We've added 21 new reports to the research clearinghouse:

• The Status of Black Women in the United States by Institute for Women's Policy Research, June, 2017
  "The intention behind this report is to make visible the experiences of Black women in our economy and our democracy." See similar reports about:
  Women General
• The Prison Paradox: More Incarceration Will Not Make Us Safer by Vera Institute of Justice, July, 2017
  "The impact of incarceration on crime is limited and has been diminishing for several years. Increased incarceration has no effect on violent crime and may actually lead to higher crime rates when incarceration is concentrated in certain communities." See similar reports about:
  Crime and Crime Rates General Incarceration Rates Growth Causes
• Measuring Public Safety: Responsibly Interpreting Statistics on Violent Crime by Vera Institute of Justice, July, 2017
  "With a few exceptions that require targeted attention, violent crime rates are lower today than they have been at any point over the past four decades." See similar reports about:
  Crime and Crime Rates Data Collection Public Opinion
• An Overview of Mandatory Minimum Penalties in the Federal Criminal Justice by United States Sentencing Commission, July, 2017
  "More than half (55.7%) of federal inmates in custody as of September 30, 2016 were convicted of an offense carrying a mandatory minimum penalty." See similar reports about:
  Sentencing Policy
• Freedom To Thrive: Reimagining safety & security in our communities by The Center for Popular Democracy, Law for Black Lives, and the Black Youth Project 100, June, 2017
  "This report examines racial disparities, policing landscapes, and budgets in twelve jurisdictions across the country, comparing the city and county spending priorities with those of community organizations and their members." See similar reports about:
  Community Impact Police and Policing Practices Prison and The Economy
• Assessing the Impact of Georgia's Sentencing Reforms by Urban Institute, July, 2017
  (This brief examines the impact of H.B. 1176 on commitments to prison, sentence lengths, and time served in the state of Georgia.) See similar reports about:
  Sentencing Policy Incarceration Rates Growth Causes
• Mentoring as a Component of Reentry by The National Reentry Resource Center, July, 2017
  (This publication provides recommendations for community-based organizations that wish to integrate adult mentoring into existing reentry programming.) See similar reports about:
  Recidivism and Reentry
• Summary of School Safety Statistics by National Institute of Justice, July, 2017
  "On the national level, crime at K-12 schools in the U.S., including violent crime, decreased from 1992 to 2013. Though violent crime against students increased from 2010 to 2013, the violent crime rate in 2013 was still lower than in 1992." See similar reports about:
  Juveniles Crime and Crime Rates Education
• Impact of opioid substitution therapy on mortality postrelease from prison: retrospective data linkage study by National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, February, 2014
  "In New South Wales, Australia, opioid substitution therapy in prison and post-release appears to reduce mortality risk in the immediate post-release period." See similar reports about:
  Drug Policy Community Impact
• Testing The Impact of Criminal Jury Instructions on Verdicts: A Conceptual Replication by Columbia Law Review, March, 2017
  "Mock jurors who were instructed "not to search for doubt" but instead "to search for the truth" convicted at a significantly higher rate than mock jurors who were properly instructed on reasonable doubt." See similar reports about:
  Trials
• Juvenile Life Without Parole: An Overview by The Sentencing Project, August, 2017
  "The United States stands alone as the only nation that sentences people to life without parole for crimes committed before turning 18. This briefing paper reviews the Supreme Court precedents that limited the use of JLWOP and the challenges that remain." See similar reports about:
  Juveniles Sentencing Policy
• Just Kids: When Misbehaving Is a Crime by Vera Institute of Justice, August, 2017
  "As policymakers and practitioners across the country look to reduce mass incarceration, status offenses demand attention as early and improper points of entry into the juvenile justice system, and potentially the criminal justice system more broadly." See similar reports about:
  Juveniles
• Assessing the use of Law Enforcement by Youth Residential Service Providers by Disability Rights Maine, August, 2017
  "Residential staff frequently call law enforcement for behaviors that are manifestations of the youths' disabilities and the reasons the youth are in treatment." See similar reports about:
  Juveniles
• Community-Based Responses to Justice-Involved Young Adults by Harvard Kennedy School & National Institute of Justice, 2015
  (This report outlines a number of thoughtful recommendations aimed at making our justice system more developmentally appropriate in its response to young adults.) See similar reports about:
  Juveniles
• It Matters If You're Black or White: Racial Disparities in the Handling of Complaints against North Charleston Police Officers by NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc., July, 2017
  "Although 60 percent of the citizen complaints against NCPD officers were filed by Black residents, their complaints were much less likely to be sustained by NCPD than complaints filed by White residents." See similar reports about:
  Civil Rights Police and Policing Practices
• Who Does Civil Asset Forfeiture Target Most?: A Review of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department's Forfeiture Activities for Fiscal Year 2016 by Nevada Policy Research Institute, August, 2017
  "Forfeitures disproportionately target neighborhoods with relatively high levels of minorities and low-income residents." See similar reports about:
  Police and Policing Practices Community Impact
• Incarceration Rates and Traits of Sexual Minorities in the United States: National Inmate Survey, 2011-2012 by The Williams Institute, February, 2017
  "The incarceration rate of self-identified lesbian, gay, or bisexual persons was 1882 per 100 000, more than 3 times that of the US adult population." See similar reports about:
  Incarceration Rates Growth Causes
• Less Is More: How Reducing Probation Populations Can Improve Outcomes by Harvard Kennedy School, August, 2017
  (The decline in the number of people on probation supervision in the U.S. should not only be sustained but significantly increased, with a goal of reducing the number of people under probation supervision by 50 percent over 10 years.) See similar reports about:
  Community Impact Incarceration Rates Growth Causes Recidivism and Reentry
• The Effects of Mass Incarceration on Conditions of Confinement in Michigan's Prisons by Michigan Bar Journal, September, 2017
  "The explosion of Michigan's prison population from 1975 through 2006 led to conditions of confinement that were often detrimental to prisoners' rehabilitation." See similar reports about:
  Incarceration Rates Growth Causes Prisoner Welfare
• Prisoners in Ohio's Execution List Defined By Intellectual Impairment, Mental Illness, Trauma, and Young Age by Fair Punishment Project, August, 2017
  "Ohio is poised to violate constitutional limitations by scheduling the executions of nearly a dozen individuals with devastating impairments, including mental illnesses, childhood abuse, and intellectual disabilities." See similar reports about:
  Death Penalty Civil Rights Juveniles Mental Health Sentencing Policy
• California Probation in the Era of Reform by Public Policy Institute of California, August, 2017
  (California's public safety realignment shifted the management of lower-level offenders from state prison and parole to county jail and probation. This report discusses how these changes affected local corrections systems.) See similar reports about:
  Incarceration Rates Growth Causes Jails Recidivism and Reentry Sentencing Policy