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- This report updates how U.S. women fare in the world’s carceral landscape, comparing incarceration rates for women of each U.S. state with the equivalent rates for countries around the world.
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NIC's International Corrections Topic Page provides online resources—reports, guidelines, and research publications—from international organizations and governments. These materials promote a better understanding of global correctional systems by showcasing best practices, addressing challenges, and offering solutions for humane and effective corrections worldwide.
Inmate Radicalization and Recruitment in PrisonsOffering evidence-based insights to help determine how best to house terrorist offenders, this volume will appeal to students and researchers interested in fields such as Criminology and Criminal Justice, Terrorism, Prisons, and Organized Crime.
Community Re-Entry: Uncertain Futures for Women Leaving PrisonCommunity Re-Entry: Uncertain Futures for Women Leaving Prison provides a rare opportunity to hear directly from women who have spent time in a Canadian federal penitentiary.
Handbook on Inequalities in Sentencing and Corrections among Marginalized PopulationsThe handbook considers a wide range of perspectives for understanding the experiences of persons who identify as a member of a traditionally marginalized group. This volume aims to help scholars and graduate students by providing an up-to-date guide to contemporary issues facing corrections and sentencing. It will also assist practitioners with resources for developing socially informed policies and practices.
Prisons and Community CorrectionsThis volume addresses a range of 21st century issues faced by modern corrective services including, prison overcrowding, young and ageing offenders, mental health, sexual assault in corrective facilities, LGB communities in corrective services and radicalization of offenders within corrective services.
Violence, Sex Offenders, and CorrectionsViolence, Sex Offenders, and Corrections critically assesses what is meant by the term 'sex offender', and acknowledges that such meanings are socially constructed, situated, and contingent. The book explores the person, crime, penal space, sexual orientation, legislation, and the community experiences of labeled sex offenders as well as the experiences of correctional officers working with said custodial populations.The key focus of the report is on reviewing evidence about reducing re-offending in crimes of violence against women.
- A national scan of practice among law enforcement agencies across the United States reveals that they use social media to notify the public of safety concerns, manage public relations, and gather evidence for criminal investigations.
- The Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program has been the starting place for law enforcement executives, students of criminal justice, researchers, members of the media, and the public at large seeking information on crime in the nation.
"We already know that when it comes to incarceration, the United States is truly exceptional.
"Louisiana has been called “the world’s prison capital. The state imprisons more of its people, per head, than any of its U.S. counterparts.