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Massachusetts correctional center embraces resocialization and rehabilitation
It was gratifying to read Vera’s recent report concerning the sentencing and…
May 16, 2014
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New paper answers the question: “Is cost-benefit analysis baloney?”
A few years ago, a colleague asked me a pointed question about cost-benefit…
May 14, 2014
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Gov. Christie Announces Expansion of Prison Education Program
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, in an event yesterday at Mercer County…
May 09, 2014
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The value of crime analysts
Would you explain the origins of the new paper, Putting a Value on Crime…
May 06, 2014
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How Violence Becomes Normal
We tell a story in this country about the normalization of violence. We look at…
May 05, 2014
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Sensible sentencing for a safer california
In late 2007, on the heels of a blistering report from the Little Hoover…
May 02, 2014
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Senate hearing highlights challenges of law enforcement responses to individuals with disabilities
In 2012, the number of patients with severe mental illness in prisons and jails…
Apr 30, 2014
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Cost-Benefit Analysis of Justice Programs
Vera’s Cost-Benefit Knowledge Bank for Criminal Justice (CBKB) project has two…
Apr 29, 2014
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New Orleans pretrial services program has promising future
New Orleans residents are detained in jail, especially pretrial, at…
Apr 22, 2014
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Trafficked and Exploited Girls Need Help, Not Incarceration
A few years ago, I met a young girl, “Denise,” who told me that her uncle had…
Apr 15, 2014