We've added 16 new reports to the research clearinghouse:

• Socio-emotional Impact of Violent Crime by Bureau of Justice Statistics, September, 2014
  "Overall, 68% of victims of serious violence experienced socio-emotional problems as a result of their victimization." See similar reports about:
  Community Impact Crime and Crime Rates
• Risk of Recidivism Facing Offenders upon their Return to Community by Michigan Justice Statistics Center, June, 2013
  "The purpose of this study was to provide an in-depth, dynamic examination of the recidivism experiences of a small sample of 39 male parolees to Lansing, Michigan." See similar reports about:
  Recidivism and Reentry
• Presumption of Guilt: The Global Overuse of Pretrial Detention by Open Society Justice Initiative, September, 2014
  "The present global cohort of 3.3 million pretrial detainees will collectively spend an estimated 660 million days in detention— a terrible waste of human potential that comes at a considerable cost to states, taxpayers, families, and communities." See similar reports about:
  Pretrial Detention International Incarceration Comparisons
• Solitary Confinement - Understanding Restrictive Housing Unit Practices Within the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Prisons by Out4Good, July, 2014
  "First and second line supervisors, mainly GS9 and GS11 lieutenants, have far too much discretion when it comes to placing offenders in the SHU. The general criterion for SHU placement is that an inmate is disrupting the orderly running of the institution." See similar reports about:
  Prisoner Welfare
• Congressional Action Mandated to Reduce Rising Costs of Incarceration by Out4Good, January, 2014
  "It becomes evident that more than $100 billion is being spent annually to accommodate the confinement and correctional supervision of these individuals." See similar reports about:
  Incarceration Rates Growth Causes
• Entombed: Isolation in the US Federal Prison System by Amnesty International, July, 2014
  "This report will detail how conditions in ADX breach international standards for the humane treatment of prisoners." See similar reports about:
  Prisoner Welfare
• A meta-analysis of the prevalence of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in incarcerated populations by Cambridge University, March, 2014
  "Compared with published general population prevalence, there is a fivefold increase in prevalence of ADHD in youth prison populations (30.1%) and a 10-fold increase in adult prison populations (26.2%)." See similar reports about:
  Prisoner Welfare
• Flint DDACTS Pilot Evaluation: Summary of Findings by Michigan Justice Statistics Center, July, 2014
  "Indeed, the target areas experienced a 19 percent reduction in violent crime and a 30 percent reduction in robberies. This compared to 7 and 2 percent reductions, respectively, in the rest of the city." See similar reports about:
  Crime and Crime Rates
• Reforming Marijuana Laws: Which Approach Best Reduces the Harms of Criminalization? A Five-State Analysis by Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice, September, 2014
  "All five states experienced substantial declines in marijuana possession arrests. The four states with available data also showed unexpected drops in marijuana felony arrests." See similar reports about:
  Drug Policy
• Proposition 47: Estimating Local Savings and Jail Population Reductions by Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice, September, 2014
  "Every year, Los Angeles County could save between $99.9 million and $174.8 million, San Diego County between $28.4 million and $49.7 million, and San Joaquin County between $6.8 million and $12.0 million due to the implementation of Proposition 47." See similar reports about:
  Sentencing Policy
• Improving Recidivism as a Performance Measure by Urban Institute, October, 2014
  "Recidivism is not a single measure of success or failure, and states should move away from using one uniform definition. Making recidivism a meaningful performance measure demands that states employ a wide range of reoffending metrics." See similar reports about:
  Recidivism and Reentry
• For-Profit Family Detention: Meet the Private Prison Corporations Making Millions by Locking Up Refugee Families by Grassroots Leadership; Justice Strategies, October, 2014
  "This report will scrutinize GEO's dismal track record with operation of facilities holding immigrants, as well as its dreadful past history of failing to provide vulnerable children and youths with a safe and humane custodial environment." See similar reports about:
  Immigration Detainees
• Mortality in Local Jails and State Prisons, 2000-2012 - Statistical Tables by Bureau of Justice Statistics, October, 2014
  "In 2012, 4,309 inmates died while in the custody of local jails or state prisons— an increase of 2% (67 deaths) from 2011. The number of deaths in local jails increased, from 889 in 2011 to 958 in 2012, which marked the first increase since 2009." See similar reports about:
  Prisoner Welfare Jails
• Black, Brown and Targeted: A report on Boston Police Department Street Encounters from 2007-2010 by ACLU of Massachusetts, October, 2014
  (Most alarmingly, the analysis found that Blacks were subjected to 63% of these encounters, even though they made up just 24% of Boston's population. The analysis also showed that crime does not explain this racial disparity.) See similar reports about:
  Police and Policing Practices
• Florida's Aging Prisoner Problem by Florida Tax Watch, September, 2014
  "Between 2000 and 2014, the elderly prison population grew from 5,605 to 21,002, at an average increase of 9.9 percent per year, a rate more than three times higher than the general prison population." See similar reports about:
  Incarceration Rates Growth Causes Sentencing Policy
• An Overview of Public Opinion and Discourse on Criminal Justice Issues by The Opportunity Agenda, August, 2014
  (Since the 1990s, people are backing away from harsh enforcement and sentencing policies, such as mandatory sentencing, and appear more interested in allocating tax dollars toward rehabilitation, treatment, and support efforts.) See similar reports about:
  Public Opinion