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Winning the Middle: Improved Media Strategies for Police And Justice Agencies

Highlights This article is available as a YouTube podcast. Our reputation depends on how we communicate and how often we create media to accent our…

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Most Correctional Staff Sexual Misconduct Involve Female Correctional Officers

Females Involved In 67% Of Correctional Staff Sexual Misconduct

Highlights   This article is available as a podcast on YouTube.   67% of correctional staff sexual misconduct perpetrators were female and 69% of staff…

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Most Correctional Staff Sexual Misconduct Involve Female Correctional Officers

Race-Criminal Justice Reform and Biased Offender Risk Assessments

Highlights If risk assessments of criminal offenders consistently show signs of bias, what does that mean for criminal justice reform? “There remains evidence that the…

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Jail Statistics

Correctional Supervision Decreased 23% Since 2012-Is There A Crime Connection?

Highlights Is there a connection between prison populations, correctional supervision and crime?  Based on the best available evidence from the US Department of Justice, it…

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Jail Statistics

Prison Inmates-9 Prior Arrests-4 Million Total Arrests-42 Percent Had 5-10 Incarcerations

  Highlights This article is available as a podcast on YouTube. The 369,200 persons admitted to state prison in 34 states had an estimated 4.2…

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Most Correctional Staff Sexual Misconduct Involve Female Correctional Officers

The Mostly Violent Prison Population Decreased Every Year Since 2013

Highlights The U.S. prison population was 1,204,300 at yearend 2021, a 25% decrease from 2011 (1,599,000). Per the Bureau Of Justice Statistics, 58% of all…

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Are Historic Declines In Offender Accountability-Correctional Numbers Connected To Rising Violence?

Highlights The incarcerated population fell to its lowest level since 2003. The adult probation rate is at its lowest point in 35 years. Multiple sources…

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Most Correctional Staff Sexual Misconduct Involve Female Correctional Officers

Correctional Populations Fell Dramatically During Rising Violence

Highlights Violent crime and serious violent crime began to increase by 28 percent in 2015 per the US Department of Justice. The US had the…

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DOJ-Massive Rearrests After Prison-Long Sentences Means Less Crime

Highlights Released prisoners who served less time had higher arrest rates. During the five-year follow-up period, an estimated 1.1 million arrests occurred among the approximately…

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Like Cops-Correctional Officers Are Leaving The Job

Highlights Nearly one-third of federal correctional officer jobs in the United States are vacant. State correctional agencies are having problems with recruitment and retention. The…

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Most Prisoners Serve Less Than Two Years-Violent Serve Less Than Three

Highlights An overview of time served in prison from the US Department of Justice. Most offenders are out of prison in less than two years.…

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Female Correctional Officers And Sexual Misconduct

Highlights 69 percent of staff sexual assault allegations with male prison inmates involve female correctional employees, Bureau Of Justice Statistics. In juvenile facilities, in most-serious…

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The US Correctional Population Reaches A 19 Year Low-Why?

Highlights There is a 19-year low in the number of persons under the supervision of adult correctional systems. The correctional population between 2008 and 2018…

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Federal Research-Long Prison Sentences Significantly Reduce Crime And Recidivism

Highlights In the two models with the larger sample sizes, offenders incarcerated for more than 120 months were approximately 30 percent less likely to recidivate.…

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Criminal Rehabilitation Programs-Some Work-Most Don’t

Offender Rehabilitation And Reentry Programs-What Works “Programs that included group work, cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) or CBT-like components, counseling, or that used drug court or other…

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Coronavirus Updates-Coughing On Cops-Interrupted Drugs-Testing Meth-Don’t Commit Crime-Help From DOJ

Highlights Help from DOJ, moderate crime, interrupted drug markets, testing meth and unique responses from law enforcement are all part of the coronavirus-COVID-19 justice experience.…

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The Federal Government Will Predict Future Criminal Behavior

Highlights Development of the US Department of Justice risk and needs assessment could affect as many as 106,000 federal prisoners. If researchers and critics cannot…

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