The “tough on crime” policy agenda that rose to popularity in the 1980s and 1990s left a damaging and enduring legacy across the country, especially in communities of color. Researchers have largely discredited the tough-on-crime theory—which espouses punitive enforcement and lengthy sentences...
NYCsafety-brief.pdf
This model policy was originally developed by David C. Steelman, Principal Court Management Consultant, National Center for State Courts, at the request of the Presiding Judge of the Yamhill County Circuit Court in McMinnville, OR, in 2006, as part of a caseflow management technical assistance...
Model Continuance Policy [expanded] - NCSC.pdf
This guide is designed to: • Help criminal justice stakeholders understand how state legislatures work and how state legislators gather information and develop policies related to the justice system. • Identify how people outside the state capitol—specifically, local criminal justice...
State Legislatures A Guide for Criminal Justice Stakeholders.pdf
This session was a candid discussion on the challenges and opportunities in communicating with policymakers and the public about the work being done at SJC sites, including time to hear insights from participants about experiences and lessons from their sites. The panel included: Marc Levin,...
Helping Policymakers and the Public Rethink Jails in an Age of Political Polarization-Oct 20181.pdf
Webcast recording and slide deck from the "Improving Incarceration Policy and Practices in Allegheny County," held September 2018. #Policy #Implementation #AlleghenyCounty
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This presentation, originally given in at the 2015 Network Meeting, discussing several alternatives to incarceration including cite and release, as well as the benefits of a pretrial assessment. #pretrial #proxy #Policy #Screening #prosecutor
Pretrial Justice Reforms -October 2015 SJC Network Meeting.pdf
The focus of the 2017 edition of Trends in State Courts is “Fines, Fees, and Bail Practices: Challenges and Opportunities.” Several articles herein address what states and municipalities are doing to confront the effect of fines, fees, and bail practices on the poor. #pretrial #Policy #Bail
Trends in State Courts- Fines, Fees, and Bail Practices- Challenges and Opportunities - NCSC 20171.pdf
As the size and cost of jails and prisons have grown, so too has the awareness that public investment in incarceration has not yielded the expected return in public safety. This creates an opportunity to reexamine the wisdom of our reliance on institutional corrections—incarceration in prisons...
Correctional facilities in the United States confine 2.3 million people, according to this report from the Prison Policy Initiative that seeks to provide clarity about the nation’s systems of confinement. Supported by the Safety and Justice Challenge, the report answers the essential questions...
The cost of imprisonment—including who benefits and who pays—is a major part of the national discussion around criminal justice policy. But prisons and jails are just one piece of the criminal justice system. In this report and accompanying infographic, the Prison Policy Initiative examines...
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