GENDER-RESPONSIVE LESSONS LEARNED AND POLICY
... to begin a research initiative to develop improved strategies for classifying female offenders (see Hardyman & Van Voorhis, 2004). This research initiative was founded on the idea that female offenders “look” different from male offenders in terms of their offenses, background characteristics, and g ...
... to begin a research initiative to develop improved strategies for classifying female offenders (see Hardyman & Van Voorhis, 2004). This research initiative was founded on the idea that female offenders “look” different from male offenders in terms of their offenses, background characteristics, and g ...
public opinion and corrections: recent findings in canada - CSC-SCC
... The public has most confidence in the police, and least in the prison system. Fully 88% of respondents stated that they were very or somewhat confident in the RCMP; less than half the sample expressed this level of confidence in the prison system. The lowest levels of confidence were associated with ...
... The public has most confidence in the police, and least in the prison system. Fully 88% of respondents stated that they were very or somewhat confident in the RCMP; less than half the sample expressed this level of confidence in the prison system. The lowest levels of confidence were associated with ...
double jeopardy - Prison Policy Initiative
... neither statistical reports nor budget allocations are broken down by gender by NHDOC. As a result, we depended for our inquiry upon the NHDOC website, more comprehensive than the 2003 NHDOC Annual Report and reviewed by the author in September 2004, as our primary source of information. To meet the ...
... neither statistical reports nor budget allocations are broken down by gender by NHDOC. As a result, we depended for our inquiry upon the NHDOC website, more comprehensive than the 2003 NHDOC Annual Report and reviewed by the author in September 2004, as our primary source of information. To meet the ...
Can we predict escalation in offending seriousness?
... number of offences within each conviction occasion, the Note: *Significance at the 5% level more likely the conviction was to be serious. Class 1, which contains the majority of offenders, has the Class 3, which contains the final 4% of offenders, has the smallest intercept which indicates that thes ...
... number of offences within each conviction occasion, the Note: *Significance at the 5% level more likely the conviction was to be serious. Class 1, which contains the majority of offenders, has the Class 3, which contains the final 4% of offenders, has the smallest intercept which indicates that thes ...
Corrections in Asia and the Pacific - Australian Institute of Criminology
... To have the most senior administrators in charge of prisons and other correctional institutions from 14 countries come together to discuss various matters relating to prison administration and the many other areas of our work is indeed a very healthy sign, and I wish to express my appreciation to yo ...
... To have the most senior administrators in charge of prisons and other correctional institutions from 14 countries come together to discuss various matters relating to prison administration and the many other areas of our work is indeed a very healthy sign, and I wish to express my appreciation to yo ...
Parole in Western Australia: An analysis of parole cancellations of
... Sample and Descriptive Data were placed on the PRB website between 1 August 2013 and 31 July 2014. The information included in the decision document is limited in terms of demographics and, apart from gender, does not include information on age and ethnicity. The nature of offences for which the par ...
... Sample and Descriptive Data were placed on the PRB website between 1 August 2013 and 31 July 2014. The information included in the decision document is limited in terms of demographics and, apart from gender, does not include information on age and ethnicity. The nature of offences for which the par ...
National Criminal Justice Drug Abuse Treatment Studies
... A large body of research shows the effectiveness of drug abuse treatment in reducing drug use and criminal behavior for individuals with drug problems who are involved with the criminal justice system. To briefly summarize these findings, those with legal involvement (under arrest, pending trial, o ...
... A large body of research shows the effectiveness of drug abuse treatment in reducing drug use and criminal behavior for individuals with drug problems who are involved with the criminal justice system. To briefly summarize these findings, those with legal involvement (under arrest, pending trial, o ...
Substance Abuse Treatment and Public Safety
... treatment have been matched by a smaller number of incidents of violent crime and a lower national violent crime rate. Since 16.6 percent of state prisoners and 18.4 percent of federal prisoners committed their crimes to get money for drugs,9 lowering the demand for drugs by providing treatment for ...
... treatment have been matched by a smaller number of incidents of violent crime and a lower national violent crime rate. Since 16.6 percent of state prisoners and 18.4 percent of federal prisoners committed their crimes to get money for drugs,9 lowering the demand for drugs by providing treatment for ...
A Primer on Evidence
... The risk principle embodies the assumption that criminal behavior can be predicted for individual offenders on the basis of certain factors. Some factors, such as criminal history, are static and unchangeable. Others, such as substance abuse, antisocial attitudes and antisocial associates, are dynam ...
... The risk principle embodies the assumption that criminal behavior can be predicted for individual offenders on the basis of certain factors. Some factors, such as criminal history, are static and unchangeable. Others, such as substance abuse, antisocial attitudes and antisocial associates, are dynam ...
Prison Service Journal - Centre for Crime and Justice Studies
... contribution to the development of hostels, working out schemes, and regimes for long term prisoners. The 2014 Lectures took the title of ‘Making sense of life sentences’. As Dr Nicola Padfield, from University of Cambridge, explains, there are many different forms of indeterminate sentence now avai ...
... contribution to the development of hostels, working out schemes, and regimes for long term prisoners. The 2014 Lectures took the title of ‘Making sense of life sentences’. As Dr Nicola Padfield, from University of Cambridge, explains, there are many different forms of indeterminate sentence now avai ...
1 Justice Committee Prisoners (Control of Release) (Scotland) Bill
... serve their sentence in custody subject to the mandatory period of 6 months supervision on licence prior to the end of sentence for those offenders without an extended sentence. Currently about 41% of non-sex offenders receiving sentences of 4 years or more receive discretionary early release at the ...
... serve their sentence in custody subject to the mandatory period of 6 months supervision on licence prior to the end of sentence for those offenders without an extended sentence. Currently about 41% of non-sex offenders receiving sentences of 4 years or more receive discretionary early release at the ...
executive summary
... 6. Secondly, General Recommendation XXXI, ¶ 30 equates the “guarantees of a fair trial and equality before the law” with the establishment of a “system under which counsel . . . will be assigned free of charge.” Notwithstanding the well-established constitutional protections ensuring the right to co ...
... 6. Secondly, General Recommendation XXXI, ¶ 30 equates the “guarantees of a fair trial and equality before the law” with the establishment of a “system under which counsel . . . will be assigned free of charge.” Notwithstanding the well-established constitutional protections ensuring the right to co ...
Gender Differences in Criminal Sentencing: Do Effects Vary Across
... Sentencing: Do Effects Vary Across Violent, Property, and Drug Offenses? n S. Fernando Rodriguez, University of Texas at El Paso Theodore R. Curry, University of Texas at El Paso Gang Lee, University of Texas at El Paso Objective. Many studies find that females benefit from their gender in sentencin ...
... Sentencing: Do Effects Vary Across Violent, Property, and Drug Offenses? n S. Fernando Rodriguez, University of Texas at El Paso Theodore R. Curry, University of Texas at El Paso Gang Lee, University of Texas at El Paso Objective. Many studies find that females benefit from their gender in sentencin ...
The High Cost of Incarceration in Florida: Recommendations for
... prisoners serve longer prison terms and larger percentages of their sentences, Florida’s elderly prison population has increased at a faster rate than any other age group over the past 10 years. The cost of incarceration for these inmates—roughly $68,000 per year—is more than three times higher than ...
... prisoners serve longer prison terms and larger percentages of their sentences, Florida’s elderly prison population has increased at a faster rate than any other age group over the past 10 years. The cost of incarceration for these inmates—roughly $68,000 per year—is more than three times higher than ...
Community Peacemaking Using Restorative Justice
... Reform Act of 1984. This structure determines preset sentences for specific crimes and criminal histories, to which judges cannot depart. 4 The sentence of incarceration for low level crime is one factor for the prison population increase. Adding to this is the recidivism rate. North American studie ...
... Reform Act of 1984. This structure determines preset sentences for specific crimes and criminal histories, to which judges cannot depart. 4 The sentence of incarceration for low level crime is one factor for the prison population increase. Adding to this is the recidivism rate. North American studie ...
The Punitive Coma - Berkeley Law Scholarship Repository
... (1998), available at http://www.theatlantic.com/issues/98dec/prisons.htm (last visited Jan. 14, 2002). "During the past two decades roughly a thousand new prisons and jails have been built in the United States." Id. at 52. But this explosive growth has not kept pace with the number of incarcerated A ...
... (1998), available at http://www.theatlantic.com/issues/98dec/prisons.htm (last visited Jan. 14, 2002). "During the past two decades roughly a thousand new prisons and jails have been built in the United States." Id. at 52. But this explosive growth has not kept pace with the number of incarcerated A ...
Race-Based Jury Nullification - The John Marshall Institutional
... prosecutorial discretion, especially by black prosecutors. It also includes selective jury nullification for victimless crimes. I am going to spend the balance of my time talking about selective jury nullification because it is part of my solution to the unfairness in the criminal justice system. Mi ...
... prosecutorial discretion, especially by black prosecutors. It also includes selective jury nullification for victimless crimes. I am going to spend the balance of my time talking about selective jury nullification because it is part of my solution to the unfairness in the criminal justice system. Mi ...
rnr-presentation - Center for Advancing Correctional Excellence
... the rate of high risk offenders who do not receive treatment. • Responsivity Assumption #2: Moderate risk offenders who receive treatment in designated high need areas will fail at half the rate of moderate risk offenders who do not receive treatment. • Responsivity Assumption #3: Low risk offenders ...
... the rate of high risk offenders who do not receive treatment. • Responsivity Assumption #2: Moderate risk offenders who receive treatment in designated high need areas will fail at half the rate of moderate risk offenders who do not receive treatment. • Responsivity Assumption #3: Low risk offenders ...
Shock-Incarceration Programs in the Israeli Sanctioning Policy
... sentence is considered appropriate for most intermediate and severe crimes.11 The fact that many Israeli policymakers view intermediate sanctions as lenient12 may mean that they, and, possibly, the public, will oppose to employ them in lieu of a prison sentence. One of the main concerns in the crim ...
... sentence is considered appropriate for most intermediate and severe crimes.11 The fact that many Israeli policymakers view intermediate sanctions as lenient12 may mean that they, and, possibly, the public, will oppose to employ them in lieu of a prison sentence. One of the main concerns in the crim ...
What to do about long sentences: Learning lessons from abroad
... people serving long indeterminate sentences in England and Wales. There are currently 11,675 people serving life and IPP sentences (Ministry of Justice 2016a), this compares to 5,150 in 2002 and 2,994 in 1992 (Home Office 2001). England and Wales has more indeterminately sentenced prisoners than the ...
... people serving long indeterminate sentences in England and Wales. There are currently 11,675 people serving life and IPP sentences (Ministry of Justice 2016a), this compares to 5,150 in 2002 and 2,994 in 1992 (Home Office 2001). England and Wales has more indeterminately sentenced prisoners than the ...
house committee on - Texas House of Representatives
... prison such as civil sanctions, drug courts and drug-abuse and mental health treatment. It also offers rehabilitation programs like job training for those in prison to prepare them to re-enter society. And Texas has invested heavily in reducing the caseloads of parole and probation officers so the s ...
... prison such as civil sanctions, drug courts and drug-abuse and mental health treatment. It also offers rehabilitation programs like job training for those in prison to prepare them to re-enter society. And Texas has invested heavily in reducing the caseloads of parole and probation officers so the s ...
Best Practices for Effective Correctional Programs
... Case Management: Effective correctional programs often utilize an identified case manager who oversees offender’s treatment plans, which are derived from the results of a formal, validated risk/need assessment tool. Case management is done to ensure continuity of care and to ensure that offenders ar ...
... Case Management: Effective correctional programs often utilize an identified case manager who oversees offender’s treatment plans, which are derived from the results of a formal, validated risk/need assessment tool. Case management is done to ensure continuity of care and to ensure that offenders ar ...
Reaction Essay: Crime (Control) is a Choice: Divergent Perspectives
... Garcia,2006)(2). By focusing his critical review on evaluations of the effectiveness of offender treatment programs, Farabee certainly makes a strong case for improving both the quantity and quality of treatment programs currently operating in both prison and community settings. However, by arguing ...
... Garcia,2006)(2). By focusing his critical review on evaluations of the effectiveness of offender treatment programs, Farabee certainly makes a strong case for improving both the quantity and quality of treatment programs currently operating in both prison and community settings. However, by arguing ...
Community Corrections
... in criminal justice. • Proponents argue that early release provisions are essential for controlling prisoners’ behavior and for containing ...
... in criminal justice. • Proponents argue that early release provisions are essential for controlling prisoners’ behavior and for containing ...