Evidence-based sentencing (EBS) is a new name for an aspiration that has deep roots in
criminal law: to apply the sentence most appropriate to each offender's risk of reoffending, in …

Objectives After years of decreasing public punitiveness and declining crime rates,
politicians are seeking evidence-based crime policies to reduce mass incarceration without …

We address the organization of criminal justice forecasting and implications for its use in
criminal justice policymaking. We argue that the use of forecasting is relatively widespread …

A profound portrait of the hidden injustices that trap fathers in a cycle of punishment and
debt. In the first study of its kind, sociologist Lynne Haney travels into state institutions across …

This descriptive article highlights the inner-practices of a trauma-informed, healing-centered,
urban gun violence reduction program called Advance Peace. We find that the Advance …

Movements for racial and Indigenous justice are targeting rapidly expanding budget
allocations for prisons and police. In Australia, Indigenous Communities are seeking to …

With a foreword by Bruce Western Named one of the Best Books of the Year by NPR The
most comprehensive critique of probation and parole—and a provocative and compelling …

The purpose of the chapter is to provide data and theory to support three propositions:
Incarceration rates have grown in concentrated ways, especially effecting poor minority …

Through analysis of six focus groups with 44 black and white residents of the greater Boston
metropolitan area, this paper presents a qualitative assessment of people's “zone of …

Background High rates of imprisonment in the US have significant health, social, and
economic consequences, particularly for marginalized communities. This study examines …