Resource Results
Recognizing the vital importance of trust to community cooperation, public safety, and national security, the Vera Institute of Justice worked with the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services to research and write this three-part series, which provides practical, field-informed guidance for creating positive, productive relations with all members of our multi-racial, multi-ethnic American population.
In February 2007, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation—Division of Adult Parole Operations modified existing Mental Health Services Continuum Program (MHSCP) services to increase the number of parole outpatient clinic sessions required for mentally ill parolees. CDCR selected the Integrated Substance Abuse Programs (ISAP) at the University of California, Los Angeles, to extend their ongoing evaluation of the MHSCP to assess the impact of these policy changes.… Read More
Captain James Nolette of the Fayetteville (North Carolina) Police Department discusses the importance of using evidence-based research to reduce crime. He describes how his department incorporates research into practice through programs like COMPSTAT and GPS offender monitoring. For the past two years, his department has collaborated with a research team from Rutgers University on a risk terrain modeling project, which has identified risk factors that attract crime in five city areas and… Read More
This brief provides an overview of adolescent brain development and its effects on law enforcement interactions with youth. Reviewing youth developmental stages and their effects on youth behavior may increase understanding of how and why teenagers think and act the way they do. This brief includes strategies for law enforcement to apply this knowledge during youth interactions, outlining important considerations for integrating this information into everyday practices, procedures, and… Read More
Recent events in Ferguson, New York, and Baltimore have led law enforcement agencies to rethink how they can build and maintain trust, confidence, and satisfaction with the communities that they serve, especially communities of color. As agencies embrace this challenge, they may need resources to update their training and professional development.
Confidence in our nation's criminal justice system rests on several core beliefs. First, we believe that most justice work is fairly routine, following a predictable path that makes errors rare. Second, we believe that in the rare instances an error does occur, it is the result of simple negligence or individual misconduct, which "the system" can readily detect and fix. Finally, we believe that processes are in place to ensure that similar errors do not happen again.
The… Read More
The Structured Decision Making® (SDM) model for juvenile justice, a group of standardized assessments developed by NCCD, identifies the risk levels of system-involved young people and helps judges determine their best disposition options in court. These assessments also help courts place youth in the least restrictive environments needed to ensure public safety. NCCD has developed this judicial guide to address the needs and concerns of judges around decision points in the juvenile… Read More
Classical place-based crime prevention theories suggest existence of a relationship between certain characteristics of spatial design, configuration, and crime occurrence. This study explored the relationship between natural surveillance and burglary commissions in three-dimensions. Natural surveillance has been claimed to differ when seen by neighbors, pedestrian passersby, or individuals in vehicles, and to be influenced by viewing distance.
This brief, from the CSG Justice Center, is designed to help state and local officials better support young adults in the justice system. It identifies these young adults’ distinct needs, summaries the limited research available on what works to address these needs, and provides recommendations for steps that policymakers, juvenile and adult criminal justice agency leaders, researchers, and the field can take to improve outcomes.
Washington State’s Dangerous Mentally Ill Offender (DMIO) program, established by the 1999 Legislature, identifies mentally ill prisoners who pose a threat to public safety and provides them opportunities to receive mental health treatment and other services up to five years after their release from prison. This analysis of 172 DMIO participants four years after release from prison indicates that the program:
Reduces overall new felony recidivism rates 42 percent; and… Read More
