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2012
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Crime, Correctional Populations and Drug Arrests Down in 2011: As States Reform Justice and Save Money, Crime Continues to Decrease
Justice Policy Institute (Washington, DC).
“The FBI’s annual Uniform Crime Report for 2011, released on Monday, October 29, 2012, reported a continuation of the overall 20-year trend of declining crime in the nation” (p. 1). This factsheet looks at: the continued decline of crime in the United States; the continued reduction in the number of people housed in prisons and jails—“The declining crime rates demonstrate that justice reforms driven by best practices and financial restraints can yield safer outcomes” (p. 1); falling drug abuse a... Read More
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2 pages
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2012
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California Youth Crime Plunges to All-Time Low
By Males, Mike.
Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice (CJCJ) (San Francisco, CA).
Reasons contributing to the decrease of juvenile crime in California to its lowest level since 1954, the first year data was collected, are discussed. Sections of this publication include: introduction; California’s youth crime decline in detail—California versus the rest of the nation, and charges by race and gender; why California’s youth crime has fallen so dramatically—factors that are insignificant to explain the decline (explanations regarding structural changes, demographics, “get tough” ... Read More
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9 pages
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2012
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Arrest in the United States, 1990-2010
By Snyder, Howard N..
U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics (Washington, DC).
Arrest trends over the twenty year period of 1990 to 2010 are presented. Sections of this report are: highlights; introduction; murder and non-negligent manslaughter; forcible rape and other sex offenses; robbery; aggravated assault; simple assault; burglary; larceny-theft; motor vehicle theft; weapon law violations; and drug abuse violations. 'The number of murder arrests in the U.S. fell by half between 1990 and 2010. The adult and juvenile arrest rates dropped substantially in the 1990s, whil... Read More
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26 pages
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2012
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CJ Treatment Forms
Texas Christian University. Institute of Behavioral Research (xxx).
'TCU assessments for treatment in correctional (Criminal Justice) settings are included in this section. They include adaptations of forms originally used in community settings (based on the DATAR project) as well as assessments designed as part of the TCU Criminal Justice projects, beginning in 1994, for assessing needs and progress of offenders. Emphasis has been on offender needs and problem severity at intake to the CJ system, as well as continued psychosocial functioning and therapeutic e... Read More
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2011
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FBI: Crime Fell in 2010: States Safely Reduce Prison Populations and Save Money
Justice Policy Institute (Washington, DC).
The latest crime statistics are reported from the 2010 Preliminary Annual Uniform Crime Report. Highlights include: states are spending less on corrections—FY2009 expenditures for corrections only rose 0.9% compared to an increase of 6.5% in FY2008 with an estimated decrease of 2.8% in FY2010; the number of violent offenses reported to law enforcement has decreased 5.5% in 2010; and crime is going down as states reduce the number of individuals in prisons.... Read More
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2 pages
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2011
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Arrest in the United States, 1980-2009
By Snyder, Howard N..
U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics (Washington, DC).
Arrest trends over the thirty year period of 1980 to 2009 are presented. Sections of this report are: highlights; introduction; murder and non-negligent manslaughter; forcible rape; robbery; aggravated assault; simple assault; burglary; larceny-theft; motor vehicle theft; weapon law violations; and drug abuse violations. “Over the 30-year period ending in 2009, the adult arrest rate for murder fell 57%, while the juvenile arrest rate fell 44%.”... Read More
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24 pages
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2011
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Environmental Scan 2011
National Institute of Corrections Information Center (Aurora, CO).
“Beginning in the late 1990’s, the National Institute of Corrections (NIC) Information Center began scanning social, economic and corrections issues to inform the development of programs and services offered by NIC. This report, now in its 6th edition, has continued to evolve into a popular tool that is also used by corrections practitioners to inform their work in jails, prisons and community corrections. Since there are many issues beyond what is addressed in this environmental scan that poten... Read More
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40 pages
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2010
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Are Teenage Criminals Getting Younger and Younger? Exposing another Urban Legend
By Males, Mike; Macallair, Daniel.
van Loben Sels/RembeRock Foundation (San Francisco, CA); Haigh Scatena Foundation (Davis, CA); Drug Policy Alliance (New York, NY).
Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice (San Francisco, CA).
This research brief shows that “for most major offenses, youth arrest rates nationally stand at their lowest level today than at any time in at least four decades, and perhaps ever” (p.1). The fact is that youth are not committing more violent crimes than in the past.... Read More
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10 p.
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2010
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Overview of Federal Criminal Cases: Fiscal Year 2009
By Schmitt, Glenn R..
U.S. Sentencing Commission (Washington, DC).
An overview is provided of cases involving 81,372 individual defendants and 177 corporations or “organizational” defendants. Sections of this brief include; case load at a glance; offender characteristics; case disposition; the most common crimes—immigration, drugs, firearms and other weapons, and fraud; organizational cases; and resentencings and other modifications of sentence.... Read More
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14 p.
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2009
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Youth Violence Myths and Realities: A Tale of Three Cities: The Different Story of Delinquent Youth as Told by the Media and by Juvenile Justice System Professionals and the Youth Themselves
By Krisberg, Barry; Hartney, Christopher; Wolf, Angela; Silva, Fabiana.
Annie E. Casey Foundation (Baltimore, MD).
National Council on Crime and Delinquency (NCCD).
The "intersection of media coverage of youth crime, public perception, public policy, and true trend and issues in youth crime" in Dallas, Washington, DC and San Mateo (CA) is examined (p. ii). Sections of this report after an executive summary include: introduction; project methods; the media's representation of youth and youth violence; the data -- trends in crime, arrests, and public attitudes; professional stakeholders and youth interviews; and summary of findings. The media often misuse cr... Read More
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60 p.
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2009
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Crime and Economic Hard Times
By Krisberg, Barry; Guzman, Carolina; Vuong, Linh.
National Council on Crime and Delinquency (NCCD) (Oakland, CA).
The relationship between crime and economic recession is investigated. Sections of this report include: introduction; literature review; research methods; recession; results according to reported crime, arrest rates, and incarceration rates; and conclusion. "NCCD's secondary research shows that there is no clear relationship between economic recession and crime rates" (p. 7).... Read More
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8 p.
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2009
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Criminal Victimization, 2008
U.S. Bureau of Justice Assistance (Washington, DC).
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2009
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Do Executions Lower Homicide Rates?: The Views of Leading Criminologists
By Radelet, Michael L.; LaCock, Traci L..
'In this Article we report results from a survey of the world's leading criminologists that asked their expert opinions on whether the empirical research supports the contention that the death penalty is a superior deterrent. The findings demonstrate an overwhelming consensus among these criminologists that the empirical research conducted on the deterrence question strongly supports the conclusion that the death penalty does not add deterrent effects to those already achieved by long imprisonme... Read More
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20 pages
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2005
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Correctional Statistics...In Your State
LIS, Inc. (Longmont, CO)
National Institute of Corrections Information Center (Longmont, CO).
(Updated in 2008) Access to statistics about corrections in the U.S., according to each state, can be found at this website. Statistics (per 100,000) for each state include: crime rates; corrections population; incarceration rate; community corrections--probationers and parolees; cost per inmate; and general information about the state's jails, prisons, and community corrections. Also provided are at-a-glance graphs that compare the state's ranking against other states and the U.S. total.... Read More
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1 p.
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