What's New

The following information has been recently added to the Office of Research and Statistics (ORS) website.

Links:

• Colorado Commission of Criminal and Juvenile Justice (CCJJ)

Reports & Documents:

• HB 10-1352 Savings Analysis Report: Review of Analysis Methodology (January 2011)
• Information Collection and Analysis of Parole Board Decisions: Progress Report
• Evaluation of the Colorado Short Term Intensive Residential Remediation Treatment (STIRRT) Programs
• Report to the Governor's Office of State Planning and Budgeting Recidivism Reduction Packages Status Report FY 2008 - FY 2010 (July 2010)
• Sexual Assault in Jail and Juvenile Facilities: Promising Practices for Prevention and Response Final Report (June 2010)
• Fiscal Year 2008 Community Corrections Program Terminations: Client Needs, Services and Outcomes (June 2010)
• Evaluation of the Colorado Integrated System of Care Family Advocacy Demonstration Programs for Mental Health Juvenile Justice Population Interim Report--Final Report (June 2010)
• Evaluation of the Colorado Integrated System of Care Family Advocacy Demonstration Programs for Mental Health Juvenile Justice Population Interim Report--Year Two (January 2010)
• Colorado Commission on Criminal and Juvenile Justice: 2009 Sentencing Report (November 2009)
• Colorado Commission on Criminal and Juvenile Justice: 2009 Annual Report (July 2009)

Population Projections:

• Correctional Population Forecasts (January 2011)
• Summer 2010 Interim Adult Prison and Parole Population Projections (July 2010)

EOC Newsletters:

• Why has prison growth slowed?

Risk Scales & Handbooks:

• Sexually Violent Predator Assessment Screening Instrument (SVPASI) Handbook (2010 Revision)
• Sexually Violent Predator Assessment Screening Instrument (SVPASI) (2010 Revision)
• 2008 Colorado Actuarial Risk Assessment Scale (CARAS) (Revised May 2009)

Crime Statistics:

• Colorado Population Figures: 1980-2009
• Colorado Crime Rates: 1980-2008
• Colorado Crime Rates vs. Incarceration Rates: 1982-2008
• Colorado Adult Arrest Rates: 1980-2009
• Colorado Juvenile Arrest Rates: 1980-2009
• Adult Minority Over-Representation at Different Points Across the Colorado Criminal Justice System: 2008/2009
• Juvenile MInority Contact at Different Points Across the Colorado Juvenile Justice System: 2008/2009

Correctional Populations:

• Colorado Correctional Populations 6/30/2010-12/31/2010 (December 2010)
• Colorado Correctional Populations 3/31/2010-9/30/2010 (September 2010)
• Colorado Correctional Populations 12/31/2009-6/30/2010 (June 2010)
• Colorado Correctional Populations 9/30/2009-3/31/2010 (March 2010)

Data Collection Instruments:

• Family Advocacy Demonstration Project
• CIT Data Collection Form

Published Research Articles

• Heil, P., & English, K. (2009). Sex offender poly graph testing in the United States: Trend and controversies. The use of the polygraph in assessing, treating, and supervision sex offenders: A practioners guide (pp. 181-216). United Kingdom: Wiley-Blackwell.
• Heil, P., Harrison, L., English, K., Alhmeyer, S. (2009), Is Prison Sexual Offending Behavior Indicative of Community Risk? Criminal Justice and Behavior, 36 (9), 892-908.

Hot Graph:

• Community Corrections Recidivism Rates and Program Outcomes, FY 1989-2008

Interesting Readings:

• Cohen, L.P. (2008, March 22). The polygraph paradox. The Wall Street Journal, p. A1.