Alison Martin

Alison Martin leads planning and implementation work with jurisdictions to improve outcomes for people in the justice system. She’s worked with state and local stakeholders to diagnose and design research-informed policies and practices spanning jail detention through community supervision. Before joining the CSG Justice Center, Alison was a postdoctoral research associate at the National Institute of Justice, where she was the lead investigator on projects examining the criminal justice response to crimes against American Indian and Alaska Native women. She’s also conducted research on corrections, including prison violence, reentry, recidivism, and restorative justice. She earned her BS in public policy and administration from James Madison University and her MS and PhD in justice, law, and society from American University.