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 policy brief from the Sentencing Project describes key state legislation and reforms from 2018 that were designed to reduce the scale of incarcer...
Using a Systems-Level Approach to Improve Reentry and Employment Outcomes for People Returning to Their Communities after IncarcerationThe ModelThe ...
This handbook, developed by the Federal Bureau of Prisons, includes three checklists for individuals planning to return to to their communities after ...
This resource hub from the Justice Research and Statistics Association contains the abstracts of reports produced by state Statistical Analysis Center...
Risk assessment instruments figure prominently in current criminal justice reforms, but their use is controversial. The principal concern is that bene...
When discussions and considerations around racial equity are not explicitly brought into operations and decision-making, racial inequities are more li...
This brief explores children’s behaviors when a father is incarcerated and when the father is released, examining whether the negative child outcomes ...
This toolkit from the Vera Institute of Justice provides resources and a guide on cost-benefit analysis (CBA), featuring several examples from the cri...