Download or read book Assessing the Accuracy of State Prisoner Statistics written by Patrick A. Langan and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 8 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Assessing the Accuracy of State Prisoner Statistics written by Patrick A. Langan and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 6 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Bureau of Justice Statistics Technical Report Assessing the Accuracy of State Prisoner Statistics February 1999 written by and published by . This book was released on 1999* with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Growth of Incarceration in the United States written by Committee on Causes and Consequences of High Rates of Incarceration and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2014-12-31 with total page 800 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After decades of stability from the 1920s to the early 1970s, the rate of imprisonment in the United States has increased fivefold during the last four decades. The U.S. penal population of 2.2 million adults is by far the largest in the world. Just under one-quarter of the world's prisoners are held in American prisons. The U.S. rate of incarceration, with nearly 1 out of every 100 adults in prison or jail, is 5 to 10 times higher than the rates in Western Europe and other democracies. The U.S. prison population is largely drawn from the most disadvantaged part of the nation's population: mostly men under age 40, disproportionately minority, and poorly educated. Prisoners often carry additional deficits of drug and alcohol addictions, mental and physical illnesses, and lack of work preparation or experience. The growth of incarceration in the United States during four decades has prompted numerous critiques and a growing body of scientific knowledge about what prompted the rise and what its consequences have been for the people imprisoned, their families and communities, and for U.S. society. The Growth of Incarceration in the United States examines research and analysis of the dramatic rise of incarceration rates and its affects. This study makes the case that the United States has gone far past the point where the numbers of people in prison can be justified by social benefits and has reached a level where these high rates of incarceration themselves constitute a source of injustice and social harm. The Growth of Incarceration in the United States examines policy changes that created an increasingly punitive political climate and offers specific policy advice in sentencing policy, prison policy, and social policy. The report also identifies important research questions that must be answered to provide a firmer basis for policy. This report is a call for change in the way society views criminals, punishment, and prison. This landmark study assesses the evidence and its implications for public policy to inform an extensive and thoughtful public debate about and reconsideration of policies.

Download or read book Lifetime Likelihood of Going to State Or Federal Prison written by Thomas P. Bonczar and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 18 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Evaluating the Effectiveness of Correctional Education written by Lois M. Davis and published by Rand Corporation. This book was released on 2013-08-21 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After conducting a comprehensive literature search, the authors undertook a meta-analysis to examine the association between correctional education and reductions in recidivism, improvements in employment after release from prison, and other outcomes. The study finds that receiving correctional education while incarcerated reduces inmates' risk of recidivating and may improve their odds of obtaining employment after release from prison.

Download or read book How Effective Is Correctional Education and Where Do We Go from Here The Results of a Comprehensive Evaluation written by Lois M. Davis and published by Rand Corporation. This book was released on 2014-02-28 with total page 153 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Assesses the effectiveness of correctional education for both incarcerated adults and juveniles, presents the results of a survey of U.S. state correctional education directors, and offers recommendations for improving correctional education.

Download or read book Prisoners in State and Federal Institutions on written by and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book National Prisoner Statistics written by and published by . This book was released on 1962 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Prisoners in State and Federal Institutions written by and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 744 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Management of Offender Data Processes for Ensuring Accuracy Department of Correction written by and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In Louisiana, legislators and criminal justice stakeholders are working toward prison reform to reduce incarceration costs while maintaining public safety. Successful reform is dependent on having accurate and complete information on Louisiana’s offender population. Therefore, the purpose of this audit was to evaluate the Louisiana Department of Corrections’ (DOC) management of offender data, including its processes for ensuring the accuracy of that data. DOC is the state agency responsible for the custody and care of adult offenders across Louisiana. More than half of Louisiana’s approximately 35,000 inmates are housed in parish facilities and work release centers with the remaining housed in the state’s nine correctional facilities. Because offenders are housed all across the state, it is important for DOC management to have centralized, accurate and up-to-date information on all the offenders under its supervision. DOC currently uses the Criminal and Justice Unified Network (CAJUN) to enter, process, and report on all of its incarceration activities. CAJUN is a legacy mainframe application that was updated in 1991 to replace a version that originated in the 1970s. CAJUN is DOC’s primary mechanism for tracking state offenders and creating billing invoices for the per diems paid to local and state facilities for housing the offenders. We conducted this audit because of data issues identified through recent LLA audits of DOC, including audits conducted during fiscal year 2016 on the oversight of the Trusty Programs and the Transitional Work Program, and an evaluation of strategies to reduce Louisiana’s incarceration rate.1 During these audits, auditors noted data fields missing necessary information as well as inconsistencies in dates, such as full term release dates that were prior to the sentencing date. In addition, a 2012 LLA audit2 of the Division of Probation and Parolefound that parole officers did not make 22% of their required offender contacts each month. One reason for these missed contacts was because DOC did not have an automated process to track offender contacts. In response to this audit, DOC management stated that it was developing a new data system with automated reports that would notify probation and parole officers of missed contacts. In June 2015, DOC launched a new $3.6 million offender management system but ceased using the system the following month because it did not function properly. Consequently, DOC returned to using CAJUN to manage offender data. The objective of this performance audit was: To evaluate the Department of Corrections’ management of offender data. LLA auditors evaluated CAJUN’s IT controls and reviewed a targeted selection of offender files to test the reliability of offender data stored in CAJUN. Overall, we found that CAJUN data is not always accurate, and DOC does not have adequate policies and procedures to manage offender data. As a result, the department does not always know where its offenders are located. In addition, we identified inconsistencies in computing release dates and inaccurate reporting. The issues we identified are described briefly on the next page and discussed in further detail in the remainder of the report. Appendix A contains DOC’s response to this report, and Appendix B details our scope and methodology."--Introduction.

Download or read book Law Enforcement Management and Administrative Statistics written by and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Bureau of Justice Statistics Special Report Truth in Sentencing in State Prisons written by and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book National Corrections Reporting Program written by and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Performance Measures for the Criminal Justice System written by John J. DiIulio and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Discussion paper from the BJS-Princeton Project.

Download or read book Survey of State Criminal History Information Systems written by and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book NCJRS Catalog written by and published by . This book was released on with total page 540 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: