OUR WORK / RESEARCH
Evidence for a
more just world.
JPL develops culturally grounded research that expands how violence is understood, experienced, documented, and confronted. Research is a foundation for policy development, public discourse, civic engagement, and community action.
EXPLORE OUR RESEARCH METHODOLOGY:
OUR GOAL
Evidence that informs action.
Shift public understanding and shape public discourse.
Inform policy, strengthen community voice, and support training and practice.
Equip emerging scholars and create new possibilities for addressing violence.
OUR APPROACH
Grounded in
people.
Designed for
action.
01 / Culturally grounded
Research accounts for history, culture, identity, place, and lived experience.
02 / Community-informed
Communities are knowledge holders and contributors, not simply research subjects.
03 / Interdisciplinary
We work across criminology, law, education, sociology, public policy, cultural inquiry, and related fields.
04 / Action-oriented
Research moves toward policy, education, public discourse, training, or implementation.
05 / Student-engaged
Justice Propulsion Agents participate in inquiry, analysis, documentation, and knowledge production.
Our Work
Illustrative project
Project details forthcoming
An illustrative project. Approved details and outcomes will be added here.
ORAL HISTORY COLLECTION
Project details forthcoming
An illustrative project. Approved details and outcomes will be added here.
RESEARCH FRAMEWORK
Project details forthcoming
An illustrative project. Approved details and outcomes will be added here.
More On Our Research
Our research agenda
Corporal punishment & school discipline
Investigating the structures, histories, policies, places, and lived experiences that shape violence.
Ontology and violence in the Southern Black Belt
Investigating how violence is experienced, understood, remembered, and reproduced through phenomenological, cultural, and place-based inquiry.
Conflict transformation, mediation & civil discourse
Developing and evaluating culturally competent frameworks that recognize identity, history, power, and lived experience.
Core research capabilities
Build the foundation
Research infrastructure and data repositories
Research agenda development
Research plan development
Research simulations
Research dissemination
Investigate the question
Original research and scholarship
Applied research
Qualitative research
Ethnographic inquiry
Community-based participatory research
Listen and document
Data collection
Literature and landscape review
Community testimony and oral histories
Focus groups
Interviews
Who We Work With
People Next Door (Our Neighbors)
The Forgotten
Government agencies
School districts
Universities and HBCUs
Foundations and research institutions
Community and advocacy organizations
Legal institutions
Public health and public safety entities
Cultural organizations
Faith institutions
Bring your time. Your talent.
Your treasure. Your questions.
JPL partners with institutions, communities, funders, researchers, educators, policymakers, and practitioners who believe that confronting violence requires more than one discipline, one sector, or one solution.