Research
Marc Levin | May 17, 2019
Right on Crime Vice President Marc Levin offers ideas for lawmakers regarding parole. Levin recognizes the benefits to parole and seeks to improve the system to further benefit citizens.
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Marc Levin | May 17, 2019
Right on Crime Vice President Marc Levin proposes innovative ideas to law makers regarding the probation system. By implementing these practices Texas can see a reduction in the number of incarcerated individuals, and an increase in public safety.
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Right on Crime | May 3, 2019
Right on Crime policy analyst Michael Haugen examines various performance-based probation funding models across the country, which base their formulas upon the ability of probation departments to expand supervision programs at the outset, reduce revocations to prison, or both. Doing this, rather than basing funding largely upon the number of peopl...
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Joe Griffin | March 12, 2019
While much attention has been given to Oklahoma’s large prison population, further attention needs to be focused on the fines and fees that fund the state’s criminal justice system on the backs of offenders. Investigating fees and programs in the state’s criminal justice system leaves one with the question: What exactly are these fees paying...
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Right on Crime | March 5, 2019
Right on Crime's Greg Glod, Director of State Initiatives, examines Arizona's broad, and often confusing, mandatory drug sentencing laws.
While many mandatory minimum sentencing laws, particularly for drug offenses, were created to address problems of drug use, abuse, and drug-related criminal offenses, Glod discusses how they have not worked i...
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Right on Crime | May 31, 2018
The decades-long growth in rural pretrial incarceration has taken a toll on taxpayers and individual liberties. The latest research by Marc Levin and Michael Haugen unveils growth contributors and makes evidence-based recommendations to improve public safety while reducing the number of defendants held on pretrial detention. Solutions outlined in t...
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Randy Petersen | February 23, 2018
In this new report policing expert Randy Petersen outlines the conservative case for policing reforms. Having spent 21 years in law enforcement, Petersen introduces four recommended areas for reform. These areas are police militarization, their place in the community, hiring and training, and lawmaking. This report recommends that in order to bette...
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Right on Crime | May 9, 2017
As the following graphs indicate, recidivism rates are much lower for state jail felony offenders who take probation in Harris County as compared those who go to state jail.
One of the prevailing issues found throughout the state is that many people are opting for state jail—which may only be a few months given the credit for time spent in ...
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Right on Crime | May 3, 2017
This new policy perspective from Derek Cohen and Haley Holik examines Texas' practice of trying 17 year olds in adult courts, stating research indicates that the juvenile system provides the most effective tools to punish and rehabilitate most youthful offenders. Cohen and Holik conclude by recommending that Texas "raise the age" of criminal res...
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Right on Crime | April 19, 2017
Our senior policing researcher Randy Petersen considers the current state of research indicating that certain pre-booking or pre-arrest diversion programs show promise in reducing recidivism.
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Right on Crime | April 19, 2017
In this new policy perspective, our policing expert Randy Petersen considers the myriad issues involved with the recording of law enforcement activities—from ensuring public safety during potentially tense situations, to protecting individual rights and keeping government transparent and accountable.
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Right on Crime | March 14, 2017
Texas' House Committee on Juvenile Justice and Family Issues recently heard testimony from stakeholders and the public on House Bill 122, a bill which would "raise the age" of criminal responsibility in Texas—from 17 to 18 years old.
In attempting to model potential costs borne by state and local governments in implementing such policies, it ...
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Right on Crime | January 31, 2017
This paper will examine Texas’ current adult probation funding formula, the successes of other jurisdictions moving toward an incentive-based funding initiative, and policy recommendations for Texas lawmakers.
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Right on Crime | January 31, 2017
This report, by former policy analyst Dianna Muldrow, considers the reasons behind Texas' recently passed regionalization plan for juvenile offenders, and the extent to which the plan as released incorporates important principles such as public safety and efficiency.
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Derek M. Cohen | December 9, 2016
Prosecutors arguably are the most pivotal actors in the criminal justice system. The most potent decision point in the criminal justice process—whether or not to bring formal charges against an individual—belongs solely to them.
This paper presents interviews with prosecutors in the juvenile justice community who have advocated for or advan...
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Derek M. Cohen | December 9, 2016
The status quo of civil asset forfeiture in Texas persists due to common myths surrounding the practice and its prospective elimination. Those myths, while false, warrant discussion.
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Greg Glod | November 8, 2016
This paper discusses the history of the American grand jury system, Texas’ grand jury system, areas within the status quo where procedural safeguards do not properly protect the liberties of Texans, and what other states have done to bolster their grand jury systems.
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Right on Crime | August 31, 2016
In this new report for the Center for Effective Justice, Derek Cohen, Greg Glod, and Michael Haugen examine the Department of Defense's 1033 program, which provides surplus military equipment—including weaponry—to federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies.
Over $124 million worth of such gear has been distributed to various law enf...
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Right on Crime | August 30, 2016
In this new white paper for the Texas Public Policy Foundation, our analyst Dianna Muldrow examines school discipline practices in Texas, arguing that despite recent improvements—such as decriminalizing truancy—the state should continue to improve the process by examining mandatory discipline, and considering alternative methods such as restora...
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Right on Crime | July 22, 2016
In this new report for the Center for Effective Justice, policy analyst Dianna Muldrow discusses the need for accuracy in criminal records, as a lack thereof can have adverse effects for ex-offenders when finding employment, obtaining housing, serving in the military, or owning a gun.
Muldrow also recommends reforms to update records continuousl...
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