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Recent & Highlighted Reports    
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Pew Center on the States,
Arming the Courts with Research: 10 Evidence-Based Sentencing Initiatives to Control Crime and Reduce Costs, (2009)  

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Pew Center on the States,
One in 31: The Long Reach of American Corrections, (2009)  

       
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Brian J. Ostrom, Charles W. Ostrom, Roger Hanson, & Matthew Kleiman,
Assessing Consistency and Fairness in Sentencing, (2008)  

Neal B. Kauder & Brian J. Ostrom,
State Sentencing Guidelines Profiles and Continuum, (2008)

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State-by-State Comparative Tables

       
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Roger K. Warren,
Evidence-Based Practice to Reduce Recidivism: Implications for State Judiciaries (2007).

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Princeton Survey Research Associates International, The NCSC Sentencing Attitudes Survey: A Report on the Findings (2006).

 
 

General Sentencing Issues

Reducing Recidivism

Risk Assessment

Sentencing Commissions and Guidelines

 
 
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