Felony Courts
Repeat Player Police Officers and Prosecutorial Charge Reduction Decisions: A Note
Estimating the Population at Risk for Violence During Child Visitation
Impact of Community Policing on the Criminal Justice System
Misdemeanor Courts and the Choice of Sanctions - A Comparative View
Fines in Sentencing - A Study of the Fine as a Criminal Sanction
Neighborhood Effects on Felony Sentencing
Reforming New Orleans' Criminal Justice System: The Role of Data and Research
With its criminal justice system in disarray following Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans invited the Vera Institute of Justice to examine the city's court and jail operations. For five years, Vera has been tracking arrest-to-first-appearance time, custodial arrests versus summonses, the granting of pretrial release, and many other decision-making points. Based on analysis of these data, Vera is making policy recommendations to assist with the implementation of new procedures and to ensure performance monitoring.