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Presley Center of Crime & Justice Studies

A research center of the
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.

The Addition of Day Reporting to Intensive Supervision Probation: A Comparison of Recidivism Rates (2000)

The Addition of Day Reporting to Intensive Supervision Probation: A Comparison of Recidivism Rates (2000)
By Liz Marie Marciniak |

Poverty, Income Inequality, and Violent Crime: A Meta-Analysis of Recent Aggregate Data Studies

Date research report presented by Hsieh and Pugh establishes a procedure of meta-analysis to 34 aggregate data studies reporting on violent crime, poverty, and income inequality. The overall study reported a total of 76 zero-order correlation coefficients for all measures of violent crime with either poverty or income inequality- that concludes that poverty and income...
By Ching-Chi Hsieh, M.D Pugh |

U.S. v. Salerno (1897)

An infamous 1984 United States Court Case between the United States Petitioner and respondent Salerno argued whether or not if the 1984 Bail Reform Act violated the Fifth Amendment's Due Process Clause. 1984 Bail Reform Act allowed the federal courts to detain an arrestee prior to trial if the government could prove that the individual...
By US Supreme Court |

Using Early Release to Relieve Prison Crowding: A Dilemma in Public Policy

The study evaluates the 1980-1983 Illinois Early Release program. A total of 21,000 inmates were released by selectively awarding inmates with satisfactory conduct additional good-time credits were deducted from their determinate sentence. A detailed inmate arrest history file was created, making it possible to estimate precisely the number of arrests from the early release program...
By James Austin |

“Lock ’Em Up? There’s No More Room!”

This opinion piece discusses the controversy of overcrowding and early release programs in the 1970s. Some states were forced into developing early release programs because of civil rights lawsuits, and overcrowding. Overcrowding may endanger the health of inmates and cause riots. The Conner Correctional Center in Hominy Oklahoma had a riot due to overcrowding, leaving...
By Faye A. Silas |

Shock Probation: A Natural Experiment On The Effect of A Short Period of Incarceration (1977)

Shock Probation: A Natural Experiment On The Effect of A Short Period of Incarceration (1977)
By Joseph A. Waldron and Henry R. Angelino |