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Environmental Scan 2010
      "Beginning in the late 1990’s, the National Institute of Corrections (NIC) Information Center began scanning social, economic and corrections issue
    The Strategic Training Initiative in Community Supervision: Risk-Need-Responsivity in the Real World
      The application of the risk-need-responsivity (RNR) model of offender rehabilitation to one-on-one supervision of offenders placed under probation
    Environmental Scan 2011
      “Beginning in the late 1990’s, the National Institute of Corrections (NIC) Information Center began scanning social, economic and corrections issue
    Drug Courts' Effects on Criminal Offending for Juveniles and Adults
      “The objective of this review is to systematically review quasi-experimental and experimental (RCT) evaluations of the effectiveness of drug courts
    Environmental Scan 2012
      Beginning in the late 1990’s, the National Institute of Corrections (NIC) Information Center began scanning social, economic and corrections issues
    The Prevention of Trauma Reactions in Police Officers: Decreasing Reliance in Drugs and Alcohol
      This report examines the use of a resilience training program for new-recruit police officers designed to help them alleviate stress and trauma exp
    Women in Detention: A Guide to Gender-Sensitive Monitoring
      Individuals who want an up-to-date understanding of gender-responsive issues and all those who work with female offenders should read this document
    Environmental Scan 2013
      “Beginning in the late 1990’s, the National Institute of Corrections (NIC) Information Center began scanning social, economic and corrections issue
    Women's Risk Factors and New Treatments/Interventions for Addressing Them: Evidence-Based Interventions in the United States and Canada
      This paper describes assessments of female offenders used by correctional agencies and the programs and resources provided by these agencies to mee
    Neglected Needs: Girls in the Criminal Justice System
      You need to read this document if you work with justice-involved girls.


      Do Private Prisons Work?
      A private facility or for-profit prison is a place in which individuals are physically confined or incarcerated by a third party that is contracted by a government agency.
    Where can I find information about extremist and radicalized groups in prisons?
      Radicalization and conversion to violent extremism of inmates.
    Violence Against Women: Effective Interventions and Practices with Perpetrators (2014)
      The key focus of the report is on reviewing evidence about reducing re-offending in crimes of violence against women.
    2016 Law Enforcement Use of Social Media Survey
      "A national scan of practice among law enforcement agencies across the United States reveals that they use social media to notify the public of saf
    FBI Uniform Crime Reports Justice Research and Statistics Association (JRSA)
      "The Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program has been the starting place for law enforcement executives, students of criminal justice, researchers, m
    World Female Imprisonment List: Women and girls in penal institutions, including pre-trial detainees/remand prisoners
      "This third edition of the World Female Imprisonment List shows the number of women and girls held in penal institutions in 219 prison systems in i
    States of Women's Incarceration: The Global Context
      "We already know that when it comes to incarceration, the United States is truly exceptional.
    States of Incarceration: The Global Context (2016)
      "Louisiana has been called “the world’s prison capital. The state imprisons more of its people, per head, than any of its U.S. counterparts.
    World Prison Brief (WPB) - Highest to Lowest - Prison Population Total
      A drop down menu tool used to retrieve different world wide prison statistics.
    Prison: Evidence of its use and over-use from around the world (2017)
      "This report looks at patterns of imprisonment in ten contrasting jurisdictions across all five continents of the world, namely: Kenya and South Af
    Suicide in Prison: Prevention Strategy and Implication from Human Rights and Legal Points of View (2014)
      "Occurrence of two suicide cases including suicide by one of the accused in Delhi gang rape cases within 72 hours in March 2013 in Tihar Central Pr
    Prisons and the Mentally Ill: Why Design Matters (2017)
      The purpose of this blog/article is to share international good design principles and knowledge from research studies that can help to significantl
    States of Women’s Incarceration: The Global Context 2018
      **U.S. incarceration of women remains at historic and global high**
    Inmate Radicalisation and Recruitment in Prisons
    Inmate Radicalisation and Recruitment in Prisons
    Community Re-Entry
    Community Re-Entry: Uncertain Futures for Women Leaving Prison
    Handbook on Inequalities in Sentencing and Corrections among Marginalized Populations
    Handbook on Inequalities in Sentencing and Corrections among Marginalized Populations
    Prisons and Community Corrections
    Prisons and Community Corrections
      This edited collection brings together leading international academics and researchers to provide a comprehensive body of literature that informs t
    Prisons and Community Corrections
    Prisons and Community Corrections
      This edited collection brings together leading international academics and researchers to provide a comprehensive body of literature that informs t
    Violence, Sex Offenders, and Corrections
    Violence, Sex Offenders, and Corrections
      Sex offenders remain the most hated group of offenders, subject to a myriad of regulations and punishments beyond imprisonment, including sex offen Return to top

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