Evaluation

Two-year findings and recommendations from our evaluation of a deferred prosecution program in Winnebago County, Illinois.

An evaluation showed that returning residents who participated in the pilot (RHDP) had a recidivism rate that was roughly a third lower than a comparison group of individuals released from prison at roughly the same time.

We reported interim findings from an ongoing evaluation of a deferred prosecution program in Winnebago County, Illinois.

The Center collaborated with the Illinois Department of Corrections’ Planning and Research Unit to examine the number, characteristics, and circumstances of individuals on Mandatory Supervised Release (MSR, or “parole”) who violated conditions of their release and were returned to prison (i.e., “technical violators”).

Process evaluation of an Effective Practices in Community Supervision (EPICS) program in Cook County, Illinois.

This report by researchers at the Center for Criminal Justice Research, Policy, and Practice at Loyola University Chicago analyzes the impact of bond reform in Cook County on felony bond court decisions, pretrial release, and crime.

Technical Report to Reducing Revocations Challenge: The Cook County (Chicago) Adult Probation Department and Loyola University Chicago Action Research Team Final Report

Examines the prevalence and factors that influence probation revocation in Cook County, Illinois.

Process evaluation of a Focused Deterrence Intervention pilot program.