Maine Justice Policy Center: Adult Research

Adult Research

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Crime and Justice Trends	Size	Date	Partner Organization
Probation in Maine: Setting the Baseline	220 KB	2009	National Institute of Corrections
Maine Crime & Justice Data Book 2008	5.7 MB	2009	Bureau of Justice Statistics
Targeted Interventions Could Ease Maine's Prison and Jail Populations	90 KB	2008	Bureau of Justice Statistics
Property and Violent Crimes Increase in 2006, But 30-Year Trend is Downward	92 KB	2008	Bureau of Justice Statistics
Maine Crime and Justice Brief: Index Crimes	215 KB	2006	Bureau of Justice Statistics
Maine Crime and Justice Brief: Arrests in Maine	150 KB	2006	Bureau of Justice Statistics
Maine Crime and Justice Brief: Corrections in Maine	162 KB	2006	Bureau of Justice Statistics
Crime Victimization	Size	Date	Partner Organization
Property and Violent Crimes Increase in 2006, But 30-Year Trend is Downward	92 KB	2008	Bureau of Justice Statistics
2007 Maine Crime Victimization Report: Informing Public Policy for Safer Communities	632 KB	2007	Bureau of Justice Statistics
Victim Assistance Academy, Training Manual	www.	2009	Department of Health and Human Services
Data Quality	Size	Date	Partner Organization
Data Quality Issues for Researchers	87 KB	2005	Bureau of Justice Statistics
Culturally Competent Data Collection: A Guide to Interviewing for Accurate Race and Ethnicity Data	387 KB	2007	Maine Juvenile Justice Advisory Group (JJAG)
Domestic Violence	Size	Date	Partner Organization
Domestic Violence and Firearms	212 KB	2005	BJA, U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Maine
Gun Violence	Size	Date	Partner Organization
Domestic Violence and Firearms	212 KB	2005	BJA, U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Maine
Gun Violence: How Big is the Problem in Maine?	767 KB	2004	BJA, U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Maine
Law Enforcement	Size	Date	Partner Organization
Maine Incident-based Reporting System (NIBRS): Dissemination Report	49 KB	2003	Maine Department of Public Safety, Justice Research Statistics Association
Lincoln County Weed and Seed: An Implementation Evaluation of a Rural Crime Prevention Project	2.5 MB	2004	Justice Research Statistics Association
Mental Health	Size	Date	Partner Organization
Maine Criminal Justice/Mental Health Briefs Boundary Spanners Connecticut Criminal Justice Diversion Reentry Assertive Community Treatment Mental Health Courts Access, Plan, Identify, Coordinate Crisis Intervention Teams Brief	93 KB 101 KB 94 KB 103 KB 93 KB 103 KB	2006	The Division/ Re-entry Steering Committee (DRE)
Methamphetamines	Size	Date	Partner Organization
Methamphetamine Threat in Maine		2007	Bureau of Justice Statistics
Prisons and Jails	Size	Date	Partner Organization
Cumberland County Jail 2005 Pre-Arraignments	176 KB	2007	Cumberland County Jail
Characteristics of Repeat Offenders at the Cumberland County Jail in 2005	138 KB	2007	Cumberland County Jail
Corrections Alternatives Advisory Committee	992 KB	2006	Maine Department of Corrections
Reoccurring Criminal Behavior Analysis in the Maine State Prison System	60 KB	2003	Maine Department of Corrections
Targeted Interventions Could Ease Maine's Prison and Jail Populations	90 KB	2008	Bureau of Justice Statistics
What are the Factors Influencing Prison and Jail Populations?	140 KB	2008	Maine Department of Corrections
Recidivism	Size	Date	Partner Organization
A Tale of Two States: An Evidence Based Practice Report Card	272 KB	2008	National Institute of Corrections
Reentry	Size	Date	Partner Organization
Walking the Straight and Narrow	16 KB	2004	Maine Department of Corrections
Sentencing	Size	Date	Partner Organization
Probation and Split-Sentencing in Maine Brief	198 KB	2009	National Institute of Corrections
Analysis of Sentences and Probation Conditions of MDOC Clients 2004-2007	80 KB	2007	Maine Department of Corrections
Sex Offenders	Size	Date	Partner Organization
Attrition of Sex Offender Casess in Maine's Criminal Justice System: The Role of the Victim and the Criminal Justice Community	45 KB	2002	Bureau of Justice Statistics
The Arrest, Prosecution and Sentencing of Sex Offenders in Maine: Suggestions for Improving the System	67 KB	2003	Bureau of Justice Statistics
Women	Size	Date	Partner Organization
Maine's Women Offenders: What do we know? (Report)	210 KB	2009	Maine Department of Corrections
Maine's Women Offenders: What do we know? (PowerPoint)	213 KB	2008	Maine Department of Corrections
Practitioner, Researcher, & Government Official: Do we speak the same language?	120 KB	2007	Volunteers of America Northern New England

Adult Research

Crime and Justice Trends

Crime Victimization

Data Quality

Domestic Violence

Gun Violence

Law Enforcement

Mental Health

Methamphetamines

Prisons and Jails

Recidivism

Reentry

Sentencing

Sex Offenders

Women