The United States has the highest rate of incarceration in the world, with some 7.2 million Americans under correctional supervision. During 2013, leg...
Random forest modeling techniques represent an improvement over the methodologies of traditional risk prediction instruments. Random forests allow for...
This study, by the National Institute of Justice, found that electronic monitoring reduces offenders’ risk of failing to meet the terms of their proba...
This curriculum, developed by Advocates for Human Potential Inc., Treatment Alternatives for Safe Communities, and AdCare Criminal Justice Services In...
This brief explores children’s behaviors when a father is incarcerated and when the father is released, examining whether the negative child outcomes ...
This report from The Pew Charitable Trusts highlights findings from an evaluation of Louisiana’s Act 402 (House Bill 423), which sets a 90-day sentenc...
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...
The report from the Urban Institute outlines necessary elements to guide states in defining, collecting, analyzing, and disseminating recidivism data,...
This resource hub from the Justice Research and Statistics Association contains the abstracts of reports produced by state Statistical Analysis Center...