Center for Criminal Justice Research
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Created in 2008 by the Indiana University School of Public and Environmental Affairs, CCJR faculty and staff have worked with SPEA and the Center for Urban Policy and the Environment on criminal justice and public safety research projects dating back to 1992. Some of the issues CCJR addresses include crime prevention, criminal justice systems, policing, traffic safety, and youth.
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Item Courts and the Economy, How Fiscal Constraints Affect the Judiciary and Access to Justice(IUPUI (Campus). Center for Criminal Justice Research, 2012-06) Nagle, Matthew; Braun, Erin; Mulholland, ZacharyThe recession of 2008 put pressure on nearly every sector in society to do more with less. Unemployment and constrained investment by the private sector reduced economic output, which led to declining tax revenues for state and local governments. As with previous recessions, as the number of people out of work increases, the demand for government services tends to increase just as the money collected to provide those services declines. Elected officials face the difficult task of determining how to allocate increasingly scarce public dollars for essential services.Item Evaluation of Indianapolis Comprehensive Anti-Gang Initiative, Final Report(IUPUI (Campus). Center for Criminal Justice Research, 2012) Thelin, Rachel; Stucky, Thomas; Nagle, Matthew; Newby, BillThrough collaboration between the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Indiana, the City of Indianapolis/Marion County, and the Indiana Criminal Justice Institute, a steering committee was formed to plan and execute activities for the three-pronged approached focusing on prevention, law enforcement, and reentry programs to diminish gang activity in Indianapolis. The CAGI Steering Committee was comprised of representatives from the Indianapolis Mayor’s Office, the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department (IMPD), the Marion County Prosecutor’s Office, community leaders, and members of the faith community. Three subcommittees also were created to oversee the three initiatives (law enforcement, prevention/intervention, and reentry).. In July 2008, the Center for Criminal Justice Research (CCJR), part of the Indiana University Public Policy Institute, was engaged to serve as the research partner for CAGI. Throughout the program, CCJR provided feedback on implementation, input on data collection, and gathered a considerable amount of information for evaluating law enforcement, prevention/intervention, and reentry activities. This report summarizes the history of the grant and expenditures, recaps CAGI research activities undertaken in 2009 and 2010, and discusses research activities across all three areas in 2011 and 2012, concluding with lessons learned during the entire grant period.Item ICJI Data Priorities and Crime Data Reporting in Indiana(IUPUI (Campus). Center for Criminal Justice Research, 2012-12) Thelin, Rachel; Sapp, DonaBeginning in June 2011, CCJR entered into a two-year agreement to serve as a research partner and assist the Indiana Criminal Justice Institue (ICJI) in improving criminal justice programming and policy development in Indiana. One priority identified by ICJI was the need to assess and improve crime- and justice-related data collection and accessibility to ICJI, their subgrantees, and other partners throughout the state.. This brief describes CCJR efforts regarding research on ICJI data needs. In particular, ICJI as well as key informants have identified improved crime data reporting as critical. This report provides an overview of ICJI priority data needs; an analysis of Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) uniform crime reporting (UCR) summary data by jurisdiction in Indiana (this is an update to analyses conducted by CCJR in 2007); and, a brief description of a new Indiana State Police records management system (RMS) that will include local crime data reporting.Item Indiana Crime and Justice Data Assessment: Key Informant Interview Findings(IUPUI (Campus). Center for Criminal Justice Research, 2012-03) Sapp, Dona; Thelin, RachelThis report summarizes findings from key informant interviews conducted by CCJR researchers in the fall of 2011 as part of an Indiana crime and justice data assessment . These interviews enabled researchers to incorporate the perspectives of a diverse set of individuals from a variety of backgrounds in state and local government, nonprofit organizations, and private consulting firms. While these findings represent only a snapshot of the current crime and justice data-sharing environment in Indiana, participants provided valuable information to researchers on current Indiana data collection efforts, data needs and priorities, data sharing policies and procedures, and potential obstacles and incentives to building a statewide crime and justice data-sharing collaboration.Item Review of Best Practices for ICJI Program Areas: Justice Assistance Grants (JAG)(IUPUI (Campus). Center for Criminal Justice Research, 2012-07) Chang, Joice; Stucky, Thomas; Tynes, AdrieneThis report, the third in a series of 7 across 10 ICJI funding streams, describes best practices for subgrants awarded under the Justice Assistance Grants (JAG) funding stream administered by ICJI. JAG subgrants must be used to address specific federally defined purpose areas, which include the following:. 1.Law enforcement programs 2.Prosecution and court programs 3.Prevention and education programs 4.Corrections and community corrections programs 5.Drug treatment and enforcement programs 6.Planning, evaluation, and technology improvement programsItem Review of Best Practices: Juvenile Accountability Block Grant (JABG)(IUPUI (Campus). Center for Criminal Justice Research, 2011) Jarjoura, Roger; Chang, Joice; Stucky, ThomasThis report describes best practices for subgrants awarded under the Juvenile Accountability Block Grant (JABG) funding stream administered by ICJI. In 2009, the Indiana Juvenile Justice State Advisory Group (JJSAG) identified five goals for a three-year plan for the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP): 1. To improve alternatives to secure detention and court processing by expanding the Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative (JDAI) and other related initiatives statewide 2. To utilize current information and data to develop an action plan to address Disproportionate Minority Contact (DMC) in Indiana 3. To ensure all youth returning home from residential and correctional placements have access to comprehensive, evidence-based transitional support services 4. To make the juvenile justice system a priority in the state of Indiana by educating and involving key stakeholders and the general public in the process 5. To continue funding delinquency prevention programs within local communities around the state of Indiana The report also provides a “purpose area sheet” for each of the 11 ICJI purpose areas. Each sheet describes the purpose area, its attendant evidence-based programs and practices, as well as programming considerations based on OJJDP performance measures. The report concludes with a set of recommendations for the implementation of JABG best practices in Indiana.Item Review of IDOC Admission Cohort of D Felony and Select C Felony Offenders(IUPUI (Campus). Center for Criminal Justice Research, 2012-09) Jarjoura, Roger; Stucky, Thomas; Lisby, Kathy J.; Haight, Konrad; Shaffer, TrentIn 2011, the Indiana State Legislature's Criminal Code Evaluation Commission formed a committee, since called the Data Analysis Work Group (DAWG). One goal of this group was to examine why certain low-level and nonviolent felony offenders spend very short periods of incarceration (often less than 365 days) in IDOC. In September 2011, representatives of the Indiana University Public Policy Institute's Center for Criminal Justice Research (CCJR) met with DAWG committee members to discuss the possibility of collecting data to understand the issues that lead to short periods of incarceration in IDOC for low-level and nonviolent felony offenders. CCJR was contracted to conduct a study to better understand the processes that ultimately result in offenders sentenced to IDOC where the most serious conviction offense is a D felony or selected nonviolent C felonies. CCJR's goal for the study was to provide rich case-level data on all D felony cases and the eligible nonviolent C felonies that were admitted to the IDOC for a three-month period in 2011 to inform policy discussions surrounding efforts to change incarceration practices in the state of Indiana. This report summarizes findings of this study.Item Services, Training, Officers, and Prosecutors (STOP) Grant(IUPUI (Campus). Center for Criminal Justice Research, 2013-02) Chang, Joice; Fordyce, Erin; Petty, CariThis report describes best practices for subgrants awarded under the Services, Training, Officers, and Prosecutors (STOP) Violence Against Women Formula Grant Program funding stream administered by ICJI. For this assessment, CCJR consulted relevant materials from ICJI, including subgrantee information for the previous two funding cycles, subgrantee solicitation documents, 2012 subgrantee applications, and 2011 subgrantee annual progress reports. . The assessment of best practices is structured according to seven broad categories (encompassing 14 federal purpose areas), including: 1) training; 2) special units; 3) policies, protocols, orders, and services; 4) data and communication systems; 5) victim services; 6) underserved populations; and, 7) collaborative efforts. Overall, the best practice assessment highlights programming considerations, examples of successful or promising programs, and key resources for further consultation. The report concludes with recommendations.