Organizational development

Authors:Katharine H. Bradley and R.B. Michel Oliver
2001

The role that parole plays in criminal justice is hotly debated. Some states have dismantled their Parole Boards, while others have undertaken the painstaking work of revamping the system, replete with new parole revocation guidelines. This policy brief examines the current state statute and release criteria governing the Massachusetts Parole Board's decision-making process, plus parole trends over the last decade, Board membership, the impasse created by parole criteria and classification practices, and the role of parole in maintaining public safety.

Authors:Ginger Martin and Cheryl Roberts
2004

With the tremendous growth in incarceration in Massachusetts, inmates are returning to communities in record numbers. More than 20,000 prison and jail inmates are released to Massachusetts’ towns and cities each year. Policymakers have become increasingly concerned with how the corrections system should manage the reentry process to best protect the public and how communities can absorb and reintegrate returning prisoners. The entire reentry process must be strengthened. This report provides a roadmap for prisoner reentry in Massachusetts, drawing from the national research literature of evidence-based practices and interviews with experts, officials, practitioners, and community-based service providers. It addresses areas of policy that have a significant effect on reentry, from sentencing through post-release follow-up, with particular focus on the roles of the state prison system, houses of corrections, and parole.

Authors: Meghan Howe, Elyse Clawson
2007

The February, 2007 edition of Corrections Today features an article co-authored by Meghan Howe, Elyse Clawson and John Larivee. The article, entitled "The 21st Century Juvenile Justice Workforce" is part of the publication's cover series, "The 21st Century Workforce." Corrections Today is the official publication of the American Correctional Association. Meghan Howe is a Senior Project Manager for the Crime and Justice Institute. Elyse Clawson is the Institute's Executive Director and John Larivee is Community Resources for Justice's Chief Executive Officer.

Authors: Lore Joplin, Elyse Clawson with Tonya Ruscoe, Pam Curtis, Robert Cushman, and Mike Jones
2008

CJI has been working with Multnomah County, Oregon to develop a public safety plan designed to assist decision makers in building and maintaining the most balanced, effective, and cohesive public safety system possible within available resources. The resulting “Multnomah County Public Safety System Planning Report” is the result of a six-month study that brought together judges, police officers, prosecutors, parole officers, victims advocates, treatment providers and other public safety experts to identify gaps in the system and to prioritize investments that are most likely to reduce crime.