The present state of calls for and efforts to implement evidence-based policy provide a powerful foundation for propelling a movement toward bringing about rational, cost-efficient, and humane policies for reducing aggression, crime, and violence. The main aim of this article is to report on new developments in evidence-based policy (EBP)—what we view as giving rise to a new era in crime and violence prevention and social justice. The article describes major advances, both in research and policy, and discusses pressing challenges that confront EBP in crime/violence and justice, drawing on key findings from a new, comprehensive book project. The overall conclusion of the findings is heartening and yet sobering. Research and policy have made substantial progress, but there is much more to be done. The specific details of this work are organized around three questions that are foundational to evidence-based crime/violence and justice policy today: (a) How is research contributing to and guiding EBP? (b) What are productive and new ways to think about EBP? and (c) What are strategies for promoting greater use of EBP?

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预防犯罪和暴力及社会正义新时代的循证政策

目前对实施循证政策的呼吁和努力为推动制定合理、具有成本效益和人道的政策以减少侵略、犯罪和暴力奠定了坚实的基础。本文的主要目的是报告循证政策 (EBP) 的新进展——我们认为这开启了预防犯罪和暴力以及社会正义的新时代。本文借鉴了新的综合性书籍项目的主要发现，描述了研究和政策方面的重大进展，并讨论了 EBP 在犯罪/暴力和司法方面面临的紧迫挑战。调查结果的总体结论令人振奋，但也发人深省。研究和政策已经取得了实质性进展，但还有很多工作要做。这项工作的具体细节围绕三个问题进行组织，这些问题是当今基于证据的犯罪/暴力和司法政策的基础： (a) 研究如何促进和指导 EBP？ (b) 思考 EBP 的富有成效的新方法是什么？ (c) 促进更多地使用 EBP 的策略是什么？