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Susan Turner Associate Director March 30, 2006

Susan Turner Associate Director March 30, 2006. Center Motivated by Events in California. Major reorganization of California corrections to include “rehabilitation” in mission CDCR acknowledgement that programs were often funded based on opinion and anecdotes

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Susan Turner Associate Director March 30, 2006

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  1. Susan Turner Associate Director March 30, 2006

  2. Center Motivated by Events in California • Major reorganization of California corrections to include “rehabilitation” in mission • CDCR acknowledgement that programs were often funded based on opinion and anecdotes • New effort by CDCR to put science before politics

  3. UCI Center Established in 2005 • Located in UC Irvine’s School of Social Ecology • Funded by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation • Coordinates with CDCR Office of Research in Sacramento

  4. The Center’s Mission is Threefold • To identify promising programs and evidence-based practices from the scientific criminological literature • To initiate and execute original research that addresses criminal justice policy questions relevant to California • To assist The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation agencies to implement and evaluate these practices

  5. Center Includes Staff and Affiliates • Joan Petersilia, Director • Susan Turner, Associate Director • Jesse Jannetta, Research Specialist • Jeffrey Lin, Post-doctoral fellow • Jean Merrell, Center Manager • Affiliated UCI faculty • Additional UC/CSU faculty

  6. A Number of Research Projects Are Currently Underway • Global Positioning Satellite Monitoring of High Risk Sex Offenders in San Diego • Responding to the Prison Rape Elimination Act • Causes and Consequences of Parole Violations in California • Parolees with Mental Disorders: Toward Evidence-Based Practice • Improving Services for Mentally Ill Juveniles

  7. A Number of Analyses Are Currently Underway • Rates of correctional supervision for juveniles and adults in California • What policymakers should know about juvenile justice in California • Companion piece to Petersilia report on adult corrections • Sampling of prison and parole programs currently in operation

  8. Center Activities Include Dissemination • The Bulletin presents summary findings on research • Parole revocations in California • PREA preliminary findings • Working papers will present evidence-based summaries • Center materials appear at: http://ucicorrections.seweb.uci.edu

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