Tracking Enforcement Rates in NYC 2003-14, Misdemeanor Justice Project, 2015 Tracking Enforcement Rates In New York City 2003-2014 A Report of the Misdemeanor Justice Project at John Jay College of Criminal Justice Presented to the Citizens Crime Commission December 11, 2015 Tracking Enforcement Rates in New York City, 2003-2014 Introduction …

Multistate Criminal History Patterns of Prisoners Released in 30 States, DOH BJS, 2015 U.S. Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Statistics SEPTEMBER 2015 Special Report NCJ 248942 Multistate Criminal History Patterns of Prisoners Released in 30 States Matthew R. Durose, Howard N. Snyder, Ph.D., and Alexia …

Video Visiting in Corrections, DOJ NIC, 2014 U.S. Department of Justice National Institute of Corrections VIDEO VISITING IN CORRECTIONS: BENEFITS1 LIMITATIONS1 AND IMPLEMENTATION CONSIDERATIONS :i1NIC - - - - - - - - - - - - - National Institute of Corrections Acting Director Chief, Community Services Division Project Manager …

Video Visiting in Corrections 2, DOJ NIC, 2014 Appendix 18: Video Visiting with Children Visiting is crucial for most children and incarcerated parents, but only 42% of parents in state facilities and 55% of parents in federal facilities received in-person visits with their adult or minor children from 1997-2004."1n 2000, …

Was There a Ferguson Effect on Crime in St. Louis, Sentencing Project, 2015 the Sentencing Project POLICY BRIEF: “FERGUSON EFFECT”? Was There a “Ferguson Effect” on Crime in St. Louis? Richard Rosenfeld, University of Missouri - St. Louis Some commentators have asserted that crime has increased as the result of …

When Mercy Seasons Justice - Interstate Recognition of Ex-Offender Rights, UC Davis Law Review, 2015 “When Mercy Seasons Justice”: Interstate Recognition of Ex-Offender Rights Wayne A. Logan* To the great relief of many, states are now rethinking their draconian criminal justice policies of the past several decades. In addition to …

World Female Imprisonment List (3rd Ed), WPB ICPR, 2015 World Female Imprisonment List third edition Women and girls in penal institutions, including pre-trial detainees/remand prisoners Roy Walmsley Introduction This third edition of the World Female Imprisonment List shows the number of women and girls held in penal institutions in 219 …

Prisoners in 2014, DOJ BJS, 2015 U.S. Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Statistics September 2015, NCJ 248955 Bul l etin Prisoners in 2014 E. Ann Carson, Ph.D., BJS Statistician A t yearend 2014, the United States held an estimated 1,561,500 prisoners in state and federal …

Police Killings and Police Deaths Are Public Health Data and Can Be Counted, PLOS Medicine, 2015 PLOS Medicine: Police Killings and Police Deaths Are Public Health... http://journals.plos.org/plosmedicine/article?id�J 0.1371/journal.pmed ... ·.1�f.PLOS I MEDICINE Police Killings and Police Deaths Are Public Health Data and Can Be Counted Nancy Krieger , Jarvis T. …

Policing and Homicide 1976-98, DOJ BJS, 2001 U.S. Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Statistics Policing and Homicide, 1976-98: Justifiable Homicide by Police, Police Officers Murdered by Felons Number of homicides 500 400 300 Felons justifiably killed by police 200 Police officers murdered by felons 100 …

Letter Response to Citizen Complaints of Excessive Force, LASD Discovery Unit, 2016 Cor-rxrY oF Los Axcnlps Jrll McDoNNBLL, Snnnrnr clanuary 27, 2016 Bill Clifi,on law Offices of clames S. Muller ee5 E. Broadway, Suite IO?F Glendale, California gIeOb Dear }lr. CUfton: TLris letter is in response to your request, for …

Historical Corrections Statistics in the US 1850-1984, DOJ BJS, 1986 U.S. Department of Justice Bureau of Justice Statistics Historical Corrections Statistics in the United States, 1850-1984 U.S. Department of Justice Bureau of Justice Statistics Historical Corrections Statistics in the United States, 1850- 1984 BY Margaret Werner Cahalan with the assistance …

IA Prison Population Forecast 2015-2025, Department of Human Rights, 2016 The Correctional Policy Project: Iowa Prison Population Forecast FY 2015-FY 2025 January 1, 2016 Sarah Johnson, M.A., Primary Author Iowa Department of Human Rights Division of Criminal and Juvenile Justice Planning Steve Michael, Division Administrator Iowa Department of Human Rights …

In Our Own Backyard - Confronting Growth & Disparities, Vera Institute of Justice, 2015 In Our Own Backyard: Confronting Growth and Disparities in American Jails DECEMBER 2015 Ram Subramanian • Christian Henrichson • Jacob Kang-Brown A publication of CENTER ON SENTENCING AND CORRECTIONS Incarceration Trends a project of the Vera …

Incarceration Trends - Historical Jail Populations 1970-2014, Vera Institute of Justice, 2015 CENTER ON SENTENCING AND CORRECTIONS Incarceration Trends: Data and Methods for Historical Jail Populations in U.S. Counties, 1970-2014 Jacob Kang-Brown Vera Institute of Justice December 2015 © 2015 Vera Institute of Justice. All rights reserved. Additional copies can …

Report & Recommendations Concerning the Use of Restrictive Housing, DOJ, 2016 U.S. Department of Justice Report and Recommendations Concerning the Use of Restrictive Housing FINAL REPORT January 2016 Table of Contents Introduction ............................................................................................................................ 1 Overview of Restrictive Housing ............................................................................................................. 3 Subcategories of Restrictive Housing ...................................................................................................... 3 A Short History of …

Risk Assessment Instruments in Correctional Settings, Council of State Governments Justice Center, 2013 ! Risk!Assessment!Instruments!Validated!and!Implemented!in!Correctional!Settings!in!the!United! States:!!! An!Empirical!Guide!! ! An#executive#summary#drawn#from#Sarah#L.#Desmarais#and#Jay#P.#Singh,#Instruments#for# Assessing#Recidivism#Risk:#A#Review#of#Validation#Studies#Conducted#in#the#U.S.#(New!York:# Council!of!State!Governments!Justice!Center,!2013).! INTRODUCTION! ! The!rates!of!crime,!incarceration,!and!correctional!supervision!are!disproportionately! high!in!the!U.S.!and!translate!into!exorbitant!costs!to!individuals,!the!public,!and!the!state.! Within!three!years!of!release!from!jail!or!prison,!twoSthirds!of!offenders!are!rearrested!and!half! are!incarcerated!for!a!new!crime!or!parole!violation.1!Though!many!offenders!recidivate,!a! considerable!proportion!do!not.!Thus,!there!is!a!need!to!identify!those!offenders!at!greater!risk! of!recidivism!and!to!allocate!resources!and!target!risk!management!and!rehabilitation!efforts! accordingly.!Risk!assessment,!a!crucial!component!to!implementing!evidenceSbased!recidivism! reduction!strategies,!is!the!process!of!estimating!the!likelihood!an!offender!will!recidivate!by! identifying!those!offenders!at!higher!risk!and!in!greater!need!of!interventions.!Assessment! results,!based!on!ratings!of!empirically!or!theoretically!based!risk!and/or!protective!factors,!can! be!used!to!determine!intervention!targets,!appropriate!programming!level!and!intensity,!and! supervision!level.!There!is!overwhelming!evidence!to!suggest!that!assessments!of!risk! completed!using!structured!approaches!produce!estimates!that!are!both!more!accurate!and! more!consistent!across!assessors!compared!to!subjective!or!unstructured!approaches.2!More! and!more,!structured!risk!assessment!approaches!are!being!used!in!correctional!agencies.3! ! The!nearly!100Syear!history!of!risk!assessment!instrument!development!has!been! documented!on!several!occasions.4!The!focus!and!structure!of!risk!assessment!tools!have! shifted!significantly!over!time.!Studies!have!identified!the!important!evolution!of!risk! assessment!and!predictability!of!criminal!behavior,*!from!Burgess’!(1928)5!seminal!work!on!the! application!of!a!systemized!prediction!methodology!through!the!progression!of!the!four!distinct! generations!summarized!below.!! ! ! The!first!generation!of!risk!assessment!is!best!described!as!unstructured!professional! judgment,!in!which!the!assessor!relies!on!his!or!her!professional!training!and!information! gathered!from!the!incarcerated!individual,!official!records,!or!other!sources!to!inform!his!or!her! …

Sentencing, Recidivism & the Positive Impact of Successful Reentry, Governor's Public Safety Summit, 2014 Sentencing, Recidivism, and the Positive Impact of Successful Reentry Agenda • Governor’s Task Force on Sentencing and Recidivism • Tennessee Trends • Sentencing • Recidivism • Reentry • Going Forward Governor’s Task Force on Sentencing and …

Defence Counsel in Criminal Cases, DOJ BJS, 2000 U.S. Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Statistics Special Report November 2000, NCJ 179023 Defense Counsel in Criminal Cases By Caroline Wolf Harlow, Ph.D. BJS Statistician Almost all persons charged with a felony in Federal and large State …

Immigration Offenders in Federal Criminal Justice System, DOJ BJS, 2000 U.S. Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Revised 10/23/02, th Bureau of Justice Statistics Special Report August 2002, NCJ 191745 Federal Justice Statistics Program Immigration Offenders in the Federal Criminal Justice System, 2000 John Scalia Marika F. X. Litras, …