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Evaluation of the California Parole Violation Decision-Making Instrument (PVDMI) Susan Turner (University of California, Irvine), Helen Braithwaite(University of California, Irvine), Lauren Kearney (University of California, Irvine), Amy Murphy (George Mason University), and Darin Haerle (University of California, Irvine) As part of correctional reform in California, the Division of Parole Operations implemented a structured decision-making tool for responding to violation of parole known as the Parole Violation Decision-Making Instrument (PVDMI). The tool considers both parolee risk, as measured by a validated risk assessment tool, and the severity of the parole violation in recommending an appropriate response. This paper presents findings from a pilot study in four parole units across the state. Findings suggest that the tool did not increase consistency in parole agent responses nor reduce the percent of parolees who were returned to prison as a result of a violation. In addition, recidivism rates for parolees whose violations were handled with the PVDMI did not differ from those parolees handled under routine parole revocation practices. A discussion of implementation issues highlights factors affecting full adherence to the structured sanctions model. |
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Assessing the earned discharge pilot project: The Importance of Context, Capacity, and Content Sarah M. Smith, Marisa K. Omori, Susan F. Turner, Ph.D., (University of California, Irvine) and Jesse Jannetta, MPP, (Urban Institute). |
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Assessing the earned discharge pilot project The importance of context, capacity, and content (forthcoming) Sarah M. Smith, Marisa K. Omori, Susan F. Turner, Ph.D., (University of California, Irvine) and Jesse Jannetta, M.P.P. (Urban Institute) |
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UCI Professor Susan Turner studies crime and punishment to help State policymakers develop prison and parole programs based on effectiveness not emotion or politics.Bulletins
Parolees with Mental Disorder: Toward Evidence-Based Practice
April 2011
Jennifer Eno Louden, Ph.D., The University of Texas at El Paso, and Jennifer L. Skeem, Ph.D., University of California, Irvine
August 2009
Elizabeth Shulman, Asha Goldweber, & Elizabeth Cauffman, University of California, Irvine
Violence in California Correctional Facilities: An Empirical Examination of Sexual Assault
April 2007
Valerie Jenness, Ph.D., Cheryl Maxson, Ph.D., Kristy N. Matsuda, M.A., & Jennifer Macy Sumner, M.A.
The Scope of Correctional Control in California.
September, 2006
Jeffrey Lin, Ph.D. and Jesse Jannetta, M.P.P.
April 2006
Jennifer Macy Sumner, M.A. and Kristy M. Matsuda, M.A.
September, 2005
Ryan Fischer, Ph.D.
Journal Articles
The Effect of Therapeutic Community on Time to First Re-Arrest: A Survival Analysis
Eric L. Jensen and Stephanie L. Kane, University of Idaho, Moscow
Journal of Offender Rehabilitation, 49:200-209, 2010
Where the Margins Meet: A Demographic Assessment of Transgender Inmates in Men's Prisons
Lori Sexton, Val Jenness, and Jennifer Sumner, University of California, Irvine
Justice Quarterly, November 30, 2009
Pages 1-32
From Policy to Prisoners to People: A 'Soft-Mixed Methods' Approach to Studying Transgender Prisoners
Valerie Jenness, Ph.D., Univeristy of California, Irvine
Journal of Contemporary Ethnography
In press
Accomplishing the Difficult, But Not Impossible: Collecting Self-Report Data on Inmate-on-Inmate Sexual Assault in Prison
Valerie Jenness, Cheryl L. Maxson, Jennifer Macy Sumner, and Kristy N. Matsuda, University of California, Irvine
Criminal Justice Policy Review, 21(1)
In press
Drawing on official data and original interview data on 315 transgender inmates in California prisons for men, this research provides the first empirical portrayal of a prison population in California that is unique by virtue of being both transgender and incarcerated. Situated at the nexus of intersecting marginalities, transgender inmates in California prisons are diverse with regard to their gender presentation, gender identity, sexual orientation, and sexual attractions. In addition, both incarcerated and non-incarcerated transgender populations fare far worse on standard demographic and health measures than their non-transgender counterparts in the U.S. population, the California population, the U.S. prison population, and the California prison population. With the possible exceptions of partnership status and educational attainment, these factors combine to reveal that transgender inmates are marginalized in heretofore undocumented ways. At a time in which evidence-based corrections is increasingly embraced by corrections officials in the U.S., this article provides the first systematic profile of transgender prisoners as a heretofore "forgotten group" of prisoners (Tewksbury & Potter, 2005).
Parole Violations and Revocations in California: Analysis and Suggestions for Action
June 2009
Ryken Grattet, Ph.D., UC Davis, Joan Petersilia, Ph.D., UC Irvine, Jeffrey Lin, Ph.D., University of Denver, and Marlene Beckman, J.D., National Institute of Justice. (Please visit www.uscourts.gov/library/fpcontents.html for the complete issue.)
- In June 2007, a panel of national experts advising the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) released their report "A Roadmap for Effective Offender Programming in California" that provided 11 key recommendations for improving the state's rehabilitation model, as well as strategies to significantly reduce recidivism and overcrowding. The Center for Evidence-Based Corrections provided analytic support to the expert panel report in areas related to program participation and practices and mapping parolee returns in the state. The two articles below derive from this work:
- Parolees’ physical closeness to health service providers: A study of California parolees.
- Hipp, J. R., Jannetta, J., Shah, R., & Turner, S. (2009).
- Health & Place, 15, 649–658.
- This article was produced by researchers with the Center for Evidence-Based Corrections using data provided by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR). Researchers analyzed data from a sample of 57,107 parolees released from California prisons in either 2005 or 2006, examining the relative physical closeness to government and non-profit providers of general health services, mental health services, and substance use services to parolees based onparolees’ demographic (gender, race/ethnicity, and age) and prior offending characteristics (prior violent and property offenses and days served in a CDCR institution). The primary outcome measure was the number of organizations offering a health services within two miles of the parolees’ homes. Researchers examined demand for providers and found that providers that were geographically close to African–American and Latino parolees have large potential demand, as do providers geographically close to long-term prisoners and sex offenders. These results could pointto inequity in access to services for minority parolees and parolees with greater needs. The results also point to possible differences in access based on rural, suburban, or urban location.
- Parolees’ physical closeness to social services: A study of California parolees.
- Hipp, J. R., Jannetta, J., Shah, R.,& Turner, S. (2009).
- Crime & Delinquency.
- This article was produced by researchers with the Center for Evidence-Based Corrections using data provided by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR). Researchers analyzed data from a sample of parolees released from California prisons in either2005 or 2006, examining the relative physical closeness to providers of social services, self-sufficiency services (financial, transportation,employment, education, etc.), family and housing services, and community and networking services. The study focused on “potential demand” for these services, measured as the number of parolees within two miles of a provider. Researchers found that service providers geographically close to parolees who are racial and ethnic minorities have greater potential demand and that parolees who are sex offenders, have spent more time in correctional institutions, or have been convicted of more serious or violent crimes live near fewer social services, or the providers near them appear impacted by potential demand.
- Influencing public policy: an embedded criminologist reflects on California prison reform
- Joan Petersilia, Ph.D.
- Journal of Experimental Criminology
- Volume 4, Number 4/December, 2008
- Pages 335-356
- Abstract: Criminologists bemoan their lack of influence on U.S. crime policy, believing that the justice system would be improved if their research findings were more central in decision making. I had an opportunity to test that notion as I participated in California’s historic attempt to reform its prisons over the past 4 years. I became an embedded criminologist, where I was able to observe and contribute to the inner workings of state government. This article reports on my accomplishments with respect to fostering research activities and shifting the department’s focus towards prisoner reintegration. It discusses some of the lessons I learned, including the personal toll that such work entails, the importance of the timing of policy initiatives, and the power of rigorous methodology and clear communication. I conclude by recommending that other policy-oriented criminologists seek out similar experiences, as I believe our academic skills are uniquely suited and ultimately necessary to create a justice system that does less harm.
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Expert Panel Study of the Inmate Classification Score System The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) commissioned researchers from the University of California to evaluate the department's Inmate Classification Score System (ICSS). The heart of the issue is whether CDCR's current ICSS accurately assesses an inmate's threat to institutional safety and accurately places him in the appropriate security and housing level. |
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Implementation and Outcomes for California's GPS pilot for High Risk Sex Offender Parolees November 2010 |
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Parole Violation Decision-Making Instrument Process Evaluation (Revised February 2010) December 2009 |
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Development of the California Static Risk Assessment Instrument (CSRA) November 2009 |
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