Transforming Justice Desktop Research Library

Desktop Research Library

Below are links to pre-existing reports and materials used in the first phase of the Transforming Justice discovery process. These materials were suggested by the Transforming Justice Steering Committee.

Criminalizing Poverty: The Consequences of Court Fees in a Randomized Experiment

Reducing violence without police: A review of research evidence

Black Americans Are Killed At 12 Times The Rate Of People In Other Developed Countries | FiveThirtyEight

Black Portlanders Are More Likely to Be Murdered Than Their Peers in Cities Better Known for Crime (wweek.com)

Oakland’s Operation Ceasefire

Ghettoside: A True Story of Murder in America by Jill Leovy (goodreads.com)

Uneasy Peace: The Great Crime Decline, the Renewal of City Life, and the Next War on Violence by Patrick Sharkey (goodreads.com)

Podcast with Patrick Sharkey, 2021

Reimagine Oregon

Movement for Black Lives Policy Platform

Audit of the Portland Police Bureau’s Gang Enforcement Team

Violence interrupted: Community-driven strategies to reduce gun violence

Reducing violence and building trust

Law enforcement with a public health lens

Imagine Black: recommendations for justice reform

Imagine Black: The People’s Plan

Multnomah County: Frequent User Systems Engagement

Crime Survivors Speak

State of Black Oregon

Survey on needs of people living unsheltered

Communities of Color in Multnomah County: An unsettling profile

Square One Project Executive Session Papers:

Racial Justice in Criminal Justice Practice

Towards a new framework for achieving decarceration

Social Fabric: A new model for public safety and vital neighborhoods