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Title: Susan Turner


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Susan Turner Associate Director March 30, 2006
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Center Motivated by Events in California
  • Major reorganization of California corrections to
    include rehabilitation in mission
  • CDCR acknowledgement that programs were often
    funded based on opinion and anecdotes
  • New effort by CDCR to put science before politics

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UCI Center Established in 2005
  • Located in UC Irvines School of Social Ecology
  • Funded by the California Department of
    Corrections and Rehabilitation
  • Coordinates with CDCR Office of Research in
    Sacramento

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The Centers Mission is Threefold
  • To identify promising programs and evidence-based
    practices from the scientific criminological
    literature
  • To initiate and execute original research that
    addresses criminal justice policy questions
    relevant to California
  • To assist The California Department of
    Corrections and Rehabilitation agencies to
    implement and evaluate these practices

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Center Includes Staff and Affiliates
  • Joan Petersilia, Director
  • Susan Turner, Associate Director
  • Jesse Jannetta, Research Specialist
  • Jeffrey Lin, Post-doctoral fellow
  • Jean Merrell, Center Manager
  • Affiliated UCI faculty
  • Additional UC/CSU faculty

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A Number of Research Projects Are Currently
Underway
  • Global Positioning Satellite Monitoring of High
    Risk Sex Offenders in San Diego
  • Responding to the Prison Rape Elimination Act
  • Causes and Consequences of Parole Violations in
    California
  • Parolees with Mental Disorders Toward
    Evidence-Based Practice
  • Improving Services for Mentally Ill Juveniles

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A Number of Analyses Are Currently Underway
  • Rates of correctional supervision for juveniles
    and adults in California
  • What policymakers should know about juvenile
    justice in California
  • Companion piece to Petersilia report on adult
    corrections
  • Sampling of prison and parole programs currently
    in operation

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Center Activities Include Dissemination
  • The Bulletin presents summary findings on
    research
  • Parole revocations in California
  • PREA preliminary findings
  • Working papers will present evidence-based
    summaries
  • Center materials appear at http//ucicorrections.
    seweb.uci.edu
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