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Lily Robin
She/They
Senior Research Associate
Justice and Safety​ Division Community Safety and Well-Being, Courts, Corrections, and Reentry

Lily Robin is a senior research associate in the Justice and Safety Division at the Urban Institute, where they lead mixed-methods, community-engaged research and technical assistance focused on community-driven approaches to safety and well-being, policing, criminal case processing, the school-to-prison pipeline, and disability in the criminal legal system. Before joining Urban, Robin worked in criminal legal system research and technical assistance, with a focus on law enforcement. They hold a BA from New York University, with a concentration in the school-to-prison pipeline, and an MPP from the George Washington University, with a concentration in mixed-methods program evaluation.

Research and Evidence
Justice and Safety
Expertise
Community Safety Courts, Corrections, and Reentry
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Alternatives to incarceration Behavioral health and justice Children and youth Community data use Community engagement Community supervision Courts and sentencing Community public safety investment Crime and justice analytics Criminal prosecution Delinquency and crime Data and technology capacity of nonprofits Disability equity policy Gun violence Juvenile justice Mental health crisis response Mobility Participatory research Place-based initiatives Policing and community safety Public health Racial and ethnic disparities in criminal justice Restorative justice Data analysis Qualitative data analysis Quantitative data analysis Research methods and data analytics Data collection