This free Brown bag webinar will feature presentations from the Maine and New Jersey SACs on their Yearwood Award-winning Dashboards. In FY21, the Maine Statistical Analysis Center (SAC) used SJS funds to produce Maine’s first report on prosecutorial data trends, covering a five-year period. Building on that foundation, the SAC used FY23 funds to transform […]
Postponed This free webinar features Sarah Fineran, Research Director at the Iowa Department of Corrections, as she describes the tool she and colleagues developed and implemented in Iowa to help corrections officials reduce prison violence. The Prison Alert Dashboard helps officials proactively intervene with problematic behavior using a predictive violence model. Sarah will share the […]
In Vermont, research by the Crime Research Group, Inc. (CRG) revealed that in five jurisdictions, just 20 individuals accounted for 6–11% of all police calls for service—most of which were non-criminal in nature. These findings highlighted the need for a new approach to support individuals with complex challenges and reduce unnecessary involvement with the justice […]