Corrections Community

Following in the footsteps of the cost-benefit study done by the Washington State Institute for Public Policy, the Correctional Service of Canada has commissioned its own review of the benefits of correctional programming.  The Net Federal Fiscal Benefit of CSC Programming examines the costs and benefits of seven programming ...

Many thanks to the Oklahoma DOC's great Corrections News and Research blog for leading us to the activities of a National Academies committee highly relevant to followers of corrections research.  The Standing Committee on Social Science Evidence for Use is tasked with addressing "how best to strengthen the quality, use, and utility ...

The good folks at the Oklahoma DOC's Evaluation and Analysis unit have been busy providing us with new research reports, including an analysis of the effect of post-release GPS supervision on recidivism.  They have also posted a review of the latest research on the use and validity  the LSI-R.  Many thanks to their Corrections ...

New from the Washington State Institute for Public Policy, "Does Sex Offender Registration and Notification Reduce Crime? A Systematic Review of the Research Literature."

In its latest Research in Review, the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections presents a summary of findings from a study of long term outcomes of therapeutic community drug treatment programs in the Department.  Performed by Wayne Welsh, Ph.D., of Temple University, the study was begun in 1998 and continues to the present, although this ...

The Urban Institute has now added a fourth Houston report, One Year Out: Tracking the Experiences of Male Prisoners Returning to Houston, Texas.  They have also added a press release announcing the four reports.