Opinion: Data is key to improving the criminal justice system
Bill Gibbons
Bill Gibbons is president of the Memphis Shelby Crime Commission and executive director of the Public Safety Institute at the University of Memphis. Previously, he was commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security and district attorney for Shelby County. He has also served on the Memphis City Council and the Shelby County Board of Commissioners.
Jonathan Bennett
Dr. Jonathan Bennett is associate director and chief data scientist at the University of Memphis Center for Community Research and Evaluation and the principal investigator of a university initiative to evaluate bail and bond outcomes in Shelby County.
“There is bipartisan support for greater concerted efforts to leverage data from across the criminal justice system to improve effectiveness, evidence-based decision making, and transparency.”
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