Justice Information Center

The Justice Information Center (JIC) is a searchable database of the research and evaluation work of the Justice Information Resource Network's staff, members, and partners. The JIC also includes other open-access and public-domain research-based materials. The JIC's contents are from the national, state, and local levels covering a range of crime and justice topics grouped into several Communities and Collections based on our projects.

 

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Victim Impact: Listen and Learn Evaluation
(Victims' Voices Heard, 2015) Baird, Janette
This is a report of the evaluation study conducted to examine the effects of the Victim Impact: Listen and Learn program on the behaviors of the prisoners who attended this program. The focus of the data we collected and reported on was on the participants’ behaviors after attending the program but while still in prison, and upon release from prison. Main findings 1. From the available data on 333 prisoners who had attended the Victim Impact: Listen and Learn program prior to their release back into the community, 118 or 35% re-offended and were re-committed back into prison within the state of Delaware within a three-year period following release. Comparable data provided by a 2013 DELJIS report on prisoner recidivism reported that within three-years of release 67% of prisoners re-offended and were re-committed back into Delaware prisons. 2. Prisoners who attended the program and remained in prisons after attending the program showed a reduction by a third in the frequency of disciplinary charges for the period of imprisonment after attending the program. (Author Text)
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Annual Report 2022-2023
(Utah.gov, 2023) Utah Sentencing Commission
Utah’s Sentencing Commission consists of twenty-eight statutorily delegated and appointed members representing all facets of the criminal justice system including judges, prosecutors, defense attorneys, legislators, victim representatives, law enforcement, treatment specialists, corrections, parole authorities, juvenile justice representatives, citizen representatives, and others. The sentencing commission is tasked with: • Drafting, publishing, updating, and maintaining: o Adult Sentencing, Release, and Supervision Guidelines; o Juvenile Disposition Guidelines; o Master Offense List; o Collateral Consequences Guide. • Advising all three branches of government on sentencing, release, and supervision policy; • Promoting evidence-based methods to achieve the goals of sentencing policy, including: o Responding to public comment; o Relating sentencing policy to allocated resources; o Reducing recidivism while promoting public safety; o Increasing equity in sentencing while preserving the discretion of courts and the board of pardons and parole.
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2023 juvenile reform report
(Utah Commission on Criminal and Juvenile Justice, 2023) Utah Commission on Criminal and Juvenile Justice
This seventh annual report provides an update on juvenile justice reform policies that were passed in Fiscal Year (FY) 2017 and subsequent years.
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In brief: CPTED - An overview for public safety professionals
(Colorado Division of Criminal Justice, 2024-02) Colorado Division of Criminal Justice Department of Public Safety
Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) has been utilized in law enforcement practices and city design for decades. The basic principles of CPTED are that the environment impacts crime, both as cause and prevention, and effective implementation requires a collaborative effort from law enforcement agencies and community partners, such as business owners and the general public.
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Correctional population 2024-25 forecast
(The Connecticut Office of Policy and Management, 2024-02) The Connecticut Office of Policy and Management Criminal Justice Policy and Planning Division
Each February, the Office of Policy and Management Criminal Justice Policy & Planning Division (OPM CJPPD) forecasts Connecticut’s total correctional population over the subsequent 12 months.