To assist you with planning future programs, NIC is seeking feedback from corrections practitioners through this survey. Completing the survey takes approximately 15 minutes, and your imput would be very valuable.  Click here to access the NIC survey

ASCA would like to get suggestions from Member Agencies for areas in which they would like to have research conducted.  Click on this Email link to make suggestions.

ASCA will post Forums to collect input from all member agencies about research topics that have been suggested.  ASCA will collect responses as support for the need to conduct research or evidence that research is not a priority.

ASCA will post the results of discussions from forums about suggested research topics and indicate whether there is support for pursuing funding or recommending the research topic as a potential funding opportunity to our federal partners or that members indicated this is not a significant issue that requires research funding. 

ASCA will post a SURVEY to collect ideas for proceeding with those research topics that have support of the memebership to move forward to try to identify research resources.  Some of the topics that might be included in the survey are: methods for completing the research; whether ASCA staff will pursue the topic or list a researcher(s) who are experts in this area and who can perform the research; recommend a funding source that can be pursued; recommend agency(s) where the research can take place; recommend a target date for completion of the research and others.

Members can upload a document or link to correctional studies or research that have been conducted and published by clicking on this Email link.  Information about the Study or Research along with links to final report documents will be posted here.

ASCA will post Forums here for members to discuss studies and research documents that are posted for members to review.

The project web site of the Cost-Benefit Knowledge Bank for Criminal Justice (CBKB), cbkb.org, is now online, providing useful resources for justice practitioners and policymakers interested in using cost-benefit analysis methods and applications to better evaluate the economic impact of criminal justice policy choices.

The new web site features educational materials, such as webinars and toolkits, to guide visitors through the steps of a cost-benefit analysis. It also serves as a resource clearinghouse, with announcements of the latest publications and events, and a reference database of hundreds of cost-benefit studies.

Please visit cbkb.org, to learn more about this exciting new resource to the field of criminal justice.

CBKB is administered by the Vera Institute of Justice's Cost-Benefit Analysis Unit and funded by the Bureau of Justice Assistance.

Numerous relevant research articles were reviewed and assessed by correctional administrators and Department of Corrections' research staff.  The results of those assessments are presented under several subheadings in a report to NIC that may be downloaded by clicking on the following links.

Institutional Corrections Research Network (ICRN) Final Report 3/10

Institutional Corrections Research Network Report- Appendices