Research, Analysis & Evaluation

Past Grant Projects & Activities:

The Deaths in Police Custody Reporting:
Theme:  Performance measurement.
Status:  Ongoing. 2005 to Present

Pursuant to the Deaths in Custody Reporting Act of 2000 (Public Law 106 297) BJS is obtaining data on deaths occurring in prisons, jails, and juvenile detention facilities throughout the country, as well as those occurring in the process of arrest. Examples of these latter deaths include vehicular and other fatalities resulting from flight from arrest, uses of lethal force by police, suicides occurring during arrest attempts, and deaths of arrestees resulting from drug overdoses, or other medical conditions (i.e. heart attacks, strokes, seizures) or deaths occurring during transport to a holding facility, jail, or booking center. The Connecticut Statistical Analysis Center (CT SAC) will continue to collect and report statewide statistics on deaths in police custody to BJS and Connecticut Office of Policy and Management on a quarterly basis.  Connecticut is current with the filing of these reports with BJS. Copies of the reports given to BJS and several requests for documentation of the process have not been provided to OPM to date.

The 2008 Connecticut Recidivism Study & Annual Report:
Theme:  Performance measurement & Analyses utilizing a State’s criminal history records.
Status:  Report published, February 2008. Still pending final knowledge transfer and full methodology disclosures for documention of the study.

This study has been completed with data collection occurring during the autumn of 2007 and data analysis done during the winter. However we are still awaiting the delivery of the final syntax file and knowledge transfer on how to recreate all the data variables used as the basis for the analysis and other methods used to calculate time served and other components of the study. This report follows the reconviction and reincarceration rates of inmates released from Connecticut prisons in 2004.  The data is broken down by type of release (end of sentence, parole, and Department of Correction community program) along with offense types and time to re-arrest.  The publication of the annual report has been completed and distributed to the Governor’s Office and the legislature, and has been posted to the State Office of Policy and Management’s web site.  Several presentations of the findings and conclusions from this study are planned, and the first one is scheduled for April 10, 2008 to members of the Criminal Justice Policy Advisory Commission. 

The 2008 Connecticut Prison Population Projection Study:
Theme:  Performance measurement.
Status:  Completed February 2008.

As part of the statutorily mandated reporting requirements of the Criminal Justice Planning Division in the Connecticut Office of Policy and Management, the CTSAC co-produced this annual report.  This report summarizes the significant changes in Connecticut’s prison population, explores factors that may have caused these increase, and calculated prison population projections through 2009. The report has been distributed to the Governor’s Office and the legislature, and has been posted to the State Office of Policy and Management’s web site.  Several presentations of the findings and conclusions from this study are planned, and the first one is scheduled for April 10, 2008 to members of the Criminal Justice Policy Advisory Commission.

The 2007 Connecticut Recidivism Study:
Status:  Completed January 2007.

The CTSAC was asked to produce a prison recidivism report by the Criminal Justice Planning Division of the Connecticut Office of Policy and Management.  This report follows the reconviction and reincarceration rates of inmates released from Connecticut prisons in 2000.  The data is broken down by type of release (end of sentence, parole, and Department of Correction community program) along with offense types and time to re-arrest.  The report was presented to the Connecticut General Assembly as part of the statutorily mandated reporting requirements.

The 2007 Connecticut Prison Population Projection Study:
Theme:  Performance measurement.
Status:  Completed January 2007.

As part of the statutorily mandated reporting requirements of the Criminal Justice Planning Division in the Connecticut Office of Policy and Management, the CTSAC produced this annual report.  This report summarizes current misconceptions regarding the significant rise in Connecticut’s prison population from 1985 to 2007, explores factors that may have caused these increase, and calculated prison population projections through 2012. The report has been distributed to the Governor’s Office and the legislature, and has been posted to the State Office of Policy and Management’s web site. 

Summary of Family Violence Arrest Incidents in Connecticut, 2003-2004:
Status: Completed, December 2006.

Connecticut police departments are required by state law to complete a family violence arrest report in all cases of family violence (both intimate and nonintimate).  These reports are collected by the Connecticut Department of Public Safety.  In working with the Connecticut Department of Public Safety, this report summarizes family violence arrests from January 1, 2003 through December 31, 2004.  It focuses on the offender/victim relationships, characteristics of the incident (date and time, involvement of weapons, extent of injuries, and presence of drugs or alcohol), and whether the incident resulted in dual arrests.

State of Connecticut Current Correctional Population Indicators, Monthly Report
Theme:  Performance measurement.
Status: November 2006.

The Connecticut Office of Policy and Management, Criminal Justice Planning Division, is mandated by Connecticut Statutes to produce a monthly prison population summary report. The CTSAC assisted in creating the first of these reports by initially co-facilitating a work group of criminal justice agency representatives to collect and present correctional data.  This report presents ongoing and up-to-date information about the number and types of prison intakes, discharges, probation intakes, parole and community program intakes and discharges, and short-term prison population projections.  The report presents the current correctional population indicators for Connecticut monthly and includes six month projections for the correctional system.  All work to actually produce these reports has been done by the Office of Policy and Management.

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