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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 |

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 |

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 |

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 |

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 |

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 |