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1915 Las Lomas NE
Albuquerque, NM 87106
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1 University of New Mexico
Phone: (505) 277-4257
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January 2021
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The NMSAC received funding from the Bureau of Justice Statistics to complete this study, which has two objectives. First, it examines the correlates of substance use by substance type. Second, it explores whether substance use type, particularly opioid use, influences revocation of community supervision. The findings from this study indicate that the risk factors associated with substance use vary by substance type. Only two variables—a history of substance use and parolee status—were associated with increased odds of substance use regardless of the substance type. The odds of testing positive for specific substances differed by specific demographic characteristics, social capital, stability, current offense, and criminal history. These results indicate there may be different risk and protective factors associated with the choice of substance. The findings also indicate that the odds of returning to prison are highest for those who use stimulants, with or without opioids, holding all other factors constant. Other variables, such as current offense, supervision level, and violation history were associated with revocations, as were demographic variables including gender and race. This report summarizes these findings.
January 2021
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The NMSAC received funding from the Bureau of Justice Statistics to complete a study of substance use among New Mexico probationers and parolees. This study examines trends in positive substance tests over a span of 12 years, and explores the characteristics of individuals who tested positive for one or more substances. The study highlights the use of opioids among the probationer and parolee population in New Mexico. This report summarizes these findings.
January 2021
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The NMSAC completed a study funded by the Drug Policy Alliance. The purpose of the study was to track court case outcomes of individuals booked into a New Mexico county detention center. It includes those whose most serious offenses involved a violent crime, property crime, or drug offense. An important component of the study was to examine drug-related bookings and court case outcomes by drug type. We found over half of the cases were dismissed. Further, court disposition was associated with personal and case characteristics. However, this varied by offense type. This report summarizes those findings.
December 2017
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This report summarizes the results of our study of probation and parole violations within New Mexico, emphasizing absconding violations. We summarize rates of probation/parole violations, average time to violations, and rates of return to prison. In addition, we examine rates of absconding by socio-economic and spatial characteristics. Finally, using multivariate analyses, we assess which individual, supervision, and community characteristics are associated with time to absconding and absconding behavior. This study was funded by the Bureau of Justice Statistics.
June 2017
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The New Mexico Statistical Analysis Center completed a study of pretrial case processing measures and pretrial detention within nine New Mexico counties. This study addresses multiple objectives. First, this study was intended to explore the feasibility of developing case processing performance measures that are more robust than those currently used. Second, this study is intended to understand the extent of pretrial detention and the factors associated with pretrial detention. Third, we assess the degree to which pretrial detention decisions appear to be accurate. Finally, we explored whether pretrial detention influences case processing and outcomes.
May 2017
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The New Mexico Statistical Analysis Center completed a study of pretrial case processing measures and pretrial detention within nine New Mexico counties. The purpose of this document is to describe the study and present key findings. These findings are described in detail in the full-length report entitled “Pretrial Detention and Case Processing Measures: A Study of Nine New Mexico Counties.”
January 2017
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This report reviews the Bernalillo County Be Above the Influence marketing campaign. The Be Above the Influence (B-ATI) marketing campaign began in July 2014 as a program to encourage teens in Bernalillo county to choose not to drink, do drugs, bully others, or commit violent acts.
January 2021
November 2016
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This is an analysis of the jail population at a point in time (June 30, 2016). The document gives an overview of the population. It also discusses the population growth as well as the sentencing status and highest charges.
May 2016
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This study focuses on a cost analysis that compares the cost of a wide variety of different services, which are described for standardized time periods before study group members entered the Heading Home Initiative program to the cost of services after study group members entered the Heading Home Initiative program for a similar time period.
May 2016
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The goal of this research is to study the cost benefit of the Albuquerque, New Mexico Heading Home Initiative (AHH). The research is designed to study the costs before and after the provision of housing for chronically homeless persons in Albuquerque, N.M. This report includes a brief literature review, a short methodology section, a brief description of the study sample, and an analysis of interview and official service and cost data.
April 2016
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Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN) was implemented in the Bernalillo County Metropolitan area. PSN is a national initiative aimed at reducing firearm and gang-related violent crime. This process evaluation details project activities, implementation facilitators and barriers, and offers suggestions for improvement and future directions.
March 2016
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The Bernalillo County Department of Substance Abuse Programs (DSAP) contracts and works with the Public Safety Psychology Group (PSPG), Media Literacy and Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD), and the Albuquerque Police Department (APD) in an effort to prevent drug and alcohol abuse. Due to the age of college athletes, and the above average risk of heavy episodic drinking, getting to these groups of students early in their college and sport careers is vital.
February 2016
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This research study had several goals: document the use of the Albuquerque Police Department On-Body Camera System; provide information useful for informing the development of a policy regarding the use of the camera system and provide information to inform a method to audit the policy and the use of the camera system by police officers. Recommendations from the study incorporate call for service and video data as well as focus group input of field and investigative police officers.
February 2016
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A brief version of the research study of the Albuquerque Police Department on body camera system. The study had several goals: document the use of the Albuquerque Police Department On-Body Camera System; provide information useful for informing the development of a policy regarding the use of the camera system and provide information to inform a method to audit the policy and the use of the camera system by police officers. Recommendations from the study incorporate call for service and video data as well as focus group input of field and investigative officers.
January 2016
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The purpose of this report is to detail the responses to a survey administered to the participants of the Fall 2015 Latina/o Graduate and Professional Student Fellowship. Hosted jointly by the Graduate Resource Center (GRC) and El Centro de la Raza at the University of New Mexico (UNM), the Fellowship Program provides Latina/o graduate students with resources, networks, and skills in order to support them in completing their degree programs and increase their representation within academic and professional organizations.
January 2016
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This is the second report of the longitudinal study of the PREP program performed by the University of New Mexico - Institute for Social Research.
June 2017
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In conjunction with the New Mexico Sentencing Commission, staff from the New Mexico Statistical Analysis completed an initial evaluation of the Men’s and Women’s New Mexico Recovery Academies. This report details our findings.
June 2017
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In conjunction with the New Mexico Sentencing Commission, staff from the New Mexico Statistical Analysis completed an initial evaluation of the Men’s and Women’s New Mexico Recovery Academies. Key findings are summarized in this document.
November 2015
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This study involves pre and post training surveys of all eligible Bernalillo County Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC) staff, contractors, and volunteers who participate in PREA training. The report includes several sections including a review of existing data maintained by the MDC to document PREA related incidents at the MDC; a brief description of the development of the PREA trainings; the analysis of the PREA training pre- and post-surveys; and a conclusion with recommendations.
October 2015
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The main objective of this cost study is to estimate the efficacy of Pathways using two major outcomes, total UNMH hospital group charges and total number of visits to UNMH hospital group sites. From an initial pre and post comparison cost study conducted, we found that both total charges and visits for Pathways clients increased from the pre period to the post period across a variety of participants, type of care, services, and diagnoses.
July 2015
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This report describes the results of a survey administered to the participants of the 2015 Graduate and Professional Student Academy.
July 2015
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This report describes the results of a survey administered to the participants of the 2014- 2015 Latina/o Graduate Fellowship. Hosted jointly by the Graduate Resource Center (GRC) and El Centro de la Raza at the University of New Mexico, the Fellowship Program provides Latina/o graduate students with resources, networks, and skills in order to support them in completing their degree programs and increase their representation within academic and professional organizations.
June 2015
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This study had two goals. First, to assess the implementation of the Collaborative following the process outlined in City Council Resolution R-2014-052 (Appendix A) and second to provide key themes distilled from the different sources of information described later. These key themes will be used during the Phase 2 Feedback Sessions to help in the drafting of community goals that will be prioritized. In Phase 3 the community goals will be implemented and a committee will be established to monitor and track progress to keep the process moving forward. The Collaborative was created by an Albuquerque City Council Resolution (R-2014-052) signed and enacted by the City Council and Mayor. The City of Albuquerque Office of Diversity and Human Rights and the Office of Alternative Dispute Resolution were given the responsibility for implementing the Collaborative.
May 2015
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The purpose of this study is to determine how well the CHI SJC program adheres to the program design and how well the program follows known best practices and/or science based practices. The CHI SJC program has not been studied to determine how the program operates. This study uses interviews of program administrators and staff, observations of services, focus groups, and a review of client files.
January 2015
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A report on Bernalillo County's Public Inebriate Intervention Program in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
January 2021
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This document summarizes the key findings from our study of prison program utilization and recidivism among female inmates in New Mexico.
January 2021
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This study focused on two aspects of in-prison programming among female inmates in New Mexico. First, we sought to understand the factors that influence in-prison program utilization. Second, we explored the impact of participation in prison programming on recidivism.
August 2014
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This report provides a review of GRC research focused on documenting the implementation of the GRC and progress towards meeting the goals of the GRC. This is done by synthesizing the results of five recent reports by ISR of the GRC. This report also includes a description of the GRC.
August 2014
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The purpose of this study is to determine the number of persons who are arrested and booked in the Metropolitan Detention Center on a citable offense. We categorized petty misdemeanor arrests into 5 categories: drug, public order, property, traffic, and violent crimes. Based on these categories we calculated the most frequent types of crimes in each category, the number of arrests for each category in a particular month, the average length of stay overall, and the average length of stay for each category.
July 2014
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This report reviews the Bernalillo County DSAP Assessment Center, its processes, the population it manages, the program options available to individuals coming to the Assessment Center, and a sample of cases assessed and referred by the AC to its program treatment options. The report makes several observations and recommendations for the AC to enjoin in its pilot program. Additionally, the report reviews programs around the nation using similar admissions or receiving processes, and reviews the design of an effective workflow process borrowed from the field of business process management and matched to the accessing and referring tasks the Assessment Center handles.
July 2014
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This report is based on the responses of 9 students to a web-based survey they were asked to complete as part of their Academy requirements. A total of 9 students participated in the Academy. The survey included various sections including a section requesting demographic information, educational background, employment history, their use and satisfaction with GRC/GSFI services, their opinions and experiences with their graduate program, reasons why they go to graduate school and finishing graduate school, their experiences with the Academy and their aspirations following graduate school.
July 2014
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This report provides the results of the 2014 survey of the Graduate Resource Center (GRC) and the Graduate Student Funding Initiative (GSFI) participants and Graduate Studies (GS) students who did not participate in any GRC/GSFI services.
June 2014
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This brief report compares the approved Bernalillo County Metropolitan Court and the Second District Court bail-bond schedule for misdemeanors and felonies, to the bond schedules used in 21 other jurisdictions in New Mexico.
June 2014
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The graduate fellowship offered by El Centro de la Raza and the Graduate Resource Center (GRC) is intended to provide the Latina/o graduate community with academic support, resources, networks, and skills in order to help them successfully complete their graduate degrees.
June 2014
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The main effort of the study involves a staffing study of the uniformed patrol officers and the non-patrol civilian transport inspectors of MTPD. The report contains three sections; each section addresses one of the three contracted topics, i.e., staffing study, bypass routes, and fee structure.
June 2014
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The main effort of the study involves a staffing study of the uniformed patrol officers and the non-patrol civilian transport inspectors of MTPD. The report contains three sections; each section addresses one of the three contracted topics, i.e., staffing study, bypass routes, and fee structure.
May 2014
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The primary purpose of this report is to briefly review existing literature on publicly funded adolescent RTC's in relation to New Mexico's Sequoyah Adolescent Treatment Center. Specific areas of interest include gaining a better understanding of the best practices and guidelines for RTC's as well as a better understanding of the challenges such facilities face.
February 2014
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Testing the effectiveness of the pilot program was focused to a process evaluation and comparison to known best practices. A significant finding was that neither the MDC nor the SJDC-PTS through January 2014 had implemented a risk assessment tool. This finding meant that a number of routine output and performance measures recognized as best practices and PTS guidelines could not be completed for this study.
February 2014
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This study was undertaken to evaluate the implementation of the expanded SJDC pretrial services division. The study was performed in two parts. First, we reviewed the SJDC-PTS and compared processes during FY13 to best practices found in the literature. Second, we analyzed the type and amount of services provided to PTS clients before and during FY13.
January 2014
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December 2013
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This document reports information collected from TutorTrac in 2013-2013. Information is reported for October 2012 through September 2013.
December 2013
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This report covers the workshop evaluations completed by students who attended the Graduate Resource Center (GRC) and Graduate Student Funding Initiative (GSFI) workshops between October 2012 and September 2013.
December 2013
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This report illustrates the population of the MDC continues to exceeds the design capacity and operational capacity.
November 2013
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September 2013
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The primary purpose of this study was to report on the cost effectiveness of the Heading Home Initiative program using two methods that have been used in previous studies. Similar to other studies and the previously completed Housing First Cost Study (2011) this study found a net cost benefit. The estimated benefit is fairly large and is conservative. With more complete information (i.e. emergency medical services and ambulance transports) we believe this benefit would have been greater.
September 2013
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The goal of this research is to study the cost benefit of the Albuquerque New Mexico Heading Home Initiative. This report includes a brief literature review, a short methodology section, a brief description of the study sample, and an analysis of study interview and cost data.
September 2013
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This analysis by New Mexico Sentencing Commission (NMSC) staff is an estimate of the number of individuals in New Mexico Correction Department (NMCD) facilities who might be eligible for controlled release (1978 NMSA 33-9-5, Adult Community Corrections Act).
July 2013
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The goals of this study were to explore the reasons for adult probation violation bookings and to find the number of times an offender had violations that were recorded but did not result in arrest. In 2012, the New Mexico Sentencing Commission (NMSC) published a report entitled, Length of Stay in Detention Facilities: A Profile of Seven New Mexico Counties (August 2012). This analysis is meant to supplement that report by providing additional information concerning arrestees in jail for a probation violation.
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The New Mexico Sentencing Commission (NMSC) partnered with the New Mexico Interpersonal Violence Data Central Repository (NMIVDCR) to analyze victimization survey data that the Repository collected from women prisoners in New Mexico. This report looks at childhood exposure to household dysfunction and lifetime incidence of various types of physical and sexual abuse. In addition to establishing baseline incidence numbers for female offenders in New Mexico, the report compares this data to national incidence among non-offender and offender populations.
July 2013
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This prison population forecast was prepared by the New Mexico Sentencing Commission. The forecast is designed to assist the New Mexico Corrections Department (NMCD) in assessing immediate and future inmate populations. This report also includes information that may be of interest to policy makers during discussions of the correctional system. Sentencing Commission staff held quarterly meetings (September 2012, January 2013 and June 2013) with NMCD staff to review inmate population trends and to discuss factors that may affect the forecast.
June 2013
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This report provides information collected from TutorTrac. The information is reported for October 2011 through September 2012.
June 2013
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This report provides the results of the 2012 survey of the Graduate Resource Center (GRC) and the Graduate Student Funding Initiative (GSFI) participants and Office of Graduate Studies (OGS) students who did not participate in any GRC/GSFI services.
June 2013
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The information in this report is based on a web-based survey conducted by the Institute for Social Research at UNM. Sixteen of the 19 students completed the survey. The survey included various sections including demographic information, educational background, employment history, their use and satisfaction with GRC/GSFI and El Centro services, their opinions and experiences with their graduate program, reasons why they go to graduate school and finishing graduate school, their experiences with the Fellowship and their aspirations following graduate school.
June 2013
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This report is based on the responses of 11 students to a web-based survey they were asked to complete as part of their UNM Graduate & Professional Student Academy requirements. The survey included various sections including demographic information, educational background, employment history, their use and satisfaction with GRC/GSFI services, their opinions and experiences with their graduate program, reasons why they go to graduate school and finishing graduate school, their experiences with the Academy and their aspirations following graduate school.
June 2013
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This report describes the workshop evaluations completed by students who attended Graduate Resource Center (GRC) and Graduate Student Funding Initiative (GSFI) workshops between October 2011 and September 2012 and completed a workshop evaluation.
April 2013
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This report is a supplement to "Length of Stay in Detention Facilities: A Profile of Seven New Mexico Counties" (August 2012) and presents an expanded analysis of arrestees who received mental health services
April 2013
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This analysis supplements a NMSC 2012 length of stay report entitled "Length of Stay in Detention Facilities: A Profile of Seven New Mexico Counties." This report provides additional information concerning arrestees who had a competency hearing. The following literature review provides context for our analysis of the effect of competency on length of stay and discusses how competency differs from mental illness.
October 2013
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This reports looks at recidivism for a 2004 cohort of sex offenders released in New Mexico who released from prison or received a probation sentence.
December 2012
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In April 2012 the New Mexico Department of Public Safety (DPS) contracted with the New Mexico Sentencing Commission (NMSC) to conduct a staffing study of several units of the DPS. This study includes patrol and non-patrol units. Following this introduction there is a review of relevant literature, a methods section, a description of the site and the DPS divisions and bureaus in the study, an analysis section, a discussion of the results, and a conclusion section.
December 2012
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This is a 4-page report in brief of the New Mexico Department of Public Safety Staffing Study: Final Report
December 2012
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This report provides calculations of the average proportion of time served by male inmates released in fiscal year 2012 (July 1, 2011-June 30, 2012) who earned credits to their sentences under New Mexico's Earned Meritorious Deductions (EMD) statutory policy.
November 2012
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This analysis by New Mexico Sentencing Commission staff is an estimate of the number of individuals in New Mexico Correction Department facilities who might be eligible for controlled release (1978 NMSA 33-9-5, Adult Community Corrections Act).
September 2012
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This analysis was prepared by New Mexico Sentencing Commission staff. Available data sources were used. It is intended to exploratory in nature and not intended to be definitive and does not represent recidivism rates for sex offenders in New Mexico generally. It is important to note that this analysis does not track sex offenders who may have committed subsequent offenses in other jurisdictions. This analysis follows two groups: 1) 79 convicted sex offenders in a probation cohort who were sentenced to probation only in 2004; and 2) 126 convicted sex offenders who were released from prison in 2004. Offenders in both cohorts were convicted of a sex offense that required they register as a sex offender.
September 2012
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This study reports on the safety impact of a change in the yellow light interval timings at 18 intersections in Albuquerque, and changes in the all-red light clearance timings at two intersections on the safety measured by changes in crashes and the type of severity of crashes.
September 2012
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This study reports on the safety impact of a change in the yellow light interval timings at 18 intersections in Albuquerque, and changes in the all-red light clearance timings at two intersections on the safety measured by changes in crashes and the type of severity of crashes.
August 2012
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This report looks at median length of stay in seven New Mexico county detention centers using June 30, 2010 as a snapshot date.
August 2012
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The female prison population has been increasing since calendar year 2010. However, a dramatic increase occurred in the beginning of 2011, surpassing both the projected population and the capacity of the New Mexico Women?s Correctional Facility (NMWCF). While the population has fluctuated some since that point, it has remained high in recent months since its peak in September 2011. It is expected that this trend will continue. The current research was initiated in an effort to discern the source of this increase.
June 2012
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This report provides a forecast for the New Mexico prison population for fiscal years 2013 - 2022.
June 2012
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Appendices for the New Mexico Prison Population Forecast: FY2013-FY2022 report.
May 2012
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The purpose of this particular research task is to analyze the impact of juvenile justice programming in the nine selected New Mexico counties have on the juvenile justice system, and to study and report on how these programs contribute to the understanding of law enforcement and juvenile justice system factors, which perpetuate Disproportionate Minority Contact in New Mexico. The report was produced for CYFD and remain the sole property of CYFD and JJAC.
March 2012
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The purpose of this assessment is to begin to determine the mechanisms contributing to DMC in New Mexico. This assessment is based primarily on juvenile justice system data provided by the New Mexico Children, Youth and Families Department (CYFD) Data Analysis/FACTS Bureau. Other sources of information used in this report include: relative rate index trends, the review of reports compiled by other states, a review of other literature, a review of the New Mexico juvenile justice system, and formal and informal discussions with CYFD staff. We also briefly describe other aspects of our research that includes a review of juvenile justice system prevention and intervention programs that provide additional context to the NM juvenile justice system. This report follows general guidelines provided by OJJDP for conducting a DMC statewide assessment/study. The reports were produced for CYFD and remain the sole property of CYFD and JJAC.
March 2012
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The DMC mandate of the federal Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) requires states to institute multi- pronged intervention strategies including juvenile delinquency prevention efforts and system improvements to assure equal treatment of all youth. OJJDP requires states to complete an assessment that is submitted with their 3-Year Plan. Since June 2009, CYFD has contracted with the New Mexico Sentencing Commission (NMSC), which is housed at the Institute for Social Research (ISR) at the University of New Mexico (UNM) to provide research services including the completion of the state?s assessment report.
February 2012
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The New Mexico Children, Youth and Families Department (CYFD) was interested in knowing if children who had referrals as juveniles subsequently get arrested or have court cases filed once they become adults. To this end, NMSC staff was asked to conduct a feasibility study to determine if a sample of children with referrals could be matched to data from the Dept. of Public Safety and the Administrative Office of the Courts. The report was produced for CYFD and remains the sole property of CYFD and JJAC.
January 2012
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January 2021
December 2011
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November 2011
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November 2011
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This report provides calculations of the average proportion of time served by male inmates released in fiscal year 2011 (July 1, 2010-June 30, 2011) who earned credits to their sentences under New Mexico's Earned Meritorious Deductions (EMD) statutory policy.
November 2011
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This report is the second in a series of annual reports to assess the PREP program at UNM. The PREP program is funded by the Minority Opportunities in Research section of the National Institute of General Medical Sciences at the National Institutes of Health.
November 2011
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In addition to annual assessments of the PREP program at UNM, the ISR and PREP staff worked in collaboration to assess the long-term affects attending PREP has had on former PREP scholars. This report provides the results of the web-based survey that former PREP scholars were asked to complete in order to assess the PREP program longitudinally.
October 2011
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This analysis by New Mexico Sentencing Commission staff is an estimate of the number of individuals in New Mexico Correction Department facilities who might be eligible for controlled release (1978 NMSA 33-9-5, Adult Community Corrections Act).
October 2011
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The goal of this study is to report on the traffic safety impact of the Red Light Camera (RLC) system in Albuquerque, N.M. The report in brief includes a literature review, a short methodology section, a brief description of the RLC system, and an analysis of study crash and cost data.
August 2011
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This paper includes a brief review of the federal Uniform Crime Report (UCR) program and a description of the six Phase 2 Objectives and the efforts to achieve those Objectives. This report also highlights Phase 1 Objectives.
August 2011
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The goal of this study is to research the cost benefit of the Albuquerque, N.M Housing First Program. The research is specifically designed to study the costs before and after the provision of housing for chronically homeless persons in Albuquerque, N.M.
June 2011
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This study compares cases involving assault and battery on a household member. The existence of separate statutes allowed us to compare the case outcomes when the victim meets the household member definition compared to when the victim is not a household member.
June 2011
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This report provides a forecast for the New Mexico prison population for fiscal years 2012 - 2021.
May 2011
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May 2011
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May 2011
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The goal of this study is to research the cost benefit of the Albuquerque, N.M Housing First Program. The research is specifically designed to study the costs before and after the provision of housing for chronically homeless persons in Albuquerque, N.M.
March 2011
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January 2011
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This report is an evaluation of the Bernalillo County Addiction Treatment Program (ATP). ATP is a single program with two components, a Jail-Based component and an Aftercare component. The purpose of this report is to assess whether the processes of the ATP Jail-Based and Aftercare components have been fully implemented.
December 2010
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This study determines the extent to which offenders convicted of a felony DWI are being sentenced to be screened using the state mandated screening instrument, the treatment received by DWI offenders and the sentences of DWI offenders compared to mandatory minimum sentences.
November 2010
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This report provides an annual assessment of the PREP program at UNM. It provides the results of a web-based survey of pre and post PREP scholars and mentors and makes future recommendations for the program based on the results and analysis of the survey.
October 2010
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This literature review provides a description of disproportionate minority contact (DMC) a well as strategies and programs for reducing DMC
October 2010
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This report provides calculations of the average proportion of time served by female inmates released in fiscal year 2010 (July 1, 2009 ? June 30, 2010) who earned credits to their sentences under New Mexico's Earned Meritorious Deductions (EMD) statutory policy.
October 2010
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This analysis by New Mexico Sentencing Commission staff is an estimate of the number of individuals in New Mexico Correction Department facilities who might be eligible for controlled release (1978 NMSA 33-9-5, Adult Community Corrections Act).
October 2010
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The overall goal of this study is to report in the safety impact of the Red Light Camera (RLC) system in Albuquerque, N.M. on traffic safety measured by changes in crashes, the type and severity of crashes, and changes in the cost of crashes.
October 2010
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The overall goal of this study is to report in the safety impact of the Red Light Camera (RLC) system in Albuquerque, N.M. on traffic safety measured by changes in crashes, the type and severity of crashes, and changes in the cost of crashes.
September 2010
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This analysis by New Mexico Sentencing Commission staff is a count of individuals confined in New Mexico Corrections Department facilities in early July 2009 who were confined on a charge of Possession of a Controlled Substance (Section 30-31-23 NMSA 1978).
August 2010
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This final report chronicles the GK 12 Ecohydrogeology in the Middle Rio Grande Environment Project.
July 2010
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The purpose of this literature review is to report on best practices in the area of juvenile justice intervention programs, focused on the four distinct program types that are the subject of this review.
July 2010
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The purpose of this project is to contribute to the understanding of law enforcement and juvenile justice system factors, which perpetuate Disproportionate Minority Contact in New Mexico, and analyze the impact of juvenile justice programming in six New Mexico counties.
June 2010
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This report analyzes sentences for felony domestic violence cases in the First and Second District Attorney's Offices.
June 2010
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The goal of this study is to better understand the effectiveness of the Bernalillo County Metropolitan Court DWI- Drug Court in reducing the recidivism rates of participants (graduates and non-graduates) compared to two matched comparison groups.
June 2010
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This report provides a forecast for the New Mexico prison population for fiscal years 2011 - 2020
April 2010
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This brief paper was prepared to show how some nationally-published crime rankings, many of which are highly publicized, are neither accurate nor reliable indicators of actual crime rates in New Mexico.
April 2010
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This progress Report includes the activities of the Ecohydrogeology in the Middle Rio Grande Environment (E-MERGE) project, through the 2008-2009 school year.
February 2010
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December 2009
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November 2009
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Our review of DWI Drug Court clients and Probation comparison group members focused on determining differences in the re-arrest rates for DWI.
October 2009
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This report provides calculations of the average proportion of time served by male inmates released in fiscal year 2009 (July 1, 2008 ? June 30, 2009) who earned credits to their sentences under the Earned Meritorious Deductions (EMD) statutory policy.
October 2009
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This is the initial quarterly report on prison population forecasting prepared by the New Mexico Sentencing Commission (NMSC) for the New Mexico Corrections Department (NMCD).
October 2009
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August 2009
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This analysis by New Mexico Sentencing Commission (NMSC) staff is an estimate of the number of bookings on juvenile warrants into the Bernalillo County Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC) from July 1, 2004 through May 31, 2009.
August 2009
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This analysis of offenders sentenced to prison in New Mexico as sex offenders with charges mentioned in Section 31-21-10.1 NMSA 1978 is derived from information provided to the New Mexico Sentencing Commission by the New Mexico Corrections Department.
July 2009
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This analysis by New Mexico Sentencing Commission (NMSC) staff is an estimate of the number of individuals in New Mexico Correction Department (NMCD) facilities who might be eligible for controlled release (1978 NMSA 33-9-5, Adult Community Corrections Act).
June 2009
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In 2007, the New Mexico Legislature authorized funding for the New Mexico Sentencing Commission (NMSC) to conduct a statewide study of bias-based policing in New Mexico.
June 2009
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In this brief: We describe the driving behaviors and characteristics of drivers in four New Mexico counties and profile characteristics of stopped drivers.
June 2009
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The goal in conducting this study is to better understand the effectiveness of the Bernalillo County Metropolitan Court DWI-Drug Court in graduating program participants and reducing the recidivism rates of participants (graduates and non-graduates) compared to a matched comparison group.
June 2009
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The goal in conducting this study is to better understand the effectiveness of the Bernalillo County Metropolitan Court DWI-Drug Court in graduating program participants and reducing the recidivism rates of participants (graduates and non-graduates) compared to a matched comparison group of Metropolitan Court Probation clients.
June 2009
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This is the last of four reports in a series by the ISR addressing issues related to calls by the public for police services in the City of Albuquerque. This paper includes several sections: previous work, results of our survey, an analysis of 15 months of calls, crime data and a conclusion.
May 2009
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This study was conducted to enhance the outcome study of the Bernalillo County Metropolitan DWI-Drug Court program with a review of the cost of the DWI-Drug Court program.
May 2009
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This report summarizes findings from an outcome study of the Third Judicial District Dona Ana Magistrate Court DWI-Drug Court conducted by the New Mexico Sentencing Commission at the University of New Mexico.
May 2009
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This study was completed to enhance the outcome study of the BCMC DWI/Drug Court program with a review of the cost of the DWI/Drug Court program
January 2009
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The New Mexico Sentencing Commission (NMSC) received an appropriation from the New Mexico State Legislature to study the prevalence and outcome of de novo appeals in DWI cases statewide except Bernalillo County.
November 2008
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The New Mexico Sentencing Commission?s annual survey of adult detention centers contained a series of questions regarding NMSA 33-3-9; County jails, deduction of time for good behavior.
November 2008
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This document presents the formal position of the New Mexico Sex Offender Management Board (the ?Board?) on whether imposing legal restrictions on places where persons who have been convicted of sex offenses may reside will promote public safety in New Mexico.
November 2008
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This report chronicles the GK-12 Optics and Photonics Education project (OPE) in Albuquerque, NM. The objective of the project was to improve math, science, and engineering education at the K-12 level. This report covers the project evaluation and addresses what is happening in the program, what is working, what problems are occurring and what changes (if any) should be made to the program.
October 2008
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This report provides calculations of the average proportion of time served by female inmates released in fiscal year 2008 (July 1, 2007 ? June 30, 2008) who earned credits to their sentences under the Earned Meritorious Deductions (EMD) statutory policy.
October 2008
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The Second Chance Center (SCC) is designed as a secure, long-term rehabilitation facility. It is designed to house criminal justice offenders with substance abuse problems. This program evaluation focuses on a process evaluation which focuses on how the program has been implemented and how it operates and how current practices impact the delivery of the program.
October 2008
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The Second Chance Center (SCC) is designed as a secure, long-term rehabilitation facility. It is designed to house criminal justice offenders with substance abuse problems. This program evaluation focuses on a process evaluation which focuses on how the program has been implemented and how it operates and how current practices impact the delivery of the program.
September 2008
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This analysis by New Mexico Sentencing Commission (NMSC) staff is an estimate of the number of individuals in New Mexico Correction Department (NMCD) facilities who might be eligible for controlled release (1978 NMSA 33-9-5, Adult Community Corrections Act).
September 2008
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The 48th Legislature of New Mexico provided funding to the New Mexico Sentencing Commission to convene a task force to study the collateral consequences of criminal arrest, conviction and extended periods of incarceration and to make recommendations on how to neutralize or eliminate those consequences to the appropriate legislative interim committees before November 1, 2008. This paper represents the first work of the Commission and the task force.
September 2008
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August 2008
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The IRS conducted a review of all individuals booked on traffic warrants into the Bernalillo County Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC). This report looks at how bookings on traffic warrants impact the population at the Bernalillo County MCD.
July 2008
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Senate Memorial 47 instructed the Legislative Finance Committee (LFC), the Department of Finance and Administration (DFA) and the NM Sentencing Commission (NMSC or Commission) to collaborate and look at the feasibility of devising a method of measuring the fiscal impact of legislation that increases or decreases criminal penalties, creates new crimes, imposes or removes mandatory minimum terms or imprisonment, requires specific technology for monitoring probationers or parolees or modifies the law in such a way that the time served in prison or on probation or parole increases or decreases.
June 2008
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This paper introduces the reader to the field of corrections dealing with gender responsive programming. From a definition of gender related terms, we move to describing the differences between men and women found in current criminal justice literature. Describing differences include understanding gender characteristics and a look at recent statistics.
June 2008
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The New Mexico Sentencing Commission?s mission is to provide information, analysis, recommendations and assistance from a coordinated cross-agency perspective so that our three branches of government and citizens have objective, accurate and practical information they need to make policy decisions that benefit the criminal and juvenile justice systems.
June 2008
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This paper is the first in a series of four reports addressing issues related to calls by the public for police services on the City of Albuquerque. It reviews available literature on the subject, a description of one month of data from the APD, a review of potential research goals for future analysis, and the implications and benefits from further detailed analysis of call data.
January 2008
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January 2008
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This Progress Report details the activities of the E-MRGE program during the 2006-2007 school year. At the time of printing, the project has completed one year and the Fall Semester of the second year.
December 2007
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NMSC contacted national and state probation and parole agencies and collected relevant information on caseload standards, salary data, retention information, and evidence based practices.
December 2007
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Pursuant to Section 9-13-3D(9) NMSA 1978, the Sex Offender Management Board shall ?research and analyze safety issues raised when sex offenders live in a community.? This document presents the formal position of the New Mexico Sex Offender Management Board (the ?Board?) on whether imposing legal restrictions on places where persons who have been convicted of sex offences may reside will promote public safety in New Mexico.
November 2007
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The New Mexico Sentencing Commission (NMSC) and the New Mexico Corrections Department were asked by the Legislative Finance Committee to study the continuing need for NMCD to perform diagnostic evaluations.
November 2007
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The Institute for Social Research (ISR) uses specific factors to determine the competitive status of the APD. This report analyses the APD's competitiveness in recruitment of new law enforcement. This study compares recruitment elements such as salary and uniform allowances (among other things) to other recruitment practices in the country and particularly in the region.
October 2007
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July 2007
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With funding from the City of Albuquerque's Department of Family and Community Services Division of Behavioral Health (DBH), the Albuquerque Metropolitan Central Intake (AMCI) staff assesses clients to determine if they need drug or alcohol treatment. This analysis provides information analyzing clients who have requested services more than once and it also compares information for clients who have requested services more than once to clients who have requested services once.
June 2007
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This document was prepared under Contract No. 06-354-P636-0003, between the State of New Mexico through the New Mexico Sentencing Commission (?the Sentencing Commission?) and the National Center for State Courts (?the National Center?), for a workload assessment of the trial court judges in the Judicial Branch of New Mexico (?the Judicial Branch?), the New Mexico District Attorneys (?the District Attorneys?), and the New Mexico Public Defender Department (?the Public Defender Department?).
June 2007
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The ISR was awarded the evaluation contract for the review of the Child and Adolescent Early Intervention Program and the Day Treatment Program for adolescent substance abusers. The ISR engaged the Center for Progressive Policy and Practice, Incorporated, a consulting firm experienced in the delivery and evaluation of substance abuse treatment and prevention services. This report is to determine the effectiveness of the new programs.
June 2007
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The Housing First model is designed to keep people who are chronically homeless and diagnosed with severe mental illness housed. The program is administered by the Supportive Housing Coalition of New Mexico. This report is a preliminary process evaluation of the Housing First program focused on reviewing program and client information and a review of a small sample of client case management records.
June 2007
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Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) teams are generally intended to serve individuals with serious mental illnesses using team approach to provide comprehensive, community-based psychiatric treatment, rehabilitation, and support. This report covers information about the ACT program including how clients are referred, what happens at the facilities and the ISR provides assessments of the referred individuals in the ACT program.
May 2007
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Beginning in the Fiscal Year 2005, the City of Albuquerque appropriated new funding to expand behavioral health services and prevention and early intervention services targeting high risk youth. This report provides the evaluation of this project to determine the effectiveness of these efforts in improving the lives of the clients and reducing involvement of these clients in criminal activity.
February 2007
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The University of New Mexico partnered with the Socorro and Belen school districts to conduct a three-year GK-12 program exploring Ecohyrogeology in the Middle Rio Grande Environment (E-MRGE). The ISR observed classrooms in order to ascertain whether the goals of the program were met.
January 2007
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In 2003, the faculty of the School of Engineering (SOE), the College of Arts & Sciences (A&S), and the College of Education (COE) at UNM in partnership with the Albuquerque Public Schools, proposed a graduate teaching project to the National Science Foundation (NSF). The ISR provides the evaluation of this program.
November 2006
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This report provides calculations of the average proportion of time served by inmates released in fiscal year 2006 (July 1, 2005 ? June 30, 2006) who earned credits to their sentences under the Earned Meritorious Deductions (EMD) statutory policy (33-2-34 NMSA 1978).
July 2006
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This report documents the extent of drug use among the criminal justice involved population in Bernalillo County and the availability of substance abuse treatment services for this population. More specifically, it focuses on the individuals who come into contact with the Bernalillo County Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC) and to a lesser extent the Bernalillo County Juvenile Detention Center (JDC).
July 2006
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In spring 2005, the ISR was contracted by the New Mexico Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) Network to perform an evaluation of the New Mexico Child Abuse and Neglect Citizen Review Board (CRB) project. The ISR used a survey in their investigation in order to analyze the effectiveness of the CRB
June 2006
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This outcome study includes two parts; the first includes a profile of the Community Corrections Program (CCP) inmate that is both successful and unsuccessful. The second, is a quasi-experimental design to evaluate the progress the Community Corrections Program (CCP) has made toward achieving its program goal of reducing overall recidivism rates among DWI offenders.
May 2006
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This report provides the analysis of the DWI Addiction Treatment Programs (ATP) client satisfaction survey. In addition, the ISR has provided two outcome studies to the MDC ATP; this report is the follow-up to those reports.
April 2006
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This brief report is designed to provide a preliminary cost benefit analysis of the Bernalillo County Safe Ride program.
April 2006
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This preliminary review of Bernalillo County's Safe Ride program includes information on program hours, clients served and DWI crashes in the county.
January 2021
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This outcome study on the Bernalillo County Juvenile Detention Center's AYUDA program looked at the outpatient component of the program for juveniles who were booked and released from the detention center into the community. Program effectiveness for reducing overall recidivism was analyzed using a comparison group of individuals who did not participate in the AYUDA program.
November 2005
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This analysis of offenders sentenced to prison in New Mexico is derived from information provided to the New Mexico Sentencing Commission (NMSC) by the New Mexico Corrections Department (NMCD).
July 2005
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July 2005
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This briefing note provides an analysis of the Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC) jail population.
June 2005
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Toltec Evaluation was contracted to initiate a review of the existing evaluation plan and to implement improvements as needed. The evaluation plan recognized that further efforts in evaluating recidivism and efficacy would need to be delayed until the ADE database became fully operational and all of the counties existing data was converted. It was therefore determined that the primary objectives for Fiscal Year 2005 would be to review the existing county reporting system and to implement a new system to facilitate LDWI's oversight and accountability functions.
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March 2005
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The New Mexico Association of Counties (NMAC) contracted with the New Mexico Sentencing Commission (NMSC) to conduct a study to assess the effects of housing arrestees charged with felonies in New Mexico detention facilities. The goal of the study was to better understand how long felony arrestees stay in detention centers and the corresponding cost.
February 2005
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January 2005
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The New Mexico Sentencing Commission (NMSC) was contracted by the New Mexico Association of Counties (NMAC) to conduct a study to assess the cost of housing arrestees charged with felonies in New Mexico detention facilities. This report provides a count of individuals held on felony charges in six detention facilities in New Mexico on June 30, 2003 and estimates the annual cost of housing four categories of felony arrestees throughout the state.
November 2004
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This report provides calculations of the average proportion of time served by inmates released in fiscal year 2004 (July 1, 2003 ? June 30, 2004) who earned credits to their sentences under the Earned Meritorious Deductions (EMD) statutory policy.
July 2004
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The New Mexico Sentencing Commission was created to assist agency leaders and policy makers in looking at juvenile and criminal justice issues from a multi-agency perspective. This statistical and narrative overview of the New Mexico juvenile and criminal justice systems is a key component of the commission?s core mission.
June 2004
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This outcome study sought to better understand the effectiveness of the drug court program in San Juan County in reducing the incidences of crime as measured by new referrals and new petitions as juveniles or arrests as adults after leaving the program compared to a similarly matched group that did not participate in the program.
June 2004
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The ISR reviewed and analyzed the client satisfaction surveys and conducted an outcome study. In addition, the ISR provides technical assistance for the programs database. The goal of this preliminary outcome study is to better understand the effectiveness of the Addictions Treatment Program in reducing the incidence of crime as measured by new bookings for study group participants after they were discharged from treatment and whether they were successful or not.
June 2004
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The ISR entered into a contract with the Department of Finance Administration's (DFA) Local Government Division (LGD), to provide evaluation research services and technical assistance to the Local DWI Grant Program administered by the LGD.
May 2004
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This report looks at the average daily jail population in Bernalillo County. The report concludes that the prison is overcrowded. The Second Chance Program is designed to take inmates that take up most bed days. This report looks at the population problem in the Bernalillo County Metropolitan Detention center and makes recommendations to alternative avenues to solve the problem
April 2004
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This evaluation makes recommendations to counties to adopt standardized performance measures as well as implement a standardized format for the evaluation plans.
April 2004
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This brief and preliminary report uses Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC) data to describe the potential population eligible for the proposed Second Chance Program.
April 2004
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The Hepatitis C Social Marketing Campaign, funded by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and implemented by the New Mexico Department of Health (NMDOH) was an attempt to raise awareness of Viral Hepatitis and prevent its spread among at risk groups.
April 2004
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During the summer 2003, the ISR staff conducted a comprehensive review of all student files held by TVI Ambassadors for the purpose of helping to improve data collection and program implementation for the Ambassadors at the Technical-Vocational Institute (TVI).
January 2004
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January 2004
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ENLACE is a national, multi-million dollar effort funded by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation to help communities weave together existing programs and introduce new ones that increase opportunities for Hispanics to enter and complete college.
November 2003
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November 2003
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The overall goal of the Los Companeros mentoring program is to make middle school students more prepared for the rigors of secondary school. ISR staff administered surveys to participating mentees, mentors, and teachers near the end of the Spring 2003 academic semester. Survey results for each of the three participatory groups are provided herein in the form of descriptive statistics and categorical analyses of survey responses.
November 2003
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The Parent survey was designed to collect information from parents who participated in the ENLACE funded Parent University program during the 2002-2003 academic school year. The data collected in this research effort is not only to find ways in which to improve the program, but also for program sustainability and further program development. This report provides a summary of the responses from the completed surveys received.
October 2003
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The Chicano Studies course is designed to target Albuquerque high school Hispanic students in order to address the high dropout rates of Hispanic students. The program has been implemented by ENLACE at three high schools. ISR staff administered surveys at the beginning of the academic year in 2002 and another survey at the end of the spring term in 2003. This report examines student responses, along with descriptive information about the school and course.
October 2003
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This report provides the preliminary analysis of the survey data that describes responses to different questions asked to the students who use El Centro de la Raza.
October 2003
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This study compares DWI offenders who were screened, received services, and successfully completed treatment in County DWI programs with DWI offenders who did not successfully complete treatment. The study also considers factors affecting re-arrest after discharge.
October 2003
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This study compares DWI offenders who were screened, received services, and successfully completed treatment in County DWI programs with DWI offenders who did not successfully complete treatment. The study also considers factors affecting re-arrest after discharge.
August 2003
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In the 1990's, numerous state and local government agencies implemented programs intended to lower DWI rates in New Mexico. This study does not establish any linkage between programs and patterns of alcohol-involved crashes with injuries. The focus of this report is on the patterns of change over time. The study compares crash data over time from 1990 thru 2001, across counties and groups of counties.
August 2003
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In the 1990's, numerous state and local government agencies implemented programs intended to lower DWI rates in New Mexico. This study does not establish any linkage between programs and patterns of alcohol-involved crashes with injuries. The focus of this report is on the patterns of change over time. The study compares crash data over time from 1990 thru 2001, across counties and groups of counties.
August 2003
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The goal of this preliminary outcome study was to better understand the effectiveness of treatment funded by the Department of Finance Administration in reducing the incidence of DWI. The study looks at the effectiveness of outpatient substance abuse treatment for DWI offenders in Bernalillo County.
July 2003
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The purpose of this evaluation is to document the progress of all activities associated with the ENLACE in New Mexico initiatives and to assess their outcomes.
July 2003
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The purpose of this report is to examine the overall pre-parole discharge planning process of the various bureaus within the New Mexico Corrections Department (NMCD) as it relates to sharing of information and inmate preparedness. This summary report considers the entire interview and focus group data collected from all the facilities by the ISR.
April 2003
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Each academic year, ENLACE administrators of the Hispanic Teacher Pipeline (HTP) select up to 20 Hispanic Educational Assistants (EAs) as ENLACE fellows. The ISR administered a survey to current HTP scholarship recipients pursuing their education in teaching; this summary report provides research findings based on survey responses from the 13 HTP scholarship recipients
February 2003
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This report, prepared for the State of New Mexico Local Government Division of the Department of Finance Administration, details the history and overview of motor vehicle accidents in the U.S. and New Mexico. The purpose of the study is to examine the differences in alcohol-involved fatalities and fatality rates across the Anglo, Hispanic, and Native American ethnic groups using an objective measure of alcohol involvement.
January 2003
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The following report offers a more detailed examination of juvenile referrals during fiscal year 2001, with the objective of providing baseline information for planners and policymakers that can be updated for successive fiscal years.
January 2003
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This report gives a overview of what the ENLACE program looks like, the findings from the ISR staff, site descriptions, the importance of policy implications, and the events and activities that ENLACE has sponsored. ISR provides the evaluation of the ENLACE program.
January 2003
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This report reviews the findings to date of the ENLACE program in New Mexico. It covers events and activities, and ENLACE lessons learned.
October 2002
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The purpose of this study is to determine how existing juvenile treatment needs are determined and met in various localities. Our specific goal is to determine gaps in treatment services available to juvenile justice agencies.
October 2002
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This provides a preliminary estimate of the average proportion of time served by inmates, released in fiscal year 2002, who received credits to their sentences under the Earned Meritorious Deductions (EMD) statutory policy.
October 2002
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The ENLACE initiative is a national, multi-million effort funded by the Kellogg Foundation to help communities weave together elements of existing programs and introduce new ones to increase opportunities for Latino/a students to enter and complete college. The ISR staff has implemented a variety of data collection methods for use in short- and long-term project assessments. In addition, the staff has developed culturally specific (bilingual) evaluation instruments, methods, and protocols for use in conducting more thorough evaluations of the impacts of statewide ENLACE initiatives on our targeted population.
October 2002
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A grant awarded by the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) to the ISR provides much needed information on the concurrence of substance abuse and domestic violence. This study uses interview methods of a total of 696 domestic violence arrestees to examine their self-reported drug use during the most recent incidence of domestic violence.
September 2002
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The chapters in this review consider many of these programs and further address some of the similarities and differences between programs around the country and those in New Mexico.
September 2002
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The ISR conducted a comprehensive review of all student files obtained from Family Center staff during the academic year 2001-2001. This file review summary is intended to help Family Centers improve their various data collection processes by providing suggestions and encouraging feedback from staff members in according with this summary review.
September 2002
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The ISR completed a two-year contract with the New Mexico Department of Finance Administration's Local Government Division to provide research services, training and technical assistance to support the Local DWI Grant Program. The purpose of this briefing is to outline the major findings and recommendations in the Local DWI Grant Program Statewide Evaluation Final Report.
September 2002
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This report is the evaluation of the Bernalillo County Metropolitan DWI/Drug Court data. It includes a summary of demographic data, an analysis of data using logistic regression, a look at client recidivism, and an analysis of incarceration and probation costs.
January 2002
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July 2001
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The goal in conducting this preliminary outcome study was to better understand the effectiveness of drug courts in terms of whether they 'work' in reducing the incidence of crime as measured by re-arrests of participants after they leave the program when compared to a matched comparison group.
May 2001
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The ISR was contracted by the Administrative Office of the Courts (AOC) to conduct a process evaluation of the Third Judicial District Adult Drug Court programs. This report provides the findings of the study.
January 2001
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The ISR has completed several reports during its contracts with the New Mexico Corrections Department (NMCD), Probation and Parole Division (PPD) to validate the Risk/Needs Assessment (RNA) currently used by the NMCD PPD. Several analyses and reports have been completed as part of the process of validating the RNA and have focused on two different measures of risk: technical violations and termination status. The current report completes this series of analyses and focuses on measures of subsequent arrests.
December 2001
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This outcome study sought to better understand the effectiveness of the Juvenile Drug Court program in Bernalillo County in reducing the incidences of crime as measured by new referrals and new petitions as juveniles or arrests as adults after leaving the program compared to a similarly matched group that did not participate in the program.
December 2001
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This quasi-experimental outcome study of the First Judicial District Drug Court looked to examine the effectiveness of the program in reducing further incidences of crime using a matched historical comparison group.
December 2001
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This outcome study sought to better understand the effectiveness of the Drug Court program in Sandoval County in reducing the incidences of crime as measured by new referrals and new petitions as juveniles or arrests as adults after leaving the program compared to a similarly matched group that did not participate in the program.
March 2001
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This current report completes a series of reports to fulfill a contract with the New Mexico Corrections Department (NMCD), Probation and Parole Division (PPD) to validate the Risk/Needs Assessment (RNA) instrument. This report specifically focuses on measures of subsequent arrests.
November 2000
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The ISR was contracted by the Second Judicial District Court (SJDC) to conduct a process evaluation of the Second Judicial District Juvenile Drug Court. The evaluation revises the existing ISR-designed juvenile drug court database for use by the SJFC Juvenile Drug Court. The report provides the findings of the evaluation.
August 2000
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The purpose of this study is to determine time served under the previous Meritorious Deductions policy just prior to the effective date of the Earned Meritorious Deductions policy to generate a baseline from which to compare time served under the new policy.
August 2000
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The ISR was contracted by the state of New Mexico, Probation and Parole Division (PPD) to create a standard unit pricing system for privately provided program services in the Community Corrections Program (CCP). A unit cost system will enable the private agency providers contracted to CCP to accurately estimate the total cost of services per client when bidding for contracts.
April 2000
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This report is the evaluation of client level data for the State of New Mexico Corrections Department.
April 2000
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The ISR was contracted by the State of New Mexico Corrections Department to perform an evaluation of client level data for clients. This report discusses the methods of the evaluation and the findings.
March 2000
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December 1999
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This report is a process evaluation of the Residual Substance Abuse Treatment (RSAT) program at the Southern New Mexico Correctional Facility (SNMCF) in Las Cruces New Mexico. This final report describes the project's activities in sufficient detail to permit a replication of the project's design, including all data collection and data analysis procedures, findings, and relevant literature.
December 1999
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Final status report summarizing the usefulness of the risk.needs assessment tool.
August 1999
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In November 1998, the Metropolitan Criminal Justice Coordinating Council (MCJCC) contracted the ISR to conduct research on existing community services provided to individuals with mental and/or developmental disabilities who have contact with the criminal justice system. This report provides the analysis of the survey.
August 1999
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In November 1998, the Metropolitan Criminal Justice Coordinating Council (MCJCC) contracted the ISR to perform a study evaluating the feasibility for an integrated criminal justice information system. This report highlights the contract tasks, both completed and not completed and the findings of the evaluation.
June 1999
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In this status report on the Overview section of the PPO Survey, we followed up on the criteria officers use to determine risk status, refer to treatment and otherwise serve offenders as a means of facilitating their progress. This information is used to determine whether the current instrument needs revising for use in New Mexico.
June 1999
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This status report covers an analysis of the section of the PPO Survey in which we inquired about the tools and strategies used by Probation/Parole officers to manage and monitor the outcomes of their clients.
June 1999
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This fifth status report focuses on the sections of the survey that address Probation/Parole Officers opinions regarding the scoring procedures and measuring devices utilized in the current Risk Needs Assessment instrument.
May 1999
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This fourth status report provides details on the data collected regarding the use if specific aspects of the separate forms of which the Risk Needs Assessment Instrument is composed. This data serves to complement the validation of the current Division Risk/Needs Assessment instrument also conducted by the ISR.
March 1999
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The New Mexico Corrections Department (NMCD), Probation and Parole Division (PPD) contracted the ISR in order to validate the Risk/Needs Assessment (RNA) instrument that is currently used in Wisconsin and to ascertain whether this model can be extended to New Mexico. This report is the first step in the process to validate the RNA instrument.
February 1999
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This study report is one in a series of deliverables for our current New Mexico Corrections Department (NMCD, Probation and Parole Division (PPD) evaluation of Community Corrections (CC) Programs statewide. This third status report focuses on the use of computers by Probation and Parole Officers in fulfilling their job responsibilities on a daily basis.
December 1998
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This second status report of the Probation/Parole Officer (PPO) Survey focuses on discerning the adequacy of the initial PPD training according to the perspective of Probation/Parole officers and ascertaining PPOs impression of the mission of the division and how this might relate to their own goals and objectives in carrying out their job responsibilities on a daily basis.
October 1998
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This report profiles program participants to enable Drug Court staff to target existing resources based upon successful and unsuccessful participants as well as other criteria.
June 1998
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This report briefly summarizes the issues within the Adult Community Corrections programs. The ISR will conduct a performance-based evaluation in order to address the issues outlined in this report.
June 1998
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The ISR was contracted by the state of New Mexico to determine a standard unit pricing system for program services, particularly for the Community Corrections Department (CCD). The ISR was contracted for a period in order to deliver a report containing a standard unit pricing system that the CCD could use.
June 1998
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This status report is one in a series of deliverables for a New Mexico Corrections Department (NMCD), Probations and Parole Division (PPD) evaluation of Community Corrections (CC) Programs statewide. This report covers the results of the survey and includes future tasks.
June 1998
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This status report is one in a series of deliverables for an evaluation of the New Mexico Corrections Department (NMCD), Probation and Parole Division (PPD) of the Community Corrections (CC) Program statewide. This report provides a preliminary analysis of the data collected through the contract period.
April 1998
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This study compares patterns of firearms possession among juvenile delinquents with current efforts to enforce firearms possession laws against juveniles in New Mexico.
February 1998
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This Working Paper presents information on sentences imposed in 5,258 criminal cases in New Mexico. Cases from the Second Judicial District (Bernalillo County) were sentenced during fiscal year 1995 (7/1/94-6/30/95); cases from the rest of the state were sentenced during calendar year 1995.
January 1998
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This Working Paper presents information on prisoners under the supervision of the New Mexico Department of Corrections (NMDOC) in 1996 and 1997. For each year, information is presented for prisoners who were under NMDOC supervision on a given day (2/21/96 and 8/24/97). Information covers: prisoner status and location; offenses leading to imprisonment; sentence length; and demographic characteristics. Special sections are also included on parole violators and female offenders.
September 1996
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The following sections provide current research findings on the relationship between drugs and crime, and the relationship between alcohol, cocaine, amphetamines, and opiates and violence.
September 1996
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This report is a national overview or the jurisdiction and placement of juveniles sentenced as adults.
September 1996
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This Working Paper presents information on a six percent sample of probationers and parolees (625) under the supervision of the New Mexico Department of Corrections, Probation - Parole Division on September 26, 1996. Information covers general characteristics of probationers and parolees, offense characteristics, length of supervision, criminal history, special conditions of supervision, risks and needs assessments, behavior, treatment, and violations.
July 1996
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The purpose of this working paper is to examine: 1) what kinds of offenders are serving time in the New Mexico Prison system (NMDOC), 2) for what offenses, if any, have these inmates been previously incarcerated in the DOC system, and 3) how long are the imposed sentences for different crime categories. This paper also includes a demographic portrait of the NMDOC inmates incarcerated on February 21, 1996.
July 1996
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There are two key issues about the future of prisons in New Mexico. One concerns the number of people behind bars and their sentences. Should we send fewer (more) offenders to prison and, once there, should they serve shorter (longer) terms? The other issue is whether prison services are better provided by private firms rather than by the state. Should we privatize corrections in New Mexico, in (greater) part or in whole?
June 1996
Centers:
In this paper, we review the substance abuse treatment programs that are currently available for prisoners and parolees, both nationwide and in New Mexico. Wherever possible, we include information on program evaluation and outcome.
April 1996
Centers:
This report focuses on providing information to the Criminal and Juvenile Justice Coordinating Council regarding programs in other states that are offered to special populations of offenders. The report provides an overview of programs around the nation that have been developed for the following special populations of offenders: sex offenders, offenders who have been sexually abused, offenders with substance abuse problems, offenders with mental health problems, domestic violence offenders, technical violators (probation and parole) and mentally ill juveniles.
April 1996
Centers:
In this paper, we review the programs offered by each of these agencies, both nationwide and in New Mexico. We also include some other considerations regarding treatment decisions for substance abusers who have been arrested.
March 1996
Centers:
The following synopsis of New Mexico's good time laws will be divided between "good time deduction" law and "meritorious deduction" law.
January 1993
Centers:
The Albuquerque Target Cities Project was refunded by the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT) for two years. CSAT is required to have an evaluation component to continue funding which is carried out by the ISR.