After four decades of steady growth, US states' prison populations finally appear to be
declining, driven by a range of sentencing and policy reforms. One of the most popular …

Community corrections in the twenty-first century faces three challenges: how to be an
alternative to imprisonment, how to be a conduit for reducing recidivism, and how to do less …

After decades of steady expansion, state prison populations declined in recent years for the
first time since 1972. Though the size of the decrease was small, it masks substantial state …

Despite the nationwide use of halfway houses (HWHs), empirical findings documenting their
impact have been generally infrequent over the last 30 years. Recent high-profile incidents …

For the past four decades, crime control policies in the United States centered heavily on the
increased use of prisons. Fueled by a belief that only incapacitation and punitive sanctions …

In a speech to the American Bar Association in August 2013, Attorney General Eric Holder
instructed US Attorneys to refrain from using" draconian mandatory minimum sentences" in …

Despite interest in the subject, the study of prison gangs has been meagre since the late
1980s. Occasional studies appear, but they tend to focus on only the largest prison systems …

The body of research and literature referred to as “evidence-based practice”(EBP) holds
enormous potential for improving the outcomes of probation and parole. The commitment to …

This study examines the potential impacts on public safety of a sentencing policy focused on
offense, as opposed to risk. We utilize a California Department of Corrections and …

Abstract In 2012, the Washington State Department of Corrections (WADOC) embarked on
an ambitious effort to restructure their community supervision model. These changes were …