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Below is a chronological list of all publications (reports, fact sheets, etc) released by JPI in the last ten years. Clicking on the report title will either take you to the report's webpage or will download a PDF copy. To search by title or keyword, type Ctrl F (or Command F ) to open the page search function of your browser.

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2010

A Capitol Concern: The disproportionate impact of the justice system on low-Income communities in D.C.
07-27-10
Author(s): Justice Policy Institute
Topic(s): Adult Corrections, Public Safety, Racial Disparity, Washington D.C.

Healing Invisible Wounds: Why Investing in Trauma-Informed Care for Children Makes Sense
07-07-10
Author(s): Justice Policy Institute
Topic(s): Juvenile Justice, Public Safety

Shifting the Problem: Fact Sheet on Proposed California Community Corrections Enhancement Act
06-24-10
Author(s): Justice Policy Institute
Topic(s): Adult Corrections

Baltimore Behind Bars: How to Reduce the Jail Population, Save Money and Improve Public Safety
(Executive Summary, National Implications Fact Sheet & Full Report)
06-08-10
Author(s): Justice Policy Institute
Topic(s): Maryland, Public Safety, Adult Corrections, Racial Disaparity

Fact Sheet: Percent Change in Incarceration and Crime Rates - State by State 1998-2008
06-08-2010
Author(s): Justice Policy Institute
Topic(s): Adult Corrections, Public Safety

Fact Sheet: For Immediate Release: How to Safely Reduce Prison Populations and Support People Returning to Their Communities
06-02-10
Author(s): Justice Policy Institute
Topic(s): Public Safety, Adult Corrections

Fact Sheet: 2009 FBI Preliminary Annual Uniform Crime Report
5/24/10
Author(s): Justice Policy Institute
Topic(s): Public Safety

Fact Sheet: The Obama Administration’s 2011 Budget: More Policing, Prisons, and Punitive Policies
2/17/10
Author(s): Justice Policy Institute
Topic(s): Public Safety, Juvenile Justice, Adult Corrections, Books vs. Bars, Drug Policy

2009

Fact Sheet: DOJ Report on Prisoners in 2008
12/11/09
Author(s): Justice Policy Institute
Topic(s): Public Safety

Fact Sheet: Response to 2008 FBI Uniform Crime Report (Full)
09/15/09
Author(s): Justice Policy Institute
Topic(s): Public Safety

The Costs of Confinement: Why Good Juvenile Justice Policies Make Good Fiscal Sense
05/19/09
Author(s): Justice Policy Institute
Topic(s): Juvenile Justice, Public Safety

Pruning Prisons: How Cutting Corrections Can Save Money and Protect Public Safety
5/12/09
Author(s): Justice Policy Institute
Topic(s): Adult Corrections, Public Safety

Fact Sheet on FY2010 Department of Justice Budget: More of the Same
05/12/09
Author(s): Justice Policy Institute
Topic(s): Public Safety, Juvenile Justice, Adult Corrections, Books vs. Bars, Drug Policy

Bearing Witness: Baltimore City’s Residents Give Voice to What’s Needed to Fix the Criminal Justice System
4/1/09
Author(s): Collaboration of organizations listed on report page.
Topic(s): Drug Policy, Adult Corrections, Maryland, Public Safety

The Release Valve: Parole in Maryland
3/5/2009
Author(s): Justice Policy Institute
Topic(s): Adult Corrections, Maryland, Public Safety, Racial Disparity

Fact Sheet: Response to 2008 FBI Uniform Crime Report
1/14/2009
Author(s): Justice Policy Institute
Topic(s): Public Safety

2008 

Registering Harm: How Sex Offense Registries Fail Youth Communities
11/21/2008
Author(s): Justice Policy Institute
Topic(s): Juvenile Justice, Public Safety

Walsh Act Briefing Book
11/21/2008
Author(s): Justice Policy Institute
Topic(s): Juvenile Justice, Public Safety

Moving Target: A Decade of Resistance to the Prison Industrial Complex
09/25/2008
Author(s): Amanda Petteruti and Nastassia Walsh
Topic(s): Adult Corrections, Public Safety

Factsheet: Response to 2007 FBI Uniform Crime Report
9/15/2008
Author(s): Justice Policy Institute
Topic(s): Public Safety

Factsheet: Youth Who Commit Sex Offenses
9/2/2008
Author(s): Justice Policy Institute
Topic(s): Juvenile Justice, Public Safety

Factsheet: The Negative Impact of Registries on Youth
9/2/2008
Author(s): Justice Policy Institute
Topic(s): Juvenile Justice, Public Safety

Factsheet: What Will It Cost States to Comply with the Sex Offender Registry and Notification Act?
9/2/2008
Author(s): Justice Policy Institute
Topic(s): Juvenile Justice, Public Safety

Fact Sheet: DC Crime and Arrest Statistics
8/28/2008
Author(s): Justice Policy Institute
Topics: Juvenile Justice, Washington, D.C.

Jailing Communities: The Impact of Jail Expansion and Effective Public Safety Strategies
4/1/08
Author(s): Amanda Petteruti and Nastassia Walsh
Topic(s): Adult Corrections 

Judging Maryland: Baltimore Judges on Effective Solutions to Working with Substance Abusers in the Criminal Justice System
3/4/08
Author(s): Scott Ehlers and Kevin Pranis
Topic(s): Maryland, Drug Policy

Substance Abuse Treatment and Public Safety Policy Brief (4 of 4 in series) 
1/22/08
Author(s): Justice Policy Institute
Topic(s):Public Safety, Adult Corrections

2007 

The Vortex: The Concentrated Impact of Drug Imprisonment and the Characteristics of Punitive Counties
12/4/07
Author(s): Phillip Beatty, Amanda Petteruti, and Jason Ziedenberg
Topic(s):Adult Corrections, Drug Policy 

Housing and Public Safety Policy Brief (3 of 4 in series)
11/1/07
Author(s): Justice Policy Institute
Topic(s):Public Safety, Adult Corrections 

Employment, Wages and Public Safety Policy Brief (2 of 4 in series)
9/30/07
Author(s): Justice Policy Institute
Topic(s): Public Safety


Factsheet: Response to 2006 FBI Uniform Crime Report
9/24/07   
Author(s): Justice Policy Institute
Topic(s): Public Safety    


Education and Public Safety Policy Brief
8/29/07
Author(s): Justice Policy Institute

Topic(s): Public Safety, Adult Corrections

Gang Wars: The Failure of Enforcement Tactics and the Need for Effective Public Safety Strategies
7/17/07
Author(s): Judith Greene and Kevin Pranis
Topic(s): Gangs, Public Safety, Adult Corrections, Juvenile Justice

Coalition Letter Against Feinstein’s Gang Bill
6/13/07
Author(s): Justice Policy Institute   
In partnership with: National Juvenile Justice & Delinquency Prevention Coalition
Topic(s): Gangs
       
Factsheet: Response to Preliminary 2006 FBI Uniform Crime Report
6/5/07   
Author(s): Justice Policy Institute
Topic(s): Public Safety       
             
The Consequences Aren't Minor: The Impact of Trying Youth as Adults and Strategies for Reform
3/21/07
Author(s): Campaign For Youth Justice 
Topic(s): Juvenile Justice

Fact Sheet: Gang Crisis in Context
3/1/07
Author(s): Justice Policy Institute
Topic(s): Gangs

Maryland's Mandatory Minimum Drug Sentencing Laws: Their Impact on Incarceration, State Resources and Communities of Color
2/26/07
Author(s): Timothy Roche, Nastassia Walsh, and Jason Ziedenberg
Topic(s): Maryland, Adult Corrections, Drug Policy

Fact Sheet: Effective Investments in Public Safety: Drug Treatment
2/2/07
Author(s): Justice Policy Institute
Topic(s): Adult Corrections, Public Safety, Drug Policy

Fact Sheet: Effective Investments in Public Safety: Education
2/2/07
Author(s): Justice Policy Institute
Topic(s): Adult Corrections, Public Safety, Books vs. Bars

Fact Sheet: Effective Investments in Public Safety: Mass Incarceration and Longer Sentences Fail to Make Us Safer

2/2/07
Author(s): Justice Policy Institute
Topic(s): Adult Corrections, Public Safety

Fact Sheet: Effective Investments in Public Safety: Unemployment, Wages, and the Crime Rate
2/2/07
Author(s): Justice Policy Institute
Topic(s): Adult Corrections, Public Safety

Fact Sheet: Percent Change in Incarceration and Crime Rates - State by State 1994-2004
2/2/07
Author(s): Justice Policy Institute
Topic(s): Adult Corrections, Public Safety

2006 

Models for Change: Building Momentum for Juvenile Justice Reform
12/5/06
Author(s): Jason Ziedenberg
In partnership with: MacArthur Models for Change
Topic(s): Juvenile Justice, Maryland

The Dangers of Detention: The Impact of Incarcerating Youth in Detention and Other Secure Facilities

11/28/06
Author(s): Barry Holman and Jason Ziedenberg
Topic(s): Juvenile Justice, Public Safety

Fact Sheet: Maryland Crime Ads in Context
10/30/06
Author(s): Justice Policy Institute
Topic(s): Maryland, Public Safety

Fact Sheet: Response to FBI's Uniform Crime Report
10/1/06
Author(s): Justice Policy Institute
Topic(s): Public Safety 

Fact Sheet: Rising Juvenile Crime in Perspective
10/1/06
Author(s): Justice Policy Institute
Topic(s): Juvenile Justice, Public Safety

Fact Sheet: Crime Statistics and the Washington, D.C. "Crime Emergency:" What is the Real Crisis and How Should We Respond
9/29/06
Author(s): Jason Ziedenberg
Topic(s): Public Safety, Juvenile Justice, Washington DC

Progress and Challenges: An Analysis of Drug Treatment and Imprisonment in Maryland from 2000 to 2005
9/1/06
Author(s): Kevin Pranis
Topic(s): Adult Corrections, Drug Policy, Maryland

Fact Sheet: You are Safer than You Think: Crime and Public Opinion on Fear of Crime
8/1/06
Author(s): Justice Policy Institute
Topic(s): Public Safety, Juvenile Justice, Washington DC

Fact Sheet: DC Crime Emergency In Context
7/1/06
Author(s): Justice Policy Institute
Topic(s): Public Safety, Juvenile Justice, Washington DC

Proposition 36: Five Years Later
4/1/06
Author(s): Jason Ziedenberg & Scott Ehlers
Topic(s): Drug Policy, Adult Corrections

Cost-Effective Youth Corrections: Rationalizing the Fiscal Architecture of Juvenile Justice Systems
3/23/06
Author(s): Jasmine Tyler, Jason Ziedenberg and Eric Lotke
Topic(s): Juvenile Justice 

Disparity by Design: How Drug-Free Zone Laws impact Racial Disparity-and Fail to Protect Youth
3/1/06
Author(s): Judith Greene, Kevin Pranis and Jason Zeidenberg
Topic(s): Drug Policy, Juvenile Justice, Racial Disparity

2005 

Fact Sheet: Crime, Race and Juvenile Justice Policy in Perspective
10/3/05
Author(s): Justice Policy Institute
Topic(s): Juvenile Justice, Public Safety, Racial Disparity
 
Fact Sheet: 2005 Crime Rise in Context
10/1/05
Author(s): Justice Policy Institute
Topic(s): Public Safety, Adult Corrections

Efficacy and Impact: The Criminal Justice Response to Marijuana Policy in the United States
8/1/05
Author(s): Jason Ziedenberg and Jason Coburn
Topic(s): Adult Corrections, Drug Policy
 
Ganging Up on Communities: Putting Gang Crime in Context
7/1/05
Author(s): Jason Ziedenberg
Topic(s): Public Safety, Juvenile Justice, Gangs

Fact Sheet: Gang Crime
4/11/05
Author(s): Justice Policy Institute
Topic(s): Juvenile Justice, Gangs

Tipping Point: Maryland's Overuse of Incarceration and the Impact on Public Safety
3/1/05
Author(s): Jason Ziedenberg and Eric Lotke
Topic(s): Maryland, Adult Corrections
 
Race & Imprisonment in Texas: Policy Brief
2/1/05
Author(s): Jason Ziedenberg
Topic(s): Adult Corrections, Racial Disparity

2004 

Racial Divide: California's 3 Strikes Law
10/1/04
Author(s): Scott Ehlers, Vincent Schiraldi and Eric Lotke
Technical Assistance Report to the Commissioners from the Annie E. Casey Foundation Regarding Juvenile Detention System Practices and Recommended Reforms
Topic(s): Adult Corrections, Racial Disparity

3 Strikes & You're Out: An Examination of the Impact of Strikes Laws 10 years after their Enactment
9/1/04
Author(s): Eric Lotke, Jason Colburn & Vincent Schiraldi
Topic(s): Adult Corrections 

Executive Summary: Swing States: Crime, Prisons and the Future of the Nation
8/1/04
Author(s): Eric Lotke, Deborah Stromberg & Vincent Schiraldi
Topic(s): Adult Corrections 
 
Swing States: Crime, Prisons and the Future of the Nation
8/1/04
Author(s): Eric Lotke, Deborah Stromberg & Vincent Schiraldi
Topic(s): Adult Corrections 

New York City's Alternative Incarceration Programs: Cut Crime, Cut Costs and Help People and Communities
4/1/04
Author(s): Jason Ziedenberg
Topic(s): Adult Corrections, Juvenile Justice

Still Striking Out: Ten Years of California’s Three Strikes
3/1/04
Author(s): Scott Ehlers, Vincent Schiraldi and Jason Ziedenberg
Topic(s): Adult Corrections 

Effective Methods of Reducing Youth in Secure Placements
2/1/04
Author(s): Timothy Roche
Technical Assistance Report for the Louisiana Office of Youth Development
Topic(s): Juvenile Justice 

Treatment or Incarceration: National and State Findings on the Efficacy and Cost Savings of Drug Treatment Versus Imprisonment
1/1/04
Author(s): Doug McVay, Vincent Schiraldi and Jason Ziedenberg
Topic(s): Adult Corrections, Drug Policy, Maryland

2003 

Race and Incarceration in Maryland
10/23/03
Author(s): Vincent Schiraldi and Jason Ziedenberg
In partnership with: Commissioned by the Maryland Legislative Black Caucus
Topic(s): Adult Corrections, Maryland, Racial Disparity

Cost and Benefits? The Impact of Drug Imprisonment in New Jersey
10/1/03
Author(s): Vincent Schiraldi and Jason Ziedenberg
In partnership with: Drug Policy Alliance
Topic(s): Drug Policy 

Observations and Options for Relieving Overcrowding Among Alabama Female Prisoners
9/19/03
Author(s): Tim Roche
Topic(s): Adult Corrections 

Education and Incarceration
8/1/03
Author(s): Bruce Western, Vincent Schiraldi & Jason Ziedenberg
Topic(s): Adult Corrections, Books vs. Bars

Is Maryland's System of Higher Education Suffering Because of Prison Expenditures?
6/1/03
Author(s): Vincent Schiraldi
In partnership with: Building Blocks for Youth Initiative
Topic(s): Books vs. Bars, Maryland

Texas Tough: 3 Years Later
4/23/03
Author(s): Vincent Schiraldi & Jason Ziedenberg
Topic(s): Adult Corrections 

Deep Impact: Quantifying the Effect of Prison Expansion in the South
4/4/03
Author(s): Jason Ziedenberg
Topic(s): Adult Corrections 

Drug Policies in the State of Michigan—Economic Effects

4/1/03
Author(s): Nancy E. Walker, Center on Youth, Policy, Research; Francisco A. Villarruel, Thomas Judd, Jessica Roman
In partnership with: Institute for Children, Youth, and Families, Michigan State University
Topic(s): Drug Policy, Adult Corrections

Report to the Board of Cuyahoga County Commissioners
3/17/03
Author(s): Timothy Roche
In partnership with: The Annie E. Casey Foundation
Topic(s): Juvenile Justice 

Cutting Correctly in Maryland
2/20/03
Author(s): Judith Greene & Timothy Roche
Topic(s): Adult Corrections 

2002 

Community Corrections in Ohio-Cost Savings and Program Effectiveness
12/1/02
Author(s): Nancy Marion
Topic(s): Drug Policy, Adult Corrections

Cellblocks or Classrooms?: The Funding of Higher Education and Corrections and It's Impact on African American Men
9/1/02
Author(s): Vincent Schiraldi and Jason Ziedenberg
In partnership with: University of Akron
Topic(s): Books vs. Bars, Adult Corrections

Workforce and Youth Development: Barriers and Promising Approaches to Workforce and Youth Development for Young Offenders
5/1/02
Author(s): David Brown, Sarah Maxwell, Edward DeJesus, and Vincent Schiraldi
In partnership with: The Annie E. Casey Foundation
Topic(s): Juvenile Justice 

Returning Adult Offenders in DC: A Road Map to Neighborhood Based Reentry
4/1/02
Author(s): Timothy Roche, VIncent Schiraldi, and Jason Ziedenberg, Leonard Berman
Technical Assistance Report for the DC Criminal Justice Coordinating Council (CJCC), Open Society Institute in Collaboration with the Center on Crime, Community and Culture's DC Prisoners Legal Services Project
Topic(s): Adult Corrections , Washington DC

Cutting Correctly: New Prison Policies for Times of Fiscal Crisis
2/12/02
Author(s): Judith Greene and Vincent Schiraldi
Topic(s): Adult Corrections 

Reducing Racial Disparities: Reducing Disproportionate Detention of Minority Youth - Pathways 8
2/1/02
Author(s): 'Eleanor Hinton Hoytt, Vincent Schiraldi, Brenda V. Smith and Jason Ziedenberg
In partnership with: Juvenile Detention Altenatives Initiative
Topic(s): Juvenile Justice, Racial Disparity

Reducing Disproportionate Minority Confinement: The Multnomah County, Oregon Success Story and its Implications
1/1/02
Author(s): Vincent Schiraldi and Jason Ziedenberg
In partnership with: Juvenile Detention Altenatives Initiative
Topic(s): Racial Disparity 

Studies on Halfway Houses
1/1/02
Author(s): Lisa Feldman
In partnership with: DC Prisoners Legal Services
Topic(s): Adult Corrections 

2001 

A Tale of Two Jurisdictions: Youth Crime and Detention Rates in Maryland the District of Columbia
10/1/01
Author(s): Lisa Feldman, Michael Males and Vincent Schiraldi
In partnership with: Building Blocks for Youth Initiative
Topic(s): Juvenile Justice 

Schools and Suspensions: Self-Reported Crime and the Growing Use of Suspensions
9/1/01
Author(s): Vincent Schiraldi and Jason Ziedenberg
Topic(s): Juvenile Justice 

Drugs and Disparity: The Racial Impact of Illinois' Practice of Transferring Young Drug Offenders to Adult Court

4/1/01
Author(s): Jason Ziedenberg
In partnership with: Building Blocks for Youth Initiative
Topic(s): Juvenile Justice, Racial Disparity

Off Balance: Youth, Race & Crime in the News

4/1/01
Author(s): Lori Dorfman and Vincent Schiraldi
In partnership with: Building Blocks for Youth Initiative
Topic(s): Juvenile Justice, Racial Disparity

Too Little Too Late: President Clinton's Prison Legacy
2/1/01
Author(s): Lisa Feldman, Vincent Schiraldi and Jason Ziedenberg
Topic(s): Adult Corrections 

2000 

Texas Tough: An Analysis of Incarceration and Crime Trends in The Lone Star State
10/1/00
Author(s): Dana Kaplan, Vincent Schiraldi and Jason Ziedenberg
Topic(s): Adult Corrections 

Poor Prescription-The Cost of Imprisoning Drug Offenders in the United States
7/1/00
Author(s): Vincent Schiraldi, Barry Holman, and Phillip Beaty
Topic(s): Drug Policy 

The Punishing Decade: Prison and Jail Estimates at the Millennium

5/1/00
Author(s): Vincent Schiraldi and Jason Ziedenberg
Topic(s): Adult Corrections 
 
School House Hype: Two Years Later
4/1/00
Author(s): Kim Brooks, Vincent Schiraldi, and Jason Ziedenberg In partnership with: Children's Law Center, Inc.
Topic(s): Juvenile Justice 

1999 

The Florida Experiment: An analysis of the practice of granting prosecutors discretion to try juveniles as adults
7/1/99
Author(s): Vincent Schiraldi and Jason Ziedenberg
Topic(s): Juvenile Justice 

Second Chances: 100 Years of the Children's Court, Giving Kids a Chance to Make a Better Choice
6/1/99
Author(s): Lauren Chambliss, Bernardine Dohrn, Steven Drizin, Stephen Harper, Jill Herschman, Christina Gabriel Kanelos, Theresa Rowland, Vincent Schiraldi and Jason Ziedenberg
In partnership with: Children and Family Justice Center
Topic(s): Juvenile Justice 

America's One Million Nonviolent Prisoners
3/1/99
Author(s): John Irwin, Phd, Vincent Shiraldi and Jason Ziedenberg
Topic(s): Adult Corrections 

Half-Truths:The Complicated Story of D.C.'s Halfway House "Escapees"
3/1/99
Author(s): Katherine Kravetz, Teresa Rowland, Vincent Schiraldi, Jason Ziedenberg, Eric Lotke, Marissa Ballinger
In partnership with: DC Prisoners Legal Services
Topic(s): Adult Corrections, Washington DC

Striking Out: The Failure of California’s “Three Strikes and You’re Out” Law
3/1/99
Author(s): Mike Males, Dan Macallair, and Khaled Taqi-Eddin
Topic(s): Adult Corrections 

1998 

Class Dismissed: Higher Education vs. Corrections During the Wilson Years
11/3/98
Author(s): Dan Macallair, Khaled Taqi-Eddin and Vincent Schiraldi
Topic(s): Books vs. Bars 

New York State of Mind: Higher Education vs. Prison Funding in the Empire State, 1988-1998
10/1/98
Author(s): Robert Gangi, Vincent Schiraldi and Jason Ziedenberg
In partnership with: The Correctional Association of New York and the Justice Policy Institute
Topic(s): Books vs. Bars 

School House Hype: School Shootings and the Real Risks Kids Face in America
7/1/98
Author(s): Elizabeth Donahue, Vincent Schiraldi, and Jason Ziedenberg
Topic(s): Juvenile Justice 

The Will of the People? The Public's Opinion of the Violent and Repeat Juvenile Offender Act of 1997

3/17/98
Author(s): Vincent Schiraldi and Mark Soler
In partnership with: The Youth Law Center
Topic(s): Juvenile Justice 

Runaway Juvenile Crime? The Context of Juvenile Arrests in America
3/1/98
Author(s): Jason Ziedenberg and Vincent Schiraldi
Topic(s): Juvenile Justice 

1997 

The Pods of Elmore County: A Glimpse into the Rhetoric Behind the Juvenile Crime Bill
9/29/97
Author(s): Jason Ziedenberg and Vincent Schiraldi
Topic(s): Juvenile Justice 

The Risks Juveniles Face When They Are Incarcerated With Adults
7/1/97
Author(s): Jason Ziedenberg and Vincent Schiraldi
Topic(s): Juvenile Justice 

Trading Classrooms for Cell Blocks: Destructive Policies Eroding D.C. Communities
2/1/97
Author(s): Tara-Jen Ambrosio and Vincent Schiraldi
Topic(s): Books vs. Bars , Washington DC

From Classrooms to Cell Blocks: A National Perspective
1/1/97
Author(s): Tara-Jen Ambrosio and Vincent Schiraldi
Topic(s): Books vs. Bars 
 
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