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Using Early Release to Relieve Prison Crowding - A Dilemma in Public Policy, Report

Date Published

March 2026

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Program/Project Evaluation

What Is the Role of Changing Demographics?

Date Published

1985

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Selective Incapacitation and the Problem of Prediction

Journal

Criminology

Date Published

1999

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Psychopathy and Detection of Deception in a Prison Population, Report

Date Published

1975

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

PSYCHOPATHY AND DETECTION OF DECEPTION IN A PRISON POPULATION

Journal

Psychophysiology

Date Published

1978

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

MANDATORY PRISON SENTENCES - THEIR PROJECTED EFFECTS ON CRIME AND PRISON POPULATIONS

Date Published

1977

Publication Type

Legislation/Policy Analysis

Day Reporting Centers, Volume I

Date Published

1995

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

American Prisons and Jails, Volume 4 - Supplemental Report - Case Studies of New Legislation Governing Sentencing and Release

Date Published

1980

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Legislation/Policy Analysis, Case Study

Impacts of Enhanced Penalties for Crimes With Deadly Weapons

Date Published

1992

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Legislation/Policy Analysis

Impacts of Sentencing Reforms on Prisons and Crime Rates

Date Published

1990

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Legislation/Policy Analysis

Avoiding Overcrowding Through Policy Analysis - The Nevada Experience

Date Published

1986

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

North Carolina's Determinate Sentencing Legislation: An Evaluation of the First Year's Experience, Executive Summary, Discussion Draft

Date Published

1984

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Program/Project Evaluation

Classification, Prediction, and Criminal Justice Policy

Date Published

1990

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Classification, Prediction, and Criminal Justice Policy

Date Published

1990

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Prisons Report Series: Preliminary Data Release, 2023

Date Published

December 2024

Agencies

BJS

Publication Type

Publication, Statistics

Federal Prisoner Statistics Collected Under the First Step Act, 2024

Date Published

December 2024

Agencies

BJS

Publication Type

Publication, Statistics

The Justice Reinvestment Initiative in Iowa: Aligning Public Safety and Supervision Practices

Date Published

October 2024

Agencies

BJA-Sponsored

The Justice Reinvestment Initiative in Iowa: Aligning Public Safety and Supervision Practices

NCJ Number

309851

Date Published

October 2024

Agencies

BJA-Sponsored

Publication Link

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MANDATORY PRISON SENTENCES - THEIR PROJECTED EFFECTS ON CRIME AND PRISON POPULATIONS

Journal

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

Date Published

1978

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Legislation/Policy Analysis

Federal Prisoner Statistics Collected Under the First Step Act, 2024

NCJ Number

309537

Date Published

December 2024

Agencies

BJS

Publication Link

Full Report (PDF 845K) | Data Tables (ZIP 86K)

Prisons Report Series: Preliminary Data Release, 2023

NCJ Number

309396

Date Published

December 2024

Agencies

BJS

Publication Link

HTML

Incarceration and Desistance: Evidence from a Natural Policy Experiment

Date Published

2022

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Nebraska's Criminal Justice System: Urgent Challenges & Proposed Policy Solutions

Date Published

February 2023

Agencies

BJA-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Louisiana Justice Reinvestment: Improving Public Safety, Reinvesting in Evidence-Based Practices

Date Published

April 2023

Agencies

BJA-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Justice Reinvestment Initiative: Prioritizing Prison Resources Where They Matter Most

Date Published

May 2023

Agencies

BJA-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)