1. BSCC-PPIC Multi-County Realignment Study Association for Criminal Justice Research-CA October 24, 2013 Sonya Tafoya, Ryken Grattet, Mia Bird

2. Purpose of Multi-County Study  Collaborate with the BSCC to develop an individual- level database for realigned offenders  Study effectiveness of county policies and practices  Provide data for broad range of research and reporting efforts by: –Counties –State agencies –Academic researchers

3. Project Endorsement and Participation Eleven California Counties 3 Endorsed by: California State Association of Counties County Administrative Officers Association of California California State Sheriff’s Association Chief Probation Officers of California CDCR and DOJ Partially Funded by: National Institute of Justice

4. Data and Data Sources CI&I Unique ID Recidivism Arrests, Violations Convictions Returns Background Risk & Needs Offending history Services & Sanctions Alternative Sanctions Treatment DOJ Counties CDCR Counties

5. How do we know what works? IDControlsInterventionOutcome OffenderCountyDemographicsRiskNeedsServiceRecidivism AndreX32, M, WhiteHighSAYY SebastianY22, M, AsianHighSAYY JuanX45, M, BlackHighSANN SteveZ34, M, WhiteLowEducNN EricaX27, F, LatinoModerateMHYN

6. What questions can be answered with such data?  Is our recidivism rate (however best defined) going up or down?  Do the services we refer people to decrease their recidivism?  Is flash incarceration leading to behavior change?  Do offenders given split sentences do better, worse, or the same as offenders given straight sentences?  Do offenders placed on electronic monitoring do better, worse, or the same as offenders given straight or split sentences?  Do we have the right set of service and program options in place?  Are their promising evidence based practices being used elsewhere that could benefit our county? 6

7. Progress and Current Status  Collaboration established with BSCC, CDCR, DOJ  State-level endorsements of project  County recruitment  Identifying county needs for full participation  Data collection begins January 2014 (@ 6 month intervals) 7

8. Contact Sonya Tafoya Research Associate Public Policy Institute of California tafoya@ppic.org (415) 291-4470 Ryken Grattet Research Fellow Public Policy Institute of California grattet@ppic.org (916) 440-1123 8 Mia Bird Research Fellow Public Policy Institute of California bird@ppic.org (415) 291-4471