Each year, nearly two million women are released from prison or jail. These women experience unique challenges during their reentry — the period of tr...
This report, from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE), summari...
This report presents national and state-by-state overviews of the nearly 30,000 state and federal consequences of conviction that directly block peopl...
Random forest modeling techniques represent an improvement over the methodologies of traditional risk prediction instruments. Random forests allow for...
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 Vera Institute of Justice offers lessons from the field on the implementation of the Second Chance Pell Pilot Program in correcti...
This report from the Bureau of Justice Statistics examines seasonal patterns in violent and household property incidents in the United States from 199...
Risk assessment instruments figure prominently in current criminal justice reforms, but their use is controversial. The principal concern is that bene...