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The value of crime analysts

Would you explain the origins of the new paper, Putting a Value on Crime Analysts: Considerations for Law Enforcement Executives? What was LEFG’s role in this? What were the questions or problems you were hearing? LEFG was conceived almost three years ago by BJA, and they brought together police chiefs, sheriffs, researchers, and administrators. Th ...

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Tina Chiu
Dr. Craig D. Uchida

May 06, 2014

News

Putting a Value on Crime Analysts

Considerations for Law Enforcement Executives

Like other government agencies, police departments are under great pressure to get the biggest return possible when investing taxpayers’ dollars in justice programs and policies. The Law Enforcement Forecasting Group of the U.S. Department of Justice’s Bureau of Justice Assistance asked Vera to develop a resource to help police departments address ...

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Carl Matthies, Tina Chiu

March 27, 2014

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Cost-benefit analysis

Building the will and the way

The title of a new publication from Vera’s Cost-Benefit Knowledge Bank for Criminal Justice (CBKB) is admittedly a mouthful: Building Cost-Benefit Analysis Capacity in Criminal Justice: Notes from a Roundtable Discussion. It also includes a dreaded word: capacity. “Capacity” is described as a vague, quasi-occult term in its entry in the Communicati ...

News

Tina Chiu

April 26, 2013

News

Building Cost-Benefit Analysis Capacity in Criminal Justice

Notes from a Roundtable Discussion

As state and local budgets have become increasingly strained in recent years, interest in using cost-benefit analysis (CBA) in criminal justice policymaking and planning has grown. Although reliable information on costs and benefits can help guide budget officials, policymakers, and legislators, most jurisdictions have not been able to create a sus ...

Publication

Tina Chiu

April 26, 2013

Publication

An Introduction to Cost-Benefit Analysis and Justice Policy for State Legislators

Watch Washington State Senator Karen Fraser and Tina Chiu of the Vera Institute of Justice lead a discussion that will help legislators, legislative staff, and other policymakers learn about using cost-benefit analysis for criminal justice policy.

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February 08, 2013

Video

Demystifying Victim Costs

Tina Sanford, director of the New York State Office of Victim Services, Kathryn McCollister, assistant professor and health economist at the University of Miami School of Medicine, and Valerie Levshin, former policy analyst at the Vera Institute of Justice, provide an overview of victim costs, the methods used to estimate them, and how to use victi ...

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January 04, 2013

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Decisions, Decisions

What Policymakers Need to Know About Cost-Benefit Analysis

Craig Prins, executive director of the Oregon Criminal Justice Commission, and Sarah Galgano, policy analyst at the Vera Institute of Justice, discuss how to use cost-benefit analysis (CBA) to inform justice policy decisions. Drawing on examples from Craig's work in Oregon, the presentation explores the role of CBA in policy decisions as well as qu ...

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January 04, 2013

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Making Sense of the Bottom Line

A Guide to Reading Cost-Benefit Analysis

This webinar provides the basics of reading a cost-benefit report. Gary VanLandingham, director of the Pew Center on the States' Results First project, and Joshua Rinaldi, policy analyst at the Vera Institute of Justice, review a recent cost-benefit analysis and highlight the most important features to look for when reading this type of study.

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April 26, 2012

Video

When aging in place means aging in prison

A New York Times editorial about the implications of dementia behind bars is the newest item among several articles and reports issued this year about the rising number of aging inmates in America’s prisons. While this issue is not news to anyone in the corrections field—my 2010 Vera report on geriatric and medical release itself follows at least ...

News

Tina Chiu

April 02, 2012

News

Déjà vu all over again?

On Thursday I attended a discussion convened by the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, which just released the summer issue of Daedalus on the subject of mass incarceration. The journal’s guest editors, Harvard sociologist Bruce Western and Brown University economist Glenn Loury, issued a warning. Though economic pressures crack open a window ...

News

Tina Chiu

August 23, 2010

News

It's About Time

Aging Prisoners, Increasing Costs, and Geriatric Release

Correctional facilities throughout the United States are home to a growing number of older adults with extensive, costly medical needs. This report examines statutes related to the early release of geriatric inmates in 15 states and the District of Columbia and concludes that these provisions are rarely used, despite the potential of reduced costs ...

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Tina Chiu

March 31, 2010

Publication

Changing the Status Quo for Status Offenders

New York State’s Efforts to Support Troubled Teens

Over the past three years, child welfare and probation leaders in New York State have been transforming the state's status offender system to provide timely support to troubled teens and their families in their communities and rely less on courts, law enforcement, and detention. This Issue in Brief, produced by Vera's national Youth Justice Program ...

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Tina Chiu

November 30, 2004

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The value of crime analysts

Tina Chiu

Dr. Craig D. Uchida

Putting a Value on Crime Analysts

Carl Matthies, Tina Chiu

Cost-benefit analysis

Tina Chiu

Building Cost-Benefit Analysis Capacity in Criminal Justice

Tina Chiu

An Introduction to Cost-Benefit Analysis and Justice Policy for State Legislators

Demystifying Victim Costs

Decisions, Decisions

Making Sense of the Bottom Line

When aging in place means aging in prison

Tina Chiu

Déjà vu all over again?

Tina Chiu

It's About Time

Tina Chiu

Changing the Status Quo for Status Offenders

Tina Chiu