Over the last 20 years in Australia the attitude of Government to policy evaluation has changed dramatically. Ministers (and Treasury officials) are

1980s, Federal regulatory agencies have been required to conduct benefit-cost analyses on major regulatory initiatives. Despite their widespread use, cost-effectiveness and benefitcost analyses have not been staples of the criminal justice policy analyst’s tool kit. This is rapidly changing in response

For over 30 years, criminal justice policy has been dominated by a “get tough” approach to offenders. Increasing punitive measures have failed to reduce criminal recidivism and instead have led to a rapidly growing correctional system that has strained government budgets. The inability of reliance

The early 1990s saw a flurry of activity in criminal justice legislation on both the state and federal levels. By January of 1993, pollsters found that crime had overtaken eco-nomic issues as the country’smost important problem.During this time, four criminal justice policy innovations became

Using a social capital theory to evaluate probation-managed drug policy

“At last, an accessible compendium that brings the hidden world of collateral consequences into open view, written by one of the nation’s foremost experts on the topic. One can only hope that lawyers, policy analysts, justice reformers and the general public, armed with this information

Office to enhance its National Integrated Ballistics Information Network (NIBIN) submissions and to law enforcement agencies to conduct special operations. Money was also set aside to provide training relevant to law enforcement and other criminal justice agencies. Training topics include the role of law

of legislation and commissions that addressed or influenced information systems development in criminal justice from the mid-1800s until the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994. Reviews are then presented of the current state of policing information systems in the following areas: records

at the interface of the mental health and criminal justice systems. They also make an important empirical contribution in their own right, offering fresh data analyses to quantify the role of youthful antisocial conduct in later criminal justice contacts, and the net association of mental illness and substance

the prospect of constructing new prisons—a big-ticket item in any state budget. In response, the 2005 Washington Legislature directed the Washington State Institute for Public Policy to assess whether there are “evidence-based ” options that can reduce the future need for prison beds, save taxpayers ’ money