The Justice Equity Need Index (JENI) identifies ZIP Codes in greatest need of public investments in community healing, health, and prevention to help reverse historical injustices.   Updated 2022.
<DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><DIV><P><SPAN>The Justice Equity Need Index (JENI), by Advancement Project California, offers a means to map out the disparate burden that criminalization and a detention-first justice model place on specific communities.  The index includes the following indicators:</SPAN></P><OL><LI><P><SPAN>System Involvement: The system-involved population by ZIP Code results in direct needs for justice equity, as measured by adult and youth probation. </SPAN></P><UL><LI><P><SPAN>Indicators: Adult Probation (per 1,000 people); Youth Probation (per 1,000 people) </SPAN></P></LI></UL></LI><LI><P><SPAN>Inequity Drivers: Root inequities across communities that contribute to racial and economic disparities as seen in incarceration and policing. </SPAN></P><UL><LI><P><SPAN>Indicators: Black, Latinx, AIAN, and NHPI Percentages of Population (average percentile); Unemployment Rate (%); Population aged 25+ without a High School Diploma (%); Population below 200% of the Federal Poverty Level (%); Violent Crime Rate (per 1,000 people) </SPAN></P></LI></UL></LI><LI><P><SPAN>Criminalization Risk: Conditions where the criminal justice system has historically taken a detention-first, prevention-last approach. </SPAN></P><UL><LI><P><SPAN>Indicators: Mental Health Hospitalizations (per 1,000 people); Substance Use-Related Hospitalizations (per 1,000 people); Homelessness Rate (per 1,000 people) </SPAN></P></LI></UL></LI></OL><P><SPAN>Learn more at </SPAN><A href="https://www.advancementprojectca.org:443/tools-we-use/maps-and-data/justice-equity-need-index" STYLE="text-decoration:underline;"><SPAN>https://www.advancementprojectca.org/tools-we-use/maps-and-data/justice-equity-need-index</SPAN></A><SPAN>.</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>Supervisorial Districts, SPAs, and CSAs determined by ZIP Code centroid.</SPAN></P></DIV></DIV></DIV>
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