_2_2000/public/assets/media/images/2022-10/clay-banks-ocfh2pgloqk-unsplash.jpg.webp?itok=bVi_ptZ- 2000w, /sites/default/files/styles/landscape_3_2_2500/public/assets/media/images/2022-10/clay-banks-ocfh2pgloqk-unsplash.jpg.webp?itok=HLuW9gHl 2500w, /sites/default/files/styles/landscape_3_2_2800/public/assets/media/images/2022-10/clay-banks-ocfh2pgloqk-unsplash.jpg.webp?itok=hYUbBpVz 2800w, /sites/default/files/styles/landscape_3_2_3000/public/assets/media/images/2022-10/clay-banks-ocfh2pgloqk-unsplash.jpg.webp?itok=FnzPlalb 3000w" sizes="(min-width:1440px) 1440px, 100vw" src="/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_3_2_860/public/assets/media/images/2022-10/clay-banks-ocfh2pgloqk-unsplash.jpg.jpg?itok=tdxscqcY" alt="Protest" loading="lazy" /> </div> </figure> </div> </div> </div> <div class="l-section__wrapper l-section-spacing-top--none l-section-spacing-bottom--standard "> <div class="l-section-1--[zone--10] " > <div class="l-section__zone-1 l-flex " > <div class="m-text"> <div class="m-text__content s-wysiwyg"> <div class="s-wysiwyg"><p>In responding to these types of stress, justice systems worldwide are subject to chronic strain. Traditionally resilient structures and processes are often hard-pressed to meet the rising expectations of elected officials, civil servants, international institutions, advocacy groups, the media and the general public.</p> <p>Understanding how organizations and societies cope with these pressures – or in some cases fail to do so – is the core focus of the Global Justice Lab. We look at how justice players adjust and adapt, tinker and improvise, deflect and resist. And we evaluate their success across the spectrum of possible responses, from reacting selectively to empirical evidence, to embracing innovative ideas that promise genuine change, to rebranding old habits in order to avoid changing at all.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="l-section__wrapper l-section-spacing-top--standard l-section-spacing-bottom--standard theme--blue "> <div class="l-section-2--[zone--10][zone--10] " > <div class="l-section__zone-1 l-flex l-section-vertical-alignment--top" > <div class="m-section-title "> <span class="m-section-title__border-top center teal"></span> <div class="m-section-title__title"> <h2 class="a-heading__h2 " > New research </h2> </div> </div> </div> <div class="l-section__zone-2 l-flex--2col l-section-vertical-alignment--top" > <div class="m-offset-card"> <div class="m-offset-card__banner"> <img width="1200" height="600" srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_2_1_200/public/assets/media/images/2022-09/gjl_justice_police_car_canva.png.webp?itok=zRil5l3w 200w, /sites/default/files/styles/landscape_2_1_400/public/assets/media/images/2022-09/gjl_justice_police_car_canva.png.webp?itok=ZK4dH6Qd 400w, /sites/default/files/styles/landscape_2_1_600/public/assets/media/images/2022-09/gjl_justice_police_car_canva.png.webp?itok=HmhiZFaa 600w, /sites/default/files/styles/landscape_2_1_900/public/assets/media/images/2022-09/gjl_justice_police_car_canva.png.webp?itok=dU0tONUC 900w, /sites/default/files/styles/landscape_2_1_1200/public/assets/media/images/2022-09/gjl_justice_police_car_canva.png.webp?itok=5gtVpUwS 1200w, /sites/default/files/styles/landscape_2_1_1500/public/assets/media/images/2022-09/gjl_justice_police_car_canva.png.webp?itok=YL4gskzk 1500w, /sites/default/files/styles/landscape_2_1_1800/public/assets/media/images/2022-09/gjl_justice_police_car_canva.png.webp?itok=voTEjF0B 1800w, /sites/default/files/styles/landscape_2_1_2000/public/assets/media/images/2022-09/gjl_justice_police_car_canva.png.webp?itok=zrWEfx52 2000w, /sites/default/files/styles/landscape_2_1_2500/public/assets/media/images/2022-09/gjl_justice_police_car_canva.png.webp?itok=mEq0QTkF 2500w" sizes="(min-width:1440px) calc(1440px - 190px), (min-width: 768) calc(100vw - 34px)" src="/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_2_1_1200/public/assets/media/images/2022-09/gjl_justice_police_car_canva.png.jpg?itok=5gtVpUwS" alt="The sirens of a police car with the lights of a city at dusk in the background" loading="lazy" /> </div> <div class="m-offset-card__main theme--dark-bg"> <div class="m-offset-card__tags"> <div class="a-tags--simple"> EXECUTIVE SUMMARY </div> </div> <div class="m-offset-card__title"> <h4 class="a-heading__h4 has-link " > <a href="/research/violent-crime-and-public-prosecution-2022-report" > Violent crime and public prosecution: A review of recent data on homicide, robbery, and progressive prosecution in the <span class="a-heading__last-word">U.S. <span class="a-heading__icon"> <i class="fas fa-chevron-right" data-fa-transform="" data-fa-mask="" ></i> </span> </span> </a> </h4> </div> </div> </div> <div class="m-offset-card"> <div class="m-offset-card__banner"> <img width="1200" height="600" srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_2_1_200/public/assets/media/images/2022-10/istock-1170018697.jpg.webp?itok=HEGr9oF9 200w, /sites/default/files/styles/landscape_2_1_400/public/assets/media/images/2022-10/istock-1170018697.jpg.webp?itok=zia3OTGR 400w, /sites/default/files/styles/landscape_2_1_600/public/assets/media/images/2022-10/istock-1170018697.jpg.webp?itok=DvqfQTuf 600w, /sites/default/files/styles/landscape_2_1_900/public/assets/media/images/2022-10/istock-1170018697.jpg.webp?itok=TGdVvcSW 900w, /sites/default/files/styles/landscape_2_1_1200/public/assets/media/images/2022-10/istock-1170018697.jpg.webp?itok=F4gqZq-q 1200w, /sites/default/files/styles/landscape_2_1_1500/public/assets/media/images/2022-10/istock-1170018697.jpg.webp?itok=io7QaiKu 1500w, /sites/default/files/styles/landscape_2_1_1800/public/assets/media/images/2022-10/istock-1170018697.jpg.webp?itok=l8QO2o4j 1800w, /sites/default/files/styles/landscape_2_1_2000/public/assets/media/images/2022-10/istock-1170018697.jpg.webp?itok=R3mMxht8 2000w, /sites/default/files/styles/landscape_2_1_2500/public/assets/media/images/2022-10/istock-1170018697.jpg.webp?itok=r5wIWQ5E 2500w" sizes="(min-width:1440px) calc(1440px - 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