But they can be made safer still by applying these same methods to other aspects of law enforcement. Probation is now emerging as the next frontier in criminal justice reform. No other effort we can make offers as much promise for improving public safety in our cities at so little cost. CCI has made a decisive contribution to understanding how probation can be improved with its report Broken Windows Probation . Great gains can be had from overhauling this under-appreciated arm of the criminal justice system, and we expect that you will be hearing a lot more about this effort in the months to come.
Cities continue to be the nation s most exciting laboratories of effective reform.
If you want to know what new ideas are being tried and what is working, look no further. This brings it all together in one volume.