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:

• 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:

• December 2009 Correctional Population Forecasts (January 2010)

EOC Newsletters:

• Colorado Sex Offender Risk Scale (SORS): Nine year follow-up (May 2008)

Risk Scales & Handbooks:

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

Crime Statistics:

• Colorado Population Figures: 1980-2007
• Colorado Offense Rates: 1980-2007
• Colorado Crime Rates vs. Incarceration Rates: 1980-2007
• Colorado Adult Arrest Rates: 1980-2007
• Colorado Juvenile Arrest Rates: 1980-2007

Correctional Populations:

• Colorado Correctional Populations:3/31/2009-9/30/2009 (September 2009)
• Colorado Correctional Populations 12/31/2008-6/30/2009 (June 2009)
• Colorado Correctional Populations 9/30/2008-3/31/2009 (March 2009)

Data Collection Instruments:

• Family Advocacy Demonstration Project
• Court Data Collection (2007)
• CIT Data Collection Form

Published Research Articles

• 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.
• English, K., & Heil, P. (2005). Prison Rape: What We Know Today. Corrections Compendium, 30(5), 1-5 and 42-44.

Hot Graph:

• Community Correction Needs vs. Services Received

Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA):

• Promising practices to prevent resident sexual assaults at Woodfield College Secure Detention Facility. Building Blocks for Institutional Safety. Issue 2 (April 2007).
• Promising practices to prevent inmate sexual assaults. Building Blocks for Institutional Safety. Issue 3 (May 2007).
• Using data to prevent inmate sexual assaults. Issue 4 (October 2007).
• A bibliography of resources available from the National Institute of Correction Information Center. Issue 5 (October 2007).

Interesting Readings:

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