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Presley Center of Crime & Justice Studies

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UCR School of Public Policy

Article Compendium

The Presley Center's Article Compendium

The article compendium is updated monthly and aggregates research articles and reports authored by a variety of scholars, think tanks, and agencies for easy reference by those interested in emerging criminal justice issues. These resources are not authored or endorsed by Presley’s affiliated researchers or the center and is not intended to cover all criminal justice subject matters.

Can We Shrink the Prisons Without Growing Crime? Decarceration, Decentralization, and the Meaning of Realignment’s Success (2016)

Can We Shrink the Prisons Without Growing Crime? Decarceration, Decentralization, and the Meaning of Realignment’s Success (2016)
By Robert Weisburg |

The Great Shift Analyzing the Effect of Public Safety Realignment on Crime in California Between 2009-2013 (2016)

The Great Shift Analyzing the Effect of Public Safety Realignment on Crime in California Between 2009-2013 (2016)
By Malhotra, Uvrashi |

Machine Bias

An article published under ProPublica that focused on flaws within assessment algorithms in the Criminal justice system. Risk assessment processes are used inform decisions about who can be set free at every stage of the criminal justice system, from assigning bond amounts- that have proven to be contributors to race discrimination as stated in a...
By Julia Angwin, Jeff Larson, Surya Mattu, and Lauren Kirchner |

Probation Officer Role Emphases and Use of Risk Assessment Information Before and After Training (2016)

Probation Officer Role Emphases and Use of Risk Assessment Information Before and After Training (2016)
By Elijah P. Ricks, Jennifer Eno Louden, and Patrick J. Kennealy |

Siskiyou’s Day Reporting Center: New Ways to Cut Recidivism (2016)

Siskiyou’s Day Reporting Center: New Ways to Cut Recidivism (2016)
By Virginia Rea |

State of the Judiciary: Chief Justice Tani G. Cantil-Sakauye

An address delivered by Chief Justice Tani Sakauye of the Judicial Branch of California to a session of the California legislature on march 8th 2016. The address served as a testament to the work being done under the California judiciary as it is governed by the judicial council. With the breakdown of the three courts...
By The Judicial Branch of California |

A Turning Point in Mass Incarceration? Local Imprisonment Trajectories and Decarceration under California’s Realignment (2016)

A Turning Point in Mass Incarceration? Local Imprisonment Trajectories and Decarceration under California’s Realignment (2016)
By Anjuli Verma |

Regulating California’s Prison Population: The Use of Sticks And Carrots (2016)

Regulating California’s Prison Population: The Use of Sticks And Carrots (2016)
By James Austin |

Is Downsizing Prisons Dangerous? The Effect of California’s Realignment Act on Public Safety (2016)

Is Downsizing Prisons Dangerous? The Effect of California’s Realignment Act on Public Safety (2016)
By Jody Sundt, Emily J. Salisbury, Mark G. Harmon |

Assessing Risk-Based Policies for Pretrial Release and Split Sentencing in Los Angeles County Jails (2015)

Assessing Risk-Based Policies for Pretrial Release and Split Sentencing in Los Angeles County Jails (2015)
By Mericcan Usta, Lawrence M. Wein |

Sentencing in California: Moving Toward a Smarter, More Cost-Effective Approach (2015)

Sentencing in California: Moving Toward a Smarter, More Cost-Effective Approach (2015)
By Selena Teji |

Alternatives to Incarceration in California (2015)

Alternatives to Incarceration in California (2015)
By Brandon Martin and Ryken Grattet |

Annual Report (2016)

Annual Report (2016)
By BI/GEO Day Reporting Center, Shasta County Probation |

Assessing Risk-Based Policies for Pretrial Release and Split Sentencing in Los Angeles County Jails (2015)

Assessing Risk-Based Policies for Pretrial Release and Split Sentencing in Los Angeles County Jails (2015)
By Mericcan Usta and Lawrence M. Wein |

Public Safety and Realignment in Twelve California Counties (2015)

Public Safety and Realignment in Twelve California Counties (2015)
By Susan Turner, Terry Fai and Shirley Hunt |

Correctional Destabilization and Jail Violence: The Consequences of Prison Depopulation Legislation (2014)

Correctional Destabilization and Jail Violence: The Consequences of Prison Depopulation Legislation (2014)
By Jonathan W. Caudill, Chad R. Trulson, James W. Marquart, Ryan Patten, Matthew O. Thomas, and Sally Anderson |

Evaluation of the Allegheny County Jail Collaborative Reentry Programs

Urban Institute’s Justice Policy Center (Urban-JPC) initiated a 12-month process and outcome evaluation of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania reentry programs under the Second Chance Act Adult Offender Reentry Demonstration Programs initiative. The first of these two programs linked sentenced Allegheny County jail inmates to Reentry Specialists, who coordinated reentry services and programming in jail and the...
By Janeen Buck Willison, Sam G. Bieler, KiDeuk Kim |

Arrest Prevalence in a National Sample of Adults: The Role of Sex and Race/Ethnicity

Males are overwhelmingly more likely to get arrested than women. In a sample of roughly 20,000 people, female arrest prevalence was 17 %, less than half that observed for males which was 43 %. The study also explored the relationship between sex and race/ethnicity(simultaneously) and arrest prevalence; where males exhibited higher arrest rates than females...
By J. C. Barnes, Cody Jorgensen, Kevin M. Beaver, Brian B. Boutwell, John P. Wright |

Risk Assessment and Realignment (2013)

Risk Assessment and Realignment (2013)
By Susan Turner, Julie Gerlinger |

Assessing Judicial Sentencing Preferences After Public Safety Realignment: A Survey of California Judges (2014)

Assessing Judicial Sentencing Preferences After Public Safety Realignment: A Survey of California Judges (2014)
By Weisberg and Quan |