The Utah Criminal Justice Center is a collaborative effort between the S.J. Quinney College of Law, the U of U College of Social and Behavioral Science, the U of U College of Social Work, and the Utah Commission on Criminal and Juvenile Justice. The Center serves the needs of citizens through a partnership between government and academe that seeks to reduce crime and victimization, inspire sound public policy and fair treatment in the criminal and juvenile justice systems, and provide a model of higher education promoting good governance through independent and non-partisan research, innovative programs and teaching, and the development of a superlative criminal and juvenile justice workforce.