Background In 2011, nearly 56,000 people were incarcerated in Georgia's prison system.
The state had one of the nation's highest incarceration rates and was spending more than …

This book examines the tools and the mindset behind estimating the costs of crime and
using cost-benefit-analysis (CBA) in criminal justice policy. In an era of “prevention”, there …

This case study on problem-solving justice discusses Northern Ireland's experience with the
Domestic Violence Listing Arrangements (DVLA) based on an assessment of a pilot project …

Probation with Enforcement probation relies on a regimen of regular, random drug testing
tied to swift and certain, but modest, sanctions to motivate probationer compliance. In two …

A successful justice reinvestment strategy at the state level requires engagement,
collaboration, and support from state and local actors. Multiple stakeholders—including state …

This site was originally started in July 2009 as an independent endeavor to monitor
conditions in Arizona's criminal justice system, as well as offer some critical analysis of the …