Phase 1, starting in January 2021, will create focus groups to address the three main goals:
Due to the continuing COVID-19 pandemic, these focus groups will be held online.
In the focus groups, a core network of stakeholders (see PARTICIPANTS in the left side menu) will be asked to:
Based on the groups’ initial findings, content, and emerging questions, Phase 1 will include two to three larger-scale public webinars, co-created with partners and participants, to build visibility, momentum and wider public and policy interest in Phase 2 of the initiative.
Phase 2 of this multi-year initiative will bring the core network of participants together (taking into account the health, safety, and possibility of international travel for participants with respect to the COVID-19 pandemic) for a structured sequence of programs at Schloss Leopoldskron, home of Salzburg Global Seminar, follow-up workshops in the US, and tailored online working groups, to focus on these three broader topics in an integrated way.
In Phase 2, stakeholders will identify and spearhead the most promising global examples of violence reduction and criminal justice transformation, proven through research to be effective, viable, and replicable. In today’s polarized societies, solutions are urgently needed as the COVID-19 pandemic exacerbates existing inequities, and drivers of violence. Participants will identify and evaluate approaches, tools and technologies in four specific fields:
The initiative will communicate and disseminate the most promising research-based strategies to reduce rates of violence, incarceration, and recidivism to policy makers and communities in the US and globally through publications, media, products, video interviews/documentaries, targeted recommendations, and a future cross-sector research agenda.