March 3, 2016 From Mass Incarceration to Mass Control, and Back Again: How Bipartisan Criminal Justice Reform May Lead to a For-Profit Nightmare http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2741932

This article describes the current mass incarceration paradigm and current left-right reform efforts.

February 9, 2016 Want to save lives? An innovative program targets one of the big causes of death: alcohol http://www.vox.com/2016/2/9/10955138/alcohol-247-sobriety-program

Describes the results of two recent studies related to SCF and alcohol.

January 1, 2016 State Map http://responsibility.org/get-the-facts/state-map/issue/247-programs/

The Foundation for Advancing Alcohol Responsibility has published an interactive map with statistics on drinking and driving.

November 18, 2015 Using Risk and Needs Assessment Information at Sentencing: Observations from Ten Jurisdictions http://ncsc.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/singleitem/collection/criminal/id/267

A report examining how offender risk and needs assessment information informs sentencing decisions as part of a broader evidence-based approach to effective risk management and recidivism reduction.

November 4, 2015 Criminal Discount Factors and Deterrence http://economics.uwo.ca/about_us/Workshops/applied_docs_2015_2016/rivers_nov24.pdf

Using data on recidivism after a large collective pardon in Italy, the researchers examine sentence length to estimate the degree of discounting among criminal offenders.