Misplaced Priorities tracks the steady shift of state funds away from education and toward the criminal justice system. Researchers have found that ov...
CantonRepBy Ed BalintShannon Ballas flashed a bright smile when she appeared before the judge in re-entry court.She was given a certificate for comply...
The past several years have seen a surge of interest in using risk assessment in criminal sentencing, both to reduce recidivism and to reduce prison p...
This report from The Pew Charitable Trusts examines data on prison populations and crime in Utah since changes to policies and practices took place in...
In this article in Issues in Science and Technology, Stefan F. LoBuglio and Anne Morrison Piehl explore the challenges that local jurisdictions face i...
By Darian Hanrahan
According to a 2014 meta-analysis by the RAND Corporation, adults who participated in correctional education programs were shown t...
This report from the Smart Decarceration Initiative, based at the Center for Social Development at Washington University in St. Louis, offers strategi...
This resource hub from the Justice Research and Statistics Association contains the abstracts of reports produced by state Statistical Analysis Center...
This report from the Center for Law and Social Policy examines how Ohio is reforming its criminal justice system by aligning education and training op...
Risk assessment instruments figure prominently in current criminal justice reforms, but their use is controversial. The principal concern is that bene...