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1. Does Sex Offender Registration and Notification Reduce Crime? A Systematic Review of the Research Literature
The impact of sex offender registration and community notification laws on crime reduction is investigated. This report ... Read More
Added: July 21, 2009
2. Sustainable Prisons Project: Green, Inside and Out
Information about the Sustainable Prisons Project whose aim is to help prisons "save money while rehabilitating" inmates is ... Read More
Added: July 14, 2009
3. Evidence-Based Public Policy Options to Reduce Crime and Criminal Justice Costs: Implications in Washington State
Following an abstract, this article has sections that cover: meta-analytical procedures; cost-benefit procedures; findings ... Read More
Added: June 23, 2009
4. Going Home: The Washington State Reentry Program -- Interim Report: 18-Month Recidivism Rates for Program Participants
Interim recidivism outcomes are provided for the Going Home Project -- a reentry program for high-risk violent youth. ... Read More
Added: June 18, 2009
5. New Risk Instrument for Offenders Improves Classification Decisions
Results are provided from an evaluation of Washington State's Offender Accountability Act's (OAA) static risk assessment ... Read More
Added: April 21, 2009
6. The Dangerous Mentally Ill Offender Program: Four-Year Felony Recidivism and Cost Effectiveness
Results from an evaluation of Washington State's Dangerously Mentally Ill Offender (DMIO) program are presented. Sections in ... Read More
Added: March 03, 2009
7. Increased Earned Release From Prison: Impacts of a 2003 Law on Recidivism and Crime Costs, Revised
The effects of increasing earned release time (similar to "good time") from 33% to 50% of an inmate's total sentence are ... Read More
Added: December 18, 2008
8. Washington's Offender Accountability Act: Department of Corrections' Static Risk Instrument
The validity of the Washington State Department of Corrections' risk assessment instrument is investigated. This report ... Read More
Added: November 26, 2008
9. Right Living Community Member's Handbook
This handbook provides information "for people who need to recover from criminal and other self-defeating/self-destructive ... Read More
Added: November 20, 2008
10. Children of Incarcerated Parents
A report summarizing the activities of the Oversight committee tasked with "develop[ing] a comprehensive interagency plan to ... Read More
Added: September 16, 2008
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