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Recidivism of Sex Offenders Released from Prison in 1994, DOJ BJS, 2003 U.S. Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Statistics Recidivism of Sex Offenders Released from Prison in 1994 Offender characteristics Sentences and criminal records Comparisons to other offenders Rearrests and reconvictions Rearrests for sex crimes …
Publication • August 3, 2016
Prisoners in 2001, DOJ BJS, 2001 U.S. Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Statistics Bulletin Prisoners in 2001 By Paige M. Harrison and Allen J. Beck, Ph.D. BJS Statisticians The total number of prisoners under the jurisdiction of Federal or State adult correctional authorities was 1,406,031 …
Number of State Prisoners Age 55 and Over Increased 400% in 20 Years by Derek Gilna Although much of the attention concerning the huge increase in America’s prison population has focused on the federal prison system, a new U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) report found that the number of prisoners …
Article • August 2, 2016 • from PLN August, 2016
Prison Policy Initiative Shines Spotlight on Probation and Parole Data by Derek Gilna A recent study by the Prison Policy Initiative (PPI) places its emphasis not on the number of people incarcerated in the United States, but rather on an often-ignored figure – how many individuals are on probation and …
Publication • August 1, 2016
Behind Bars II – Substance Abuse and America’s Prison Population, NCASA Columbia University, 2010 The National Cenlel' on Addiction and Substance Abuse al Columbia Univcl'sity 633 Thirtl '\'CIIUC New York, NY 10017-6706 phone 212 8415200 fax 212 956 8020 \\. II' lI'.cll~llcolumhill.org lJo(wd Q/ /Ji1'fCIO''$ Jo~eph Behind Bars II: Substance …
Publication • July 29, 2016
Filed under: Medical, Statistics/Trends
Congressional Quarterly Report on Prison Health Care, CQ Press, 2007 CQ Researcher Published by CQ Press, a division of Congressional Quarterly Inc. www.cqresearcher.com Prison Health Care Are prisons dumping grounds for the mentally ill? A high percentage of the more than 2 million inmates in U.S. jails and prisons suffer …
Publication • July 28, 2016
Human Rights in Brazil, Network for Social Justice and Human Rights, 2007 Human Rights in Brazil 2007 A Report by Network for Social Justice and Human Rights Human Rights in Brazil 2007 A Report by the Network for Social Justice and Human Rights Edited by: Evanize Sydow e Maria Luisa …
Excessive and lethal force - Concerns about deaths and illtreatment involving police use of tasers, Amnesty International, 2004 TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS........................................................................................... 1 Introduction and summary ..................................................................................... 1 1. GENERAL CONCERNS ABOUT TASER USE ................................................... 4 1.2. Background on Taser Use ............................................................................... 4 1.3. Deployment of tasers in …
Publication • July 26, 2016
The Health Status of Soon-To-Be-Released Inmates Vol 2, NCCHC, 2002 A Report to Congress Volume 2 The Health Status of Soon-To-Be-Released Inmates Volume 2 April 2002 iii Preface Through the mid-1990s, a number of studies, limited in scope, found a higher prevalence of certain infectious diseases, chronic diseases, and mental …
Publication • July 26, 2016
Final Report - Prison Sexual Assault, NPREC, 2009 NATIONAL PRISON RAPE ELIMINATION COMMISSION www.nprec.us REPORT NATIONAL PRISON RAPE ELIMINATION COMMISSION REPORT JUNE 2009 Contents Preface..v Commissioners. vii Commission Staff and Contributors........................................................xi Acknowledgments.. xiii Executive Summary............................................................................... 1 Introduction......................................................................................... 25 PART I: UNDERSTANDING AND PREVENTING SEXUAL ABUSE. 31 1. A Problem that …
Publication • July 12, 2016
Collateral Damage - America's Failure to Forgive or Forget in the War on Crime, NACDL, 2014 Collat eral Damage America’s Failure to Forgive or Forget in the War on Crime A Roadmap to Restore Rights and Status After Arrest or Conviction N ATIONAL A SSOCIATION OF C RIMINAL DEFENSE LAWYERS …
Private Prison Execs Continue to Make Much More than Guards by Information collected by the federal government has revealed the conspicuous inequality between private prison executives and the guards that their corporations employ. According to data compiled by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), the median salary for private …
Medical Statistical Model Used to Estimate Wrongful Conviction Rate in Death Penalty Cases by Matthew Clarke An interesting collaboration between medical and law professionals, under the leadership of University of Michigan Law School professor Samuel R. Gross, led to the application of medical statistical analysis to exonerations of death-sentenced prisoners, …
Study Shows Modest Decline in Prison Populations by Derek Gilna A February 2016 study by The Sentencing Project, “U.S. Prison Population Trends 1999-2014: Broad Variation Among States in Recent Years,” found there has been a 2.9% average decline in the number of state prisoners during that period. Over those 15 …
Dallas Conviction Integrity Unit Gains National Notoriety by Matthew Clarke The word “first” was applied to Craig M. Watkins multiple times after his election to the Dallas County District Attorney’s Office in 2006. He was the county’s first black D.A., the first D.A. who had been a public defender before …
Multiple Suicides at Florida Jail a Cause for Concern by David Reutter Suicide is the leading cause of death among jail detainees according to an August 2015 report by the U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics. While 80% of jails in the U.S. reported no deaths in 2013, six percent reported …
Breaking News: 18 Deaths in Six Months at Mississippi State Penitentiary by Derek Gilna Prison Legal News has learned through a public records request that 18 prisoners died at the Mississippi State Penitentiary in Parchman in just over a six-month period. The most recent reported death was that of Terry …
Does Smarter Sentencing Equal Lower Prison Numbers? by By Adam Wisnieski, The Crime Report The United States has the world’s highest incarceration rate—and efforts to reduce it have been the focus of studies by leading academics, advocacy groups and policymakers. Most recognize that if significant change is going to come, it …
Publication • June 28, 2016
Filed under: Statistics/Trends
Documenting and Explaining the 2015 Homicide Rise, National Institute of Justice, 2016 U.S. Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs National Institute of Justice National Institute of Justice Documenting and Explaining the 2015 Homicide Rise: Research Directions Richard Rosenfeld* University of Missouri – St. Louis June 2016 *Dr. Rosenfeld prepared …
Publication • June 28, 2016
Police Integrity Lost - A Study of Law Enforcement Officers Arrested, Stinson et al, 2016 The author(s) shown below used Federal funds provided by the U.S. Department of Justice and prepared the following final report: Document Title: Police Integrity Lost: A Study of Law Enforcement Officers Arrested Author(s): Philip Matthew …
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