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• What Works/Does Not Work in Reentry

  As Federal, state, and local governments look toward reentry programming as a means to improve outcomes for prisoners returning to the community, researchers are beginning to produce results regarding the effectiveness of these efforts. The Pennsylvania... Posted May 28 2008, 08:39 AM by Eileen Conway with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: Reentry, Research, What works

• 10 Steps for Corrections Directors, Plus Assessing Consistency and Fairness in Sentencing

  As a result of "hundreds of hours of interviews with a wide cross section of officials from 45 state corrections departments in an effort to spotlight the most effective management practices," the Pew Center on the States brings us Ten Steps... Posted May 22 2008, 02:44 PM by Eileen Conway with | with no comments Filed under: Research, Corrections Reform, Sentencing guidelines

• What Contributes to Recidivism?

  The Urban Institute has released a double whammy examining factors contributing to recidivism. Working in collaboration with the Massachusetts Department of Corrections, the Massachusetts Recidivism Study contains three interrelated study components addressed... Posted May 01 2008, 10:10 AM by Eileen Conway with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: Research, Recidivism, Massachusetts

• Saving Money by Expanding Drug Treatment

  As states look to balance burgeoning costs with public safety needs, the Urban Institute has released a timely report on the cost-benefits of expanding the availability of drug treatment among arrestees. In To Treat or Not to Treat: Evidence on the Prospects... Posted Apr 09 2008, 09:51 AM by Eileen Conway with | with no comments Filed under: Research, Cost-Benefits, Drug Treatment

• In the Mind's Eye

  It's been said that a picture is worth a thousand words, but, can a picture prompt a thousand urges? Through the use of functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), a team of researchers have found that drug-related images flashed for just 33 milliseconds... Posted Feb 01 2008, 09:05 AM by CC Pro with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: Research, Substance Abuse

• Is the Substance Abuse Treatment Programming Provided by Correctional Agencies Effective?

  The first national survey to examine the type and quality of substance abuse treatment programming used by correctional agencies yields some stark findings and recommendations. This survey systematically looked at substance abuse treatment programming... Posted Nov 16 2007, 09:50 AM by CC Pro with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: Research, Substance Abuse

• What Are the Most Dangerous Everyday Objects in Your Facility?

  Correctional officers in prisons and jails face an environment in which they are surrounded by potentially dangerous inmates with access to ordinary items that can be converted into weapons. In a new NIJ-funded report, Improving Correctional Officer Safety... Posted Nov 14 2007, 08:41 AM by Eileen Conway with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: Research, Officer Safety, Contraband

• Does Faith Play a Role in Reducing Criminality?

  What, if any, is the impact of religion in promoting pro-social behaviors? This is the question Baylor University, Institute for Studies of Religion sought to answer by using standards of scholarship to examine issues of faith. Their studies indicate... Posted Nov 07 2007, 09:10 AM by CC Pro with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: Research, Youthful Offenders, Religion

• What Constitutes A "Good" Study, Part Deux

  The guidelines are posted! I previously wrote about Public Safety Canada's work in defining guidelines for evaluating research study quality, and the detailed guidelines are now online. While specifically addressing sexual offender treatment outcome... Posted Oct 24 2007, 09:59 AM by Eileen Conway with | with no comments Filed under: Research, What works, Sex offenders, Evaluation

• What Factors Drive Disproportionate Minority Contact in the Juvenile Justice System?

  A report funded by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention highlights a delinquency study from three (3) metropolitan areas that examines disproportionate minority contact and the impact it may have on decision making by police and courts... Posted Sep 21 2007, 02:48 PM by CC Pro with | with no comments Filed under: Research, Juvenile offenders

• Violence Prediction - In the Institution, and After Release

  How well do risk assessment tools predict institutional violence or violent recidivism? Once again, Canada's Public Safety department takes a thoughtful look at an important question. In the newly posted report , Assessing the Utility of Risk Assessment... Posted Jun 27 2007, 08:47 AM by Eileen Conway with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: Research, Recidivism, Violence Prediction

• What Constitutes a "Good" Study?

  In an era of evidence-based practices, the question of research quality should be on everyone's radar. The Canadian office, Public Safety Canada, is tackling this issue head-on. Although focusing on sexual offender treatment research, a new report... Posted Mar 28 2007, 09:27 AM by Eileen Conway with | with no comments Filed under: Research, What works, Sex offenders, Evaluation

• What Works in Assessing Sex Offender Recidivism Risk

  How does professional clinical judgment stack up against actuarial measures in assessing which sexual offenders will offend again? Canada's Public Safety department takes on this question in a new meta-analysis of evaluations. Results can be read... Posted Feb 26 2007, 09:52 AM by Eileen Conway with | with no comments Filed under: Research, Recidivism, Sex offenders

• Factoring in Treatment Dropouts

  An important issue in research on the effectiveness of correctional treatment programs is the tricky influence of non-completers on research outcomes. The Correctional Service of Canada has just posted two studies addressing dropouts: Estimating Risk... Posted Jan 09 2007, 08:43 AM by Eileen Conway with | with no comments Filed under: Research, What works

• Does Prison Harden Inmates?

  With a tip of the hat to Mike Connelly's excellent Corrections Sentencing blog, which further credits the Prevention Works blog from the National Crime Prevention Council, we find an intriguing, newly released academic study, Does Prison Harden Inmates... Posted Dec 13 2006, 08:21 AM by Eileen Conway with | with no comments Filed under: Research, Recidivism