Project SAFE is Safe Alternatives Focused on Engagement. It is aimed at demonstrating how a multi-discipline team (MDT), with various stakeholders, roles and responsibilities can be an active part of the problem solving that contributes towards both jail and community safety.
Addressing Jail & Community Violence – More Than a Policing Problem, Possible Solution – Project SAFE: Service Alternatives Focused On Engagement
The authors of this article cite relevant research as they discuss the need to examine the role of legitimacy in jail settings, the impacts that legitimacy has on the cooperation and compliance of community members, and the relationship between legitimacy and corrections as well as the broader criminal justice system.