Researchers of criminal behavior are taking a more data-driven approach to community corrections. Rather than focusing solely on professional experience or anecdotal successes - key factors that often drive public policy in social services - they are identifying evidence-based practices that rely on empirical research and produce measurable outcomes. The challenge for providers is to bridge the gap between theoretical best practices and practicable intervention models that reduce recidivism rates and keep communities safe.

I investigate the causal relationship between access to health care and criminal behavior following state decisions to expand Medicaid coverage after the Affordable Care Act. Many of the newly eligible individuals for Medicaid-provided health insurance are adults at high risk for crime. I leverage variation in insurance eligibility generated by state decisions to expand Medicaid and differential pre-treatment uninsured rates at the county-level. My findings indicate that the Medicaid expansions have resulted in significant decreases in annual crime by 3.2 percent.

The list below includes many of the fields that may be useful in a jail population analysis to help policymakers determine the average daily population, number of bookings, and/or average length of stay of various inmate subpopulations, as these policy-makers participate in the analysis phase of a policy planning process.

The purpose of this Excel workbook is to graphically demonstrate a very common but often misunderstood dynamic that exists in most jails in the United States. In most jurisdictions, there is a tendency for justice system decision-makers (including jail staff), in their attempts to lower the jail population because of crowding, to focus their attention on the high volume of inmates who are booked into the jail.

The purpose of this Excel workbook is to graphically demonstrate a very common but often misunderstood dynamic that exists in most jails in the United States. In most jurisdictions, there is a tendency for justice system decision-makers (including jail staff), in their attempts to lower the jail population because of crowding, to focus their attention on the high volume of inmates who are booked into the jail.

The Salt Lake County Criminal Justice Advisory Council (CJAC) works with the criminal justice system to reduce crime and promote public safety by identifying ways to:

• lower repeat offender rates and close the "revolving door" to our jails
• improve outcomes for jailed individuals struggling with mental illness and substance abuse

Justice Coordination

Justice Coordination is to provide a high level of research and development expertise, including monitoring and evaluation of present and future justice programs within Pinellas County to insure that the citizens of Pinellas receive the highest quality justice and public safety services for the resources provided.