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Criminal justice system

  • Proceedings of the Large Jail Network Meeting, January 2000

    This meeting focused primarily on topics related to the role of the jail in the local criminal justice system.
  • Project Guide: Tribal Justice System Assessment

    "[D]irection to tribal jurisdictions interested in conducting a justice system assessment for the purposes of addressing systemic issues raised in
  • Environmental Scan 2011

    “Beginning in the late 1990’s, the National Institute of Corrections (NIC) Information Center began scanning social, economic and corrections issue
  • Intelligent Justice: Balancing the Effects of Community Sentences and Custody

    “This paper revisits the much argued question about the relative merits of prison and community sentences.
  • Environmental Scan 2013

    “Beginning in the late 1990’s, the National Institute of Corrections (NIC) Information Center began scanning social, economic and corrections issue
  • The Growth of Incarceration in the United States: Exploring Causes and Consequences

    "After decades of stability from the 1920s to the early 1970s, the rate of imprisonment in the United States more than quadrupled during the last f
  • Environmental Scan 2014

    “Beginning in the late 1990’s, the National Institute of Corrections (NIC) Information Center began scanning social, economic and corrections issue
  • Special Feature: Justice in Indian Country: Corrections

    This webpage provides a wealth of links to resources related to Native Americans and corrections.
  • World Prison Population List|Eleventh Edition

    "This eleventh edition of the World Prison Population List gives details of the number of prisoners held in 223 prison systems in independent count
  • Environmental Scan 2015

    “Beginning in the late 1990’s, the National Institute of Corrections (NIC) Information Center began scanning social, economic, and corrections issu
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