The Prosecutor's guide to Mental Illness is separated into three detailed parts to identify problems and solutions within the topic of justice and mental illness. An overview of intellectual and developmental disabilities and mental illness, prosecutors, approaches for working with people with I/DD or mental illness, and lastly, prosecutors-involved initiatives. The authors advise prosecutors to...

The Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC) published "Just the Facts" factsheet. In the April 2020 issue, the Institute addressed Felony Arrests in California. Some key facts were felony arrests dropped after Prop 47 on the November 2014 ballot. Prop 47 reclassified many lower-level drug and property offenses from felonies to misdemeanors. The factsheet also...

The report states that from 2017 to 2018 prison population declined from 1,489,200 to 1,465,200. Although some states have shown a decrease in population like New York (down 2,800), Tennessee (down 2,700), California (down 2,400), the states of Texas (up 1,100), Indiana (up 850), and Colorado (up 430) has increased their population. Population sentencing to...

Bringing Crime Trends Back into Criminology: A Critical Assessment of the Literature and a Blueprint for Future Inquiry

First Step Act: Best Practices for Academic and Vocational Education for Offenders

University of Oxford and King's College London - This meta-analysis study examines how static (non-modifiable) and dynamic (modifiable) risk factors correlates with recidivism in individuals receiving community sentences. Looking through databases and studies conducted in Europe and the United States, the authors find that overreliance on static risk factors may leave to inaccuracies in accessing...

Riverside County Community Corrections Partnership Executive Committee Meeting Materials

A multimethod's study was conducted to study the successful implementation of the Innovations in Community Based Crime Reduction program (CBCR) and formally known as the Byrne Criminal Justice Innovation. The Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) granted CBCR 70 grant awards between federal fiscal years 2012 and 2016. Researchers utilized this sample to conduct an in-depth...

A general voter information guide presented by the California Secretary of State on Proposition 25. The prop is a referendum on SB 10 and will determine whether the bill will go into effect. A "yes" vote means SB 10 will go into effect and a "no" vote rejects SB 10. Specifically, approval of this proposition...

This article provides examples of of local, state, and national efforts aimed at tracking a the supplies of illicit substances, including opioids and stimulants. All three agencies aim to collect data from a number of sources, including fire/emergency medical services (EMS) departments and law enforcement agencies in order to help to utilize reliable and timely...