Research Documents & Articles

 

Community Corrections

Implementing Community-based Policy and Practice - Meghan Guevara, Crime and Justice Institute and Enver Solomon

Practitioners Helping Practitioner - A Training Guide - The Carey Group

Pretrial Service Programs in NC: A Process and Impact Assessment, NC Governor's Crime Commission, NC Criminal Justice Analysis Center, October, 2007.

Principles of Drug Addiction Treatment: A Research-Based Guide, National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institutes of Health

Probation Series, 2008 - News and Observer, Part 1, Part 2, Part 3

Probation Report, October 7, 2008 - George Keiser, National Institute of Corrections

Crime Trends

NC Crime Trends - 2007

Crime Rates: US, NC, Durham 1960 - 2006

Costs

Cutting Corrections Costs - The Earned Time Study

State Corrections Spending

The Fiscal Crisis in Corrections - Rethinking Policies and Practices

Death Penalty

Death Sentences Linked to History of Lynching,Ohio State Research News 9/26/05

Race and the Death Penalty in NC: An Empirical Analysis - 1993-1997, Dr. Isaac Unah, Principal Investigator; Professor John Charles Boger, Principal Collaborator.

Gangs

A Comprehensive Assesment of Gangs in North Carolina: A Report to the General Assembly, NC Department of Crime Control and Public Safety, NC Governor's Crime Commission, Criminal Justice Analysis Center, March, 2007.

Comprehensive Gang Assessment: A Report to the Durham Police Department and Durham County Sheriff's Office, Deborah Weisel and James (Buddy Howell), November, 2007.

Gang Wars - The Failure of Enforcement Tactics and the Need for Effective Publiic Safety Strategies, Justice Policy Institute, July, 2007.

Gang Prevention - Statutory language for use of gang prevention funds.

Incarceration and Prisons

A Discussion of Incarceration and Its Alternatives in North Carolina, NC Governor's Crime Commission, Criminal Justice Analysis Center, July, 2007.

1 in 100 Americans in Prison, Feb 28, 2008

Defining and Redirecting a School-To-Prison Pipeline, The Civil Rights Project at Harvard University, Johanna Wald and Daniel Losen, May, 2003.

Dismantling the School to Prison Pipeline

One in 31: Long Reach of American Corrections

Long Reach of American Corrections in NC

State Rates of Incarceration by Race and Ethnicity

Re-entry

The Michigan Prisoner Re-entry Initiative Model

The Michigan Prisoner Re-entry Initiative: A Success Story

Coordinating Community Development: The Michigan Prisoner Re-entry Initiative

Sentencing

A 25-Year Quagmire: TheWar on Drugs and Its Impact on American Society, Marc Mauer and Rian King, The Sentencing Project

Current Population Projections, Fiscal Year 2007-2008 to Fiscal Year 2016-2017, NC Sentencing and Policy Advisory Commission, February, 2008.

The Hidden Problem of Time Served in Prison, Marc Mauer, The Sentencing Project