#	Title	Year
1.	For Immediate Release: How to Safely Reduce Prison Populations and Support People Returning to Their Communities Agencies wanting to cut costs by reducing their inmate population need to at this report. This report has sections covering: there is no clear correlation between length of prison stay and rates of ... Read More	2010
2.	Baltimore Behind Bars: How to Reduce the Jail Population, Save Money and Improve Public Safety Individuals looking for ideas on how their agency can reduce its own jail population will find them in this report. Sections comprising this publication are: introduction; what has changed since ... Read More	2010
3.	Healing Invisible Wounds: Why Investing in Trauma-Informed Care for Children Makes Sense The need to fund services for juveniles affected by traumatic events is explained. Topics discussed include traumatic experiences affect on brain development in children; traumatic brain injury and ... Read More	2010
4.	The Release Valve: Parole in Maryland "This report provides an overview of the current landscape of community supervision . . . and provides positive suggestions for improving public safety and saving money through the increased use and ... Read More	2009
5.	Bearing Witness: Baltimore City's Residents Give Voice to What's Needed to Fix the Criminal Justice System "Bearing Witness' is the culmination of interviews with people from Baltimore City about their experiences with the criminal justice system" and how to improve it (p. 3). Sections following an ... Read More	2009
6.	Using Media Advocacy to Promote Detention Reform: A Practice Guide to Juvenile Detention Reform “Written specifically for juvenile justice advocates and officials, this handbook provides step-by-step media approaches to promote the system reforms achieved through the Juvenile Detention ... Read More	2009
7.	Pruning Prisons: How Cutting Corrections Can Save Money and Protect Public Policy Ways to “save money and improve public safety by making incremental changes today which use existing, evidence-based strategies to reduce correctional populations and spending” are explained (p.1). ... Read More	2009
8.	The Costs of Confinement: Why Good Juvenile Justice Policies Make Good Fiscal Sense “This policy brief details how states can see a net reduction in costs by moving expenditures away from large, congruent care facilities (often called “training schools”) for youth and investing in ... Read More	2009
9.	Factsheet: DOJ Report on Prisoners 2008: Prisons Are Still Growing and Racial Disparities Persist, Despite Availability of Cost-Effective Alternatives Results and recommendations from an analysis of the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Statistics' report “Prisoners in 2008” are provided. Since 2000 there has been an increase of 15.7% ... Read More	2009
10.	Substance Abuse Treatment and Public Policy The relationship between substance abuse treatment and the use of incarceration is investigated. Sections of this brief include: introduction (executive summary); increases in admissions to substance ... Read More	2008
11.	Judging Maryland: Baltimore Judges on Effective Solutions to Working with Substance Abusers in the Criminal Justice System The dependence of Baltimore on incarceration over utilizing a substance abuse treatment system that is rated one of the best in the U.S. is examined. This brief is comprised of the following ... Read More	2008
12.	Jailing Communities: The Impact of Jail Expansion and Effective Public Safety Strategies “This report summarizes recent research findings on jails, the changing nature of jail populations, and the known impact of jails on communities and individuals” (p. 4). Sections comprising this ... Read More	2008
13.	Fact Sheets Examine Impact of Sex Offender Registries This website provides access to information about the effect sex offender registries have on the offenders themselves and others. As of September 2008, the fact sheets available are: Youth Who ... Read More	2008
14.	Registering Harm: How Sex Offense Registries Fail Youth and Communities "This report documents the issues related to public safety and fiscal accountability that states should consider as they determine whether to comply with the Adam Walsh Act or otherwise expand the ... Read More	2008
15.	Maryland's Mandatory Minimum Drug Sentencing Laws: Their Impact on Incarceration, State Resources and Communities of Color Reasons why Maryland's mandatory minimum drug laws hinder the state's goal of "treatment, not incarceration" for drug-involved offenders are explained. This report is divided into eight parts: ... Read More	2007
16.	Gang Wars: The Failure of Enforcement Tactics and the Need for Effective Public Safety Strategies Misconceptions about gangs, antigang intervention in three American cities, and what research tells us are covered. These chapters are after an executive summary and prologue (a gang, by any other ... Read More	2007
17.	Education and Public Safety The relationship of education to crime and public safety is examined. Sections of this brief are: introduction and summary of findings; increasing graduation rates may beneficially impact public ... Read More	2007
18.	Employment, Wages and Public Safety The relationships between unemployment, wages, crime, and public safety are examined. Sections of this report include: introduction; increases in employment and wages are associated with lower crime ... Read More	2007
19.	The Vortex: The Concentrated Racial Impact of Drug Imprisonment and the Characteristics of Punitive Counties The relationship between drug offense admission rates and racial disparities is examined. This report covers: the fact that incarceration rates for drug offenses have risen dramatically; profile of ... Read More	2007
20.	Cost-Effective Youth Corrections: Rationalizing the Fiscal Arthitecture of Juvenile Justice Systems; Cost Effective Corrections: The Fiscal Architecture of Rational Juvenile Justice Systems This report explains how "[s]everal states have altered the fiscal architecture of their juvenile justice systems to reduce the inefficient, ineffective and sometimes damaging affect of state systems ... Read More	2006
21.	Proposition 36: Five Years Later The impact of Proposition 36 on California's corrections system is examined. Proposition 36 is a correctional policy reform that diverts individuals arrested for drug-related offenses to substance ... Read More	2006
22.	Progress and Challenges: An Analysis of Drug Treatment and Imprisonment in Maryland from 2000 to 2005 The progress Maryland has made since 2000 from relying on incarceration to treatment for nonviolent substance abusers is reviewed. These sections follow an executive summary: background; use of ... Read More	2006
23.	The Dangers of Detention: The Impact of Incarcerating Youth in Detention and Other Secure Facilities The effects of incarceration on juveniles, their families, and the community are examined. Topics covered in this research brief include: the growing impact of youth detention; the impact of ... Read More	2006
24.	Race and Imprisonment in Texas: The Disparate Incarceration of Latinos and African Americans in the Lone Star State The overrepresentation of Latinos and African Americans in Texas' criminal justice system, in particular, in the population of incarcerated drug offenders is reported. The following sections are ... Read More	2005
25.	Tipping Point: Maryland's Overuse of Incarceration and the Impact on Public Safety The correlation between increased incarceration and public safety is examined. Sections of this brief are: a national perspective on the scale of incarceration; Maryland's scale of incarceration; ... Read More	2005
26.	Prisoner Reentry in Massachusetts Issues surrounding prisoner reentry in Massachusetts are discussed. This report is made up of an executive summary and the following chapters: state prison population; Department of Youth Services ... Read More	2005
27.	The Economics of Juvenile Jurisdiction: A White Paper from the Research Roundtable on Estimating the Costs and Benefits of the Separate Juvenile Justice System The use of cost-benefit analysis (CBA) to examine the economic consequences of juvenile versus criminal justice is discussed. Sections contained in this paper are: introduction; cost-benefit ... Read More	2005
28.	Factsheet: Crime, Race and Juvenile Justice Policy in Perspective Statistical evidence is provided that proves African American and Latino youth are not more "criminal" than other youth. This factsheet covers: the non-reality of racially disparate youth crime; ... Read More	2005
29.	Still Striking Out: Ten Years of California's Three Strikes A policy brief that "summarizes and analyzes the data and findings [regarding Californias Three Strikes law] from a variety of criminal justice agencies and research entities whose work is national ... Read More	2004
30.	Treatment or Incarceration? National and State Findings on the Efficacy and Cost Savings of Drug Treatment Versus Imprisonment A report documenting how drug treatment is more cost-effective than incarceration is presented. Findings are: treatment can be less expensive than imprisonment; treatment can be cost effective; ... Read More	2004
31.	Racial Divide: An Examination of the Impact of California's Three Strikes Law on African-Americans and Latinos The impact of Three Strikes at the county level on rates of incarceration for particular racial/ethnic groups is examined. Two findings are reported: California's Three Strikes law ... Read More	2004
32.	Three Strikes and You're Out: An Examination of the Impact of Strikes Laws 10 Years After Their Enactment The effects of Three Strikes legislation at the national level are examined. Sections of this brief are: introduction; criminal justice impact; impact on crime; discussion; a table of state ... Read More	2004
33.	Swing States: Crime, Prisons and the Future of the Nation Prison policies in swing states for the 2004 presidential election are examined to see if any light can be shed on the impact of recent prison growth or the potential for future creative reforms (p. ... Read More	2004
34.	Cutting Correctly, One Year Later: State Budget Crisis and Corrections Reform The direct impact of the "worst budget crunch since World War II" upon prison spending is examined. This website provides access to press releases, news coverage, and reports related to this ... Read More	2003
35.	Cutting Correctly in Maryland Areas in which incarcerated populations could be "safely trimmed" are examined. Sections of this report are: executive summary; introduction; Maryland's budget dilemma; shifting public opinion on ... Read More	2003
36.	Deep Impact: Quantifying the Effect of Prison Expansion in the South "[K]ey statistical trends to quantify the depth of the impact of current policies in the Southern region . . . on the regions [sic] social, political and economic life" are reported (p. 3). ... Read More	2003
37.	Texas Tough Three Years Later "[S]tartling statistics that define the Lone Star State's prisoner dilemma" are provided (p. 3). Topics addressed include: Texas' incarcerated population looms large over the country; policy changes ... Read More	2003
38.	Education & Incarceration The "question of who has been most affected by the growth of the corrections system" is examined along with "how the impact of the decision to fund the prisons over schools has been concentrated ... Read More	2003
39.	Race and Incarceration in Maryland The overrepresentation of racial and ethnic minorities in Maryland's incarcerated population is documented. Sections of this report are: introduction -- the inescapability of race in the discussion ... Read More	2003
40.	Costs and Benefits? The Impact of Drug Imprisonment in New Jersey Results from a study that seeks to quantify the impact of drug offender incarceration are presented. New Jersey was focused on due to its "having the highest known proportion of its prison population ... Read More	2003
41.	Housing and Public Safety The relationship of "access to quality or substandard housing . . . to public safety and the use of incarceration" is examined (p. 1). This research brief has these sections: introduction; what is ... Read More	2003
42.	Cutting Correctly: New Prison Policies for Times of Fiscal Crisis Following a decade of prison expansion, states are grappling with significant budget shortfalls. Designed for state policy makers, this monograph offers "strategies and approaches that can reduce ... Read More	2002
43.	Reducing Disproportionate Minority Confinement: The Multnomah County, Oregon Success Story and its Implications The actions of one agency that have been successful in reducing its population of minority pre-trial juvenile detainees are recounted. Topics covered include: the need to focus on disproportionate ... Read More	2002
44.	Cellblocks or Classrooms?: The Funding of Higher Education and Corrections and Its Impact on African American Men "[T]ools to make better choices to meet both educational and public safety needs" are provided (p. 2). Sections of this report include: introduction -- the "dire situation" of state budgets; paying ... Read More	2002
45.	Community Corrections in Ohio: Cost Savings and Program Effectiveness The impact of jail and prison alternatives upon reductions in costs and recidivism is examined. This policy brief contains the following sections: methodology; past research; lower construction ... Read More	2002
46.	Too Little Too Late: President Clinton's Prison Legacy A look at how President Clinton "implemented arguably the most punitive platform on crime in the last two decades" is presented. Sections of this paper include: introduction; President Bill Clinton ... Read More	2001
47.	Widening the Net in Juvenile Justice and the Dangers of Prevention and Early Intervention Issues surrounding net widening -- the increase in the number of youth formally processed through the juvenile justice system due to prevention and early intervention policies -- are addressed. This ... Read More	2001
48.	The History of the Presentence Investigation Report An introduction to presentence investigation reports (PSIs), "[c]onsidered among the most important documents in the criminal justice field," is presented (p. 1). This report covers: the origins of ... Read More	2001
49.	Color of the Keystone: Racial and Ethnic Disparity in the Use of Incarceration in Pennsylvania A summary of studies regarding Pennsylvania having the "greatest racial disparity in the state's varied uses of incarceration" is provided. Some of the statistics include: in the last 25 years 70% ... Read More	2001
50.	JPI Analysis of Bureau of Justice Statistics' "Prisoners in 2000" Release: Nations' Incarcerated Population Went Up, Not Down, in 1999-2000 Highlights from the BJS report entitled "Prisoners in 2000" are presented. One significant observation notes that even though crime rates have been decreasing in all states for the past ten years, 37 ... Read More	2001
51.	And Justice for Some The overrepresentation of minority youth in the juvenile justice system nationwide is examined. Contents include: major findings; introduction; methodology; the arrest; juvenile court processing -- ... Read More	2000
52.	Community-Based Treatment: The Impact of the Homeless Pretrial Release Project The Homeless Release Project (HRP) provides supervision to homeless persons charged with misdemeanor offenses. This report contains an overview of HRP services and an evaluation of recidivism rates ... Read More	2000
53.	Poor Prescription: The Costs of Imprisoning Drug Offenders in the United States The implications of incarcerating a skyrocketing number of non-violent drug offenders are discussed. Part I provides an introduction. Part II presents findings such as: monumental growth of drug ... Read More	2000
54.	Texas Tough?: An Analysis of Incarceration and Crime Trends in the Lone Star State The growth in Texas' incarcerated population, the impact of incarceration on specific communities, and the low rate of decrease in victimization are examined. Some of the statistics from this report ... Read More	2000
55.	Drug Use and Justice: An Examination of California Drug Policy Enforcement In 1996, California had the highest drug offender incarceration rate of 115 per 100,000 of the population, 2.5 times the national average of 45 per 100,000. This situation was caused by a harsher ... Read More	2000
56.	Youth Crime/Adult Time: Is Justice Served? The prosecution of minority youth in adult criminal courts is examined in this report. Referred to as "the first of its kind," this study: looks at transfer mechanisms, such as judicial decisions, ... Read More	2000
57.	The Color of Justice: An Analysis of Juvenile Court Transfers in California Just like other studies on racial and ethnic disparity, this study reveals serious imbalances in the criminal justice system. Specifically, the transfer of youths to adult courts and sentencing to ... Read More	2000
58.	Dispelling the Myth: An Analysis of Youth and Adult Crime Patterns in California over the Past 20 Years The movement for the abandonment of a separate juvenile justice system rests upon the misguided belief that there is a growing criminality among today's youths. Analysis of crime rate data reveals ... Read More	2000
59.	America's One-Million Nonviolent Prisoners [Executive Summary and Policy Report] Seventy-seven percent of the growth in America's prison inmate population between 1978 and 1996 was due to nonviolent offenders. This fact is contrary to the general public's view that incarceration ... Read More	1999
60.	The Punishing Decade: Prison and Jail Estimates at the Millennium This past decade has seen such a large increase in the population of incarcerated individuals that there can be no historical comparison. If the number of those incarcerated were added to the ... Read More	1999
61.	Half-Truths: The Complicated Story of D.C.'s Halfway House "Escapees" Halfway houses serve a vital function as being a place that exists between incarceration and successful re-entry into the community. The District of Columbia has seen its share of problems with ... Read More	1999
62.	Striking Out: The Failure of California's "Three Strikes and You're Out" Law The three-strikes law intends to reduce violent crime by incarcerating repeat violent offenders for life. "Under the deterrence and selected incapacitation theory, populations and geographical areas ... Read More	1999
63.	The Florida Experiment: An Analysis of the Impact of Granting Prosecutors Discretion to Try Juveniles as Adults The rate at which Florida uses prosecutorial waiver is nearly equal to that of the rest of the nation combined. Even though the use of prosecutorial waiver has been in effect since 1981, Florida has ... Read More	1999
64.	Shattering "Broken Windows": An Analysis of San Francisco's Alternative Crime Policies The crime fighting theory of "broken windows" states that "if the first broken window in a building is not repaired, then people who like breaking windows will assume that no one cares about the ... Read More	1999
65.	Class Dismissed: Higher Education vs. Corrections During the Wilson Years Acknowledging that prisons and universities have the same target population, this study examines the state's spending patterns for higher education and corrections under Governor Wilson and the ... Read More	1998
66.	New York State of Mind? Higher Education vs. Prison Funding in the Empire State, 1988-1998 Decrying the shift of public money from higher education to corrections, the authors cite the Rockefeller Drug Laws and the Second Offender Law as being direct causes of rising tuition fees in the ... Read More	1998
67.	From Classrooms to Cell Blocks: A National Perspective Issues examined in this report include: Is higher education suffering at the expense of criminal justice policies? What does the American public really want? and What impact are criminal justice ... Read More	1997
68.	Trading Classrooms for Cell Blocks: Destructive Policies Eroding D.C. Communities In 1993, more District of Columbia residents were sitting in prison cells than in publicly-funded college classrooms. This paper discusses this data and the battle for public funding, as well as ... Read More	1997
69.	The Risks Juveniles Face When They Are Incarcerated with Adults Nearly 100 years ago, the juvenile justice system was created to keep juveniles separate from adults due to the adverse treatment of children in adult facilities. This report describes the tragic ... Read More	1997

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Today!	Changing Lives through Literature: An Alternative Sentencing Program This website provides information regarding Changing Lives through Literature (CLTL), the “alternative sentencing program based on the power of literature to transform lives through reading and group ... Accession Number: 024636.
Yesterday	Independent Review of Policies and Procedures of Correctional Facilities Operated by the Multnomah County Sheriff's Office Problems found during an investigation of correctional facilities operated by the Multnomah County Sheriff's Officer are reported. Sections of this independent review include: summary of ... Accession Number: 022006.
Sep. 07, 2010	Implementing Restorative Justice: A Guide for Schools This guide provides “School personnel with practical strategies to apply restorative justice” (p. 5). Sections of this publication include; why schools should use restorative justice; school ... Accession Number: 024050.
Sep. 01, 2010	Coaching Packets “Each of these Coaching Packets provides an overview of a key topic related to successful offender reentry, concrete strategies and key steps for enhancing practice in this area, and a "self ... Accession Number: 024641.
Sep. 01, 2010	The School-to-Prison Pipeline…and Back: Obstacles and Remedies for the Re-Enrollment of Adjudicated Youth “In this article, [the authors] consider the disturbing reluctance of schools to allow delinquent youth to continue their education and the high dropout rates for youth returning from juvenile ... Accession Number: 024642.
Sep. 01, 2010	Florida Model Jail Standards In addition to the Florida Model Jail Standards (FMJS), this website provides access to: FMJS--Revisions Highlighted (07/31/09); August 2010 Jail Inspectors Class Memo; Tallahassee Inspectors Class ... Accession Number: 024624.
Sep. 01, 2010	The NAMI NJ Do and Don’t Card for Law Enforcement Education: Mental Illness Crisis This pocket card explains what to do and not to do when interacting with mentally ill people during a crisis. Accession Number: 024632.
Sep. 01, 2010	Juvenile Delinquency Probation Caseload, 2007 Those people involved with juveniles under probation will find this fact sheet interesting. Observations made include: one-third of all delinquency cases disposed in 2007 received probation as the ... Accession Number: 024633.
Sep. 01, 2010	Static-99 Clearinghouse A wealth of information regarding this sex offender risk assessment instrument for adult males is available at this website. Points of entry are Static-99 documents, training, Static-2002 documents, ... Accession Number: 024635.
Sep. 01, 2010	National GAINS Center “The GAINS Center's primary focus is on expanding access to community based services for adults diagnosed with co-occurring mental illness and substance use disorders at all points of contact with ... Accession Number: 024625.
Sep. 01, 2010	Establishing and Maintaining Medicaid Eligibility upon Release from Public Institutions Individuals involved in acquiring Medicaid benefits for mentally ill ex-offenders returning to the community will find the lessons learned from this study helpful. The development and implementation ... Accession Number: 024645.
Sep. 01, 2010	Prisons and Terrorism: Radicalization and De-Radicalization in 15 Countries Anyone involved with prisons should read this report. It “identifies trade-offs and dilemmas but also principles and best practices that will help governments and policymakers spot new ideas and ... Accession Number: 024646.
Sep. 01, 2010	State Correctional System Officers’ Retirement Programs: Results from a 50-State Survey This information will be of interest to people involved with the retirement of state correctional system officers. Responses from this survey cover whether a separate retirement system exists for ... Accession Number: 024649.
Sep. 01, 2010	Sexual Victimization in Prisons and Jails Reported by Inmates, 2008-09 Results from the second National Inmate Survey (NIS-2) documenting inmate sexual assault are presented. The NIS-2 “is part of the National Prison Rape Statistics Program, which collects ... Accession Number: 024652.
Sep. 01, 2010	Policies and Procedures of the Illinois Juvenile Justice System This report provides an overview of the Illinois juvenile justice system including the processes related to an incident, police custody and arrest, pre-trial, trial or plea, sentencing hearing, ... Accession Number: 024653.
Aug. 30, 2010	Delinquency Cases in Juvenile Court, 2007 Statistics regarding juvenile court cases are organized according to counts and trends, gender, race, age, detention, intake decision, waiver to criminal court, and adjudication and disposition. Accession Number: 024634.
Aug. 30, 2010	Project POOCH Information about and from Project POOCH can be found on this website. Project POOCH (Positive Opportunities, Obvious Change with Hounds) is a program began in 1993 at the MacLaren Youth Correctional ... Accession Number: 024609.
Aug. 30, 2010	A History of Prison Inmate-Animal Interaction Programs The use of animal-facilitated programming in prisons is examined. This is done with a detailed look at historic precedents and current programs. While more research is needed, it appears that animal ... Accession Number: 024604.
Aug. 30, 2010	Pound Puppies: The Rehabilitative Uses of Dogs in Correctional Facilities This article provides a nice overview of the role dogs can play in an inmate’s rehabilitation. Topics discussed include: the roots of animal therapy; three types of assistance dog training—guide dog, ... Accession Number: 024605.
Aug. 30, 2010	The Experiences of Offenders in a Prison Canine Program The experiences of participants in the prison-based Indiana Canine Assistant and Adolescent Network (ICAAN) are explored. Findings are presented for the following themes—patience, parenting skills, ... Accession Number: 024606.
Aug. 30, 2010	Perspectives of Youth in an Animal-Centered Correctional Vocational Program: A Qualitative Evaluation of Project Pooch The experiences of incarcerated youth participating in the Project POOCH program are explored. Global themes reported are: patience and responsibility; developing a relationship; work ... Accession Number: 024608.
Aug. 30, 2010	Healing Invisible Wounds: Why Investing in Trauma-Informed Care for Children Makes Sense The need to fund services for juveniles affected by traumatic events is explained. Topics discussed include traumatic experiences affect on brain development in children; traumatic brain injury and ... Accession Number: 024619.
Aug. 30, 2010	Prison Count 2010: State Population Declines for the First Time in 38 Years The 0.3% drop in the number of individuals held in U.S. prisons (from December 31, 2008 to December 31, 2009) is discussed. Sections of this brief cover the wide range of state trends, what is ... Accession Number: 024620.
Aug. 30, 2010	Cities Pave the Way: Promising Reentry Policies that Promote Local Hiring of People with Criminal Records Individuals involved with helping ex-offenders find employment after their release from incarceration will find this guide very interesting. It “assembles the most promising local policies that ... Accession Number: 024622.
Aug. 30, 2010	The Real Costs and Benefits of Change: Finding Opportunities for Reform During Difficult Fiscal Times Individuals advocating for cost-effective juvenile justice reform need to turn to this guide “to help reinforce the value, both in terms of dollars and substance, of progressive programming for ... Accession Number: 024621.
Aug. 30, 2010	Expanding Opportunity: Employing the Formerly Incarcerated in the Green Economy This paper can help individuals “in their work to overcome systemic barriers and fundamentally transform the opportunities of people with criminal records in society and build healthy communities of ... Accession Number: 024626.
Aug. 30, 2010	The High Budgetary Cost of Incarceration Anyone interested or involved in reducing correctional expenditures should read this paper. Sections following an executive summary are an introduction; incarceration nation; cost, punishment; the ... Accession Number: 024627.
Aug. 30, 2010	The Impact of Parental Imprisonment on Children This report is necessary reading for those people involved with the children of inmates. It brings together what is known about how children are impacted by a parent’s imprisonment and offers ... Accession Number: 024628.
Aug. 30, 2010	System Change Accomplishments of the Corporation for Supportive Housing’s Returning Home Initiative Individuals looking to establish a supportive program for housing people being released from prison will find the challenges and successes of the Returning Home Initiative useful in formulating their ... Accession Number: 024631.
Aug. 26, 2010	Sexual Assault in Jail and Juvenile Facilities: Promising Practices for Prevention and Response: Final Report This is essential reading for anyone tasked with eradicating the sexual assault of incarcerated individuals. Eleven promising practices are described: leaders who promote values; officials who seek ... Accession Number: 024644.
Aug. 26, 2010	A Guidebook for Less-Lethal Devices: Planning for, Selecting, and Implementing Technology Solutions “This guide is designed to provide a comprehensive view of less-lethal technologies, their evolutionary role in criminal justice, and considerations when acquiring such devices to meet operational ... Accession Number: 024647.
Aug. 24, 2010	Volunteer Programs: Enhancing Public Safety by Leveraging Resources: A Resource Guide for Law Enforcement Agencies This publication is “a resource guide for chiefs of police, sheriffs, and other executives of state and local law enforcement agencies interested in establishing or enhancing volunteer programs ... Accession Number: 024567.
Aug. 23, 2010	Evaluation of the Ridge House Residential Program: Final Report The effectiveness of the Ridge House program to reduce recidivism is examined. Ridge House is a “spiritually-based, short-term transitional housing program that provides substance abuse treatment and ... Accession Number: 024568.
Aug. 23, 2010	It’s About Time: Aging Prisoners, Increasing Costs, and Geriatric Release This report, “based upon a statutory review of geriatric release provisions…offers recommendations for responding to the disparities between geriatric release policies and practice” (p.2). Agencies ... Accession Number: 024569.
Aug. 23, 2010	Making Things Right: Meaningful Community Service for Juvenile Offenders Issues surrounding juveniles doing community service are addressed. Topics discussed include: what community service is; meaningful community service; community in three jurisdictions—Deschutes ... Accession Number: 024566.
Aug. 23, 2010	Reentry Programs Database This searchable database includes “descriptions of reentry programs and initiatives from across the country…[which] highlight promising efforts that may provide valuable ideas for policymakers to ... Accession Number: 024579.
Aug. 23, 2010	Office of Justice Programs’ Management of Its Offender Reentry Initiatives Results from an evaluation of the Office of Justice Programs’ (OJP’s) two major offender reentry initiatives are presented and analyzed. Sections following an executive summary are: introduction; ... Accession Number: 024581.
Aug. 23, 2010	The California Miracle: Drastically Reduced Youth Incarceration, Drastically Reduced Youth Crime Individuals interested in the relationship between reduced youth crime and reduced incarceration of youth should read this article. Its authors investigated juvenile incarceration and crime trends ... Accession Number: 024576.
Aug. 23, 2010	PA-CO-OCCURRING.ORG: Co-Occurring Resource & Information Center While local sources of information may be specific to Pennsylvania, the majority of the information on this website can benefit those who are suffering from co-occurring disorders and those who are ... Accession Number: 024582.
Aug. 23, 2010	Recidivism Drops in Those Supervised by MH Courts A short overview of findings by North Carolina State University researchers is presented. During a two-year period, 72% of those who completed the mental health court process where not rearrested. ... Accession Number: 024577.
Aug. 23, 2010	Strengthening Sex Offenders’ Spouses This detailed outline covers sex offender chaperone training. Topics discussed include: reasons to train partners and others as chaperones; what chaperones must know; chaperone strengths; chaperone ... Accession Number: 024583.
Aug. 23, 2010	LRA [Less Restrictive Alternative] Chaperone Information Guide and Training Protocol This guide “is intended to assist those individuals who have elected to serve as a volunteer chaperone for an individually who is civilly committed [and]…is also intended to serve as a training tool” ... Accession Number: 024584.
Aug. 23, 2010	Prisoners' Right to Read: An Interpretation of the Library Bill of Rights This document explains why inmates have a right to particular forms of information while incarcerated. Accession Number: 024585.
Aug. 19, 2010	New Jail Planning: Getting It Right Lessons learned from four communities that built new jails are related. This is done by utilizing the four major steps of the Facility Developmental Process model: determine the need and feasibility; ... Accession Number: 024347.
Aug. 18, 2010	Guide to the State Juvenile Justice Profiles "This bulletin introduces users to the history, content, and design of the State Juvenile Justice Profiles web site" (p. 1). Sections comprising this publication are: introduction; the Great Debate ... Accession Number: 021940.
Aug. 18, 2010	TPC Case Management Handbook: An Integrated Case Management Approach “This handbook is designed for teams of correctional and noncorrectional staff at the policy, management, and line staff levels who have been charged with implementing improvements in supervision and ... Accession Number: 024393.
Aug. 17, 2010	Supervising Low-Level Sex Offenders in the Community: An Integrated Model This training program “is a collaborative response to supervising sex offenders and focuses on the role of probation and parole officers. The curriculum uses an interactive format to help staff ... Accession Number: 024623.
Aug. 17, 2010	Section 9. Risk Assessment Instrument The development of a risk assessment tool to be used at the detention intake of a juvenile offender is described. This document covers goals, key elements, history, collaboration, implementation, ... Accession Number: 024552.
Aug. 17, 2010	Ohio Pretrial Risk Assessment Tool The creation and validation of the Ohio Risk Assessment System is explained. Two documents comprise this collection: “Creation and Validation of the Ohio Risk Assessment System: Final Report” by ... Accession Number: 024551.
Aug. 17, 2010	Locked Up & Out: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, & Transgender Youth in Louisiana’s Juvenile Justice System The strategies offered for addressing the challenges LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender) youth must deal with in correctional facilities will provide guidance for other correctional ... Accession Number: 024560.
Aug. 17, 2010	Report: Lane County’s Public Safety Risk Assessment Tool The development and validity of the Risk Assessment Tool (RAT), a “semi automated computer database that is used by the State Court Pretrial Services Office in partnership with the Lane County ... Accession Number: 024550.
Aug. 17, 2010	Tracking Inmates and Locating Staff with Active Radio-Frequency Identification (RFID): Early Lessons Learned in One U.S. Correctional Facility The use of active radio-frequency identification (RFID) to strengthen a correctional agency’s operations and safety is investigated. Four chapters are contained in this report: introduction; ... Accession Number: 024557.
Aug. 17, 2010	Racine County Pretrial Risk Assessment Information regarding the Racine Pretrial Risk Assessment process is provided. Individuals thinking about creating pretrial risk assessments should look over the material in this packet. Documents ... Accession Number: 024549.
Aug. 17, 2010	Pretrial Risk Assessment and Case Classification: A Case Study The use of the Pretrial Bond Supervision (PTBS) program to objectively make recommendations to judges about cash bonds or “supervised release” is explained. This article discusses: the primary ... Accession Number: 024556.
Aug. 17, 2010	Overview of Research Findings on Pretrial Risk Assessment and Pretrial Supervision If you are contemplating the use of another agency’s pretrial risk assessment tool without modification to your own organization’s needs you may want to read this report. The use of pretrial risk ... Accession Number: 024555.
Aug. 17, 2010	Examining the Potential Use of a Pretrial Risk Assessment Tool in King County, Washington: Final Report If you are thinking of using a pretrial risk tool in your area, this publication may answer some of the questions you have. Sections of this report include: introduction; benefits and questions ... Accession Number: 024554.
Aug. 17, 2010	The Looming Challenge of Dementia in Corrections Issues related to inmates with dementia are discussed. Sections of this article are: addressing the problem; tip of the iceberg—40 year forecast; we need to do better at early detention; once ... Accession Number: 024546.
Aug. 17, 2010	Virginia Pretrial Risk Assessment Instrument (VPRAI) This pretrial assessment instrument is a great resource for developing and implementing or retuning such a tool for your agency. This collection contains: “VPRAI Instruction Manual Version 1.2”; "VA ... Accession Number: 024545.
Aug. 17, 2010	Pretrial Justice Institute (PJI) This should be the first stop on your search for pretrial services information. Points of entry are: about PJI; PJI’s services; pretrial services; analysis and research; diversion programs; ... Accession Number: 024553.
Aug. 17, 2010	Operation of GAF in a Correctional Setting The use of the GAF (Global Assessment of Functioning) in a correctional setting is explained. Accession Number: 024563.
Aug. 10, 2010	A Case Study of Incarcerated Males Participating in a Canine Training Program The potential benefits realized through the use of a canine training program in a correctional facility are investigated. The inmates train assistance, therapy, rescue, and medical alert canines. ... Accession Number: 024607.

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