USSC – Retroactivity Impact Analysis of Parts A and B of the 2023 Criminal History Amendmeny

May 15, 2023 | Publication

Description:On April 27, 2023, the United States Sentencing Commission submitted to Congress anamendment to the federal sentencing guidelines revising two criminal history provisions found in Chapter Four of the Guidelines Manual. Specifically, Part A of the amendment...

BJS – Arrest History of Persons Admitted to State Prison in 2009 and 2014

May 2, 2023 | Publication

Description:For the first time, BJS used prison records from the National Corrections Reporting Program and criminal history data to analyze various characteristics and the arrest history of persons admitted to state prison in the United States. The report presents...

Editors-In-Chief of Criminology & Public Policy Call for Papers

May 2, 2023 | News

Cynthia Lum and Christopher S. Koper, Editors-In-Chief of Criminology & Public Policy, the flagship policy journal of the American Society of Criminology, are proud to announce the call for papers for the last two issues of their term: “Cutting Edge Research...

COPS – Community Policing Through Sport: An Outside Approach for Effective Community Engagement – The Dream Courts Project

May 2, 2023 | Publication

This paper explores lessons learned through the experience, as well as outside research, to establish best practices for how such initiatives may be able to enhance existing community policing concepts. The findings indicate that elements of the Kids & Cops Dream...

Public comments requested on the reinstatement, with change, of BJS data collection: 2023 National Census of Victim Service Providers (NCVSP)

May 1, 2023 | News

Publication Series: Recidivism of Prisoners Released   Description: This report presents findings on recidivism of females from BJS’s study on persons released from state prison across 34 states in 2012. It compares females and males by their commitment offenses,...