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... of what they endured. © The Ohio State University sentencing participatory justice restorative justice post-traumatic stress Vera Institute of Justice A New Approach to Victim Services: The Common Justice Demonstration Project Danielle Sered Director, Common Justice, Vera Institute...

... for Justice, as well as several others, have shown that imposing criminal justice debt can interfere with reentry and rehabilitation. In response to this identified problem, the Vera Institute of Justice is exploring a potential demonstration project that would help jurisdictions generate revenue and hold...

...Jerome E. McElroy Abstract Concern over the injustice of the money bail system led the founders of the Vera Institute of Justice to design and implement the Manhattan Bail Project in 1961. The Project demonstrated that people with strong ties to the community could be safely released from custody...

... partnerships to expand the research capacity of the Commission to use these data. The application of evidence-based practices—of harnessing the power of data to develop policy and support decision making—will be demonstrated through a discussion of four Commission projects: construction and validation...

... throughout on evaluation and testing to ensure that responses actually address problems as intended. This model remains the core of Vera s work today in demonstration projects designed to test direct-service innovations, in technical assistance that provides counsel to government officials, in research...

... as a demonstration project for the nation. The Vera Institute and NDS used several methods to evaluate the program over its five-year demonstration period. Customer satisfaction was measured in periodic surveys of former clients, and professional skill was assessed through interviews with judges and other lawyers...

... on his own recognizance (ROR or pretrial parole) pending trial. III. A demonstration project is set up It was anticipated that such a simple but radical change in generally accepted procedures would meet opposition from those accustomed to the old ways or fearful of the Federal Sentencing Reporter, Vol...

... demonstration projects, including a ReSTART demonstration, to evaluate new federal sentencing and corrections strategies.4 The other projects were developed to test designs to better and more strategically align a somewhat fragmented federal reentry system. The goal of those projects was to make the prison...

... offender demonstration projects. The program s requirements exemplify the SCA s general approach to reentry. Grant recipients (state, local, or tribal agencies) must develop a reentry strategic plan containing measurable performance outcomes, one of which must be a 50 percent reduction in recidivism rates...

... in home con nement shall be subject to monitoring and be Section 208. Promoting Successful Reentry This section requires the Attorney General to submit a report evaluating best practices for reentry, and to carry out reentry demonstration projects in judicial districts in consultation...

... demonstration project. La Bodega operated as part of an independent nonprofit organization, Family Justice Inc., from 2001 through 2009. 6 Margaret diZerega & Jules Verdone, Setting an Agenda for Family-Focused Justice Reform 5 (Vera Institute of Justice, 2011). 7 Carol Liu, Fact Sheet: Senator Liu, Family...

... Circuit s Kenna cases was represented by the Crime Victim Legal Assistance Project with amicus support from the National Crime Victim Law Institute. The Crime Victim Legal Assistance Project is one of several clinics in the Crime Victim Law Institute s State/Federal Clinics and Demonstration Project. See...

... demonstration projects at the state, local, and tribal levels. This report by the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) and the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) ful lls the legislative mandate speci ed in Title V, the Second Chance Reauthorization Act of 2018, Part NN...

... for reentering citizens as quickly as possible can improve health outcomes and, in turn, reduce recidivism, enhance public safety, and cut the costs of incarceration. Recommendation The Department of Health and Human Services should issue guidance on demonstration projects under Section 1115 of the Social...

... JUNE 2017 259 commutee be a non-violent, low-level offender, without a signi cant criminal history, without any signi cant ties to any large-scale criminal organizations such as gangs, without any history of violence either before or during incarceration, and having demonstrated good conduct in prison...

... be available to inmates sentenced to a term of not more than seven years, Congress enacted the Family Unity Demonstration Project, with the stated purpose to evaluate the effectiveness of community correctional facilities in encouraging family unity and reducing recidivism. The Act was intended to house...

...Marc Mauer; The Sentencing Project © The Ohio State University Testimony of Marc Mauer before the House Judiciary Committee Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism and Homeland Security Thank you for the invitation to testify before the Subcommittee today on the issue of mandatory sentencing. I am...

...Glinda S. Cooper; Vanessa Meterko; Prahelika Gadtaula © The Ohio State University Innocents Who Plead Guilty: An Analysis of Patterns in DNA Exoneration Cases GLINDA S. COOPER* Innocence Project VANESSA METERKO Innocence Project PRAHELIKA GADTAULA Innocence Project I. Introduction Since 1989...

... Kendra McSweeney, Mat Coleman, and Douglas Berman (and others assisting with this project) have made a remarkable contribution to what we know about a distinct group of federal drug offenders, known as boat defendants , and how the federal justice system responds to their criminal activities. They have...

... into effect in 1980. The collateral sanctions project set us out on an ocean whose boundaries were unknown to us and whose waters were populated almost exclusively by loose fish. That brief excursion into the issues involved in making it possible for offenders to do their time and move on to building...