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Urban Institute, Community Collaboratives Addressing Youth Gangs: Interim Findings from the Gang Reduction Program (05/2008): Urban Institute's evaluation of the Gang Reduction Program in four US cities.
Crime & Justice Institute, Promoting Public Safety Through Successful Community Transition (05/2008): Provides a thorough examination of potential reforms that could reduce recidivism, and thus the costs of the Massachusetts correctional system.
Urban Institute, Reincarcerated: The Experiences of Men Returning to Massachusetts Prisons (04/2008): This study, including personal interviews, of reincarceration highlights the challenges facing former prisinors, including substance abuse, housing, employment, and proper supervision.
Justice Policy Institute, Gang Wars: The Failure of Enforcement Tactics and the Need for Effective Public Safety Strategies (07/2007): Report seeks to dispel the numerous myths about gangs and crime, and calls into question heavy-handed gang enforcement efforts.
The Boston Foundation and the Crime and Justice Institute, CORI: Opening Doors of Opportunity, (05/07): Report of Task Force on CORI Employer Guidelines recommends changes in the way the Criminal Offender Record Information (CORI) is used, in order to remove unnecessary barriers to employment for men and women with criminal histories. At the same time, the report calls for retaining the system’s ability to maintain the safety of the workplace.
Neighborhood/City of Boston
The Boston Police Department releases the city’s latest crime statistics.
Metro Boston/Massachusetts/New England
Crime & Justice Institute, Promoting Public Safety Through Successful Community Transition (05/2008): Provides a thorough examination of potential reforms that could reduce recidivism, and thus the costs of the Massachusetts correctional system.
Urban Institute, Reincarcerated: The Experiences of Men Returning to Massachusetts Prisons (04/2008): This study, including personal interviews, of reincarceration highlights the challenges facing former prisinors, including substance abuse, housing, employment, and proper supervision.
The Boston Foundation and the Crime and Justice Institute,CORI: Opening Doors of Opportunity, (05/2007): Report of Task Force on CORI Employer Guidelines recommends changes in the way the Criminal Offender Record Information (CORI) is used, in order to remove unnecessary barriers to employment for men and women with criminal histories. At the same time, the report calls for retaining the system’s ability to maintain the safety of the workplace.
The Boston Foundation and the Crime and Justice Institute, CORI: Balancing Individual Rights and Public Access (5/2005): the challenges and opportunities for reform of the Criminal Offender Record Information System, Massachusetts’ computerized database of individuals arraigned on a criminal charge.PowerPoint presentation.
Massachusetts Executive Office of Public Safety, Massachusetts Juvenile Justice Data and Information (12/2004): juvenile population; child well-being, including health, economic conditions, education, and neglect; illegal activity through substance abuse, gang involvement and dating violence; and responses through the justice system, DYS, and alternative programs.
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts’ Governor’s Commission on Correction Reform, Strengthening Public Safety, Increasing Accountability, and Instituting Fiscal Responsibility in the Department of Correction (6/2004): a blueprint for reform of the corrections system - 97% of inmates statewide are released back into society, inadequately prepared for successful reentry. Press Release.
The Northeastern University Institute on Race and Justice, Massachusetts Racial and Gender Profiling Final Report (5/2004): analyzes disparities in 249 of the 366 state law enforcement agencies studied, including names of communities where specific disparities exist.
Northeastern University School of Law for the Stanley Jones Clean Slate Project, Accessibility of Housing and Barriers to Re-entry for Ex-Offenders in Massachusetts (4/04): an in-depth review of legal, policy, and field-based research, including Massachusetts and national statistics and a resource list for ex-offenders. Other Stanley Jones reports on CORI and ex-offenders.
National
Urban Institute, Community Collaboratives Addressing Youth Gangs: Interim Findings from the Gang Reduction Program (05/2008): Urban Institute's evaluation of the Gang Reduction Program in four US cities.
Justice Policy Institute, Gang Wars: The Failure of Enforcement Tactics and the Need for Effective Public Safety Strategies (07/2007): Report seeks to dispel the numerous myths about gangs and crime, and calls into question heavy-handed gang enforcement efforts.
Police Executive Research Forum, A Gathering Storm--Violent Crime in America (10/2006) (pdf): Reports on the upswing in violent crimes reported by many American cities (including Boston), highlighting the prevalence of guns and a willingness to use them.
Student Reports of Bullying:Results from the2001 School Crime Supplement to the National Crime Victimization Survey, National Center for Education Statistics (7/2005): reports on the prevalence and nature of bullying as reported by students ages 12 through 18, with student characteristics, school characteristics, and victimization.
Fight Crime: Invest in Kids, Caught in the Crossfire: Arresting Gang Violence by Investing in Kids (6/2004): case studies of youth intervention including the “Boston Miracle” in which youth homicides dropped by 2/3 with supervision, support and services for gang members.
Sentencing Project, State Rates of Incarceration by Race (2004): in 2001, blacks were incarcerated at a rate seven times that of whites in Massachusetts.
For past Public Safety research, visit the 2004 Boston Indicators Report.