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