Study/Assessment

The Detroit, Michigan Police Department, as part of the Detroit Violence Reduction Network (VRN) site, requested assistance to facilitate a crime analysis summit to educate crime analysts, executives, command staff, managers, and supervisors in Detroit and surrounding areas on crime analysis, social media analysis, social network analysis, geographic information systems, and investigative analysis. Julie Wartell and Dr. Ed McGarrell were selected as the providers. Ms. Wartell and Dr.

The Chicago Police Department (PD), as part of the Chicago Violence Reduction Network (VRN) Site, is seeking an assessment of its crime strategy.

Technical assistance program review of the DUI court in Dillon, MT.

Consultants: Levy and Burke

We will conduct analyses looking at the impact of the Affordable Care Act on recidivism. To accomplish this, we are identifying a state system which is supportive of data linkage --and are currently pursuing CA, OH, and PA as target states. We will then need to obtain approvals from leadership, institutional review boards, and then ultimately conduct these analyses.

We are performing a sub-analysis of the Transitions Clinic Network, which was award a Healthcare Innovation Award from the Centers of Medicare & Medicaid Innovation to improve health and reduce costs for individuals leaving prisons and returning to the community health systems. We will explore how early engagement in primary care (direct referral from prison; referral within 4 weeks, and having 2 or more visits to primary care) impact return to jail or prison.

Through MFJ’s assessment of CCAP, our researchers have already identified inconsistencies in how counties use the CCAP system based on the data entered. Now, MFJ is creating a county-level report that will show the data’s variability (and that we've responsibly handled WI data given that variability). The report will contain the following information: (1) the level of consistency with which CCAP data elements are used across jurisdictions (i.e. which data elements are used by all jurisdictions, and which are not.

Produce and present special reports for the Dane County Criminal Justice Coordinating Council, who are interested in using the Measures for Justice to highlight racial disparities.

Conduct site visits to assess CDP's homicide investigation processes and provide TA

Conduct site visits to Miami to assess homicide investigation processes and provide technical assistance

Technical assistance program review of the drug court in Campbell County, Kentucky.

Consultants: Fuchs and Zoller