Public Safety Performance Project, Pew Charitable TrustsThe Pew Charitable Trusts uses evidence-based, nonpartisan analysis to solve today's challenges. Crime and correctional control—any court-ordered supervision of an individual, whether in the community, as with probation or parole, or in a facility, such as a jail or prison—create substantial burdens for governments, residents, and taxpayers. But decades of research have revealed a range of strategies that are more effective for achieving public safety.