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WCPCAN Recent ResearchEvidence-Based Public Policy Options to Reduce Future Prison Construction,Criminal Justice Costs, and Crime RatesOctober 2006Washington State Institute for Public Policy Steve Aos, Marna Miller, Elizabeth Drake Updated February 2, 2007 Under current long-term forecasts, Washington State faces the need to construct several new prisons in the next two decades. Since new prisons are costly, the 2005 Washington Legislature directed the Washington State Institute for Public Policy to project whether there are “evidence-based” options that can: a) reduce the future need for prison beds, b) save money for state and local taxpayers, and c) contribute to lower crime rates. This report describes our findings and discusses how we conducted the analysis. We review evidence-based adult corrections, juvenile corrections, and prevention options and analyze the effects of alternative portfolios of these investments. The full report is available here: WSIPP Report October 2006 For more information and reports by the Washington State Institute for Public Policy (WSIPP) please visit: www.wsipp.wa.gov.
Preventing Abusive Head Trauma Among Infants and Young Children: A Hospital-Based, Parent Education ProgramPediatrics Journal Updated September 23, 2005 Abusive head injuries among infants (shaken infant or shaken impact syndrome) represent a devastating form of child abuse; an effective prevention program that reduces the incidence of abusive head injuries could save both lives and the costs of caring for victims. We wished to determine whether a comprehensive, regional, hospital-based, parent education program, administered at the time of the child's birth, could be successfully implemented and to examine its impact on the incidence of abusive head injuries among infants <36 months of age.
For more information and reports by the Pediatrics journal, please visit: www.pediatrics.org. |
Benefits and Costs of Prevention and Early Intervention Programs for YouthWashington State Institute for Public Policy Updated September 17, 2004 Does prevention pay? Can an ounce of prevention avoid (at least) an ounce of cure? More specifically for public policy purposes, is there credible scientific evidence that for each dollar a legislature spends on "research-based" prevention or early intervention programs for youth, more than a dollar's worth of benefits will be generated? If so, what are the policy options that offer taxpayers the best return on their dollar? These are among the ambitious questions the 2003 Washington State Legislature assigned the Washington State Institute for Public Policy. This report describes our findings and provides an overview of how we conducted the analysis.
For more information and reports by the Washington State Institute for Public Policy (WSIPP) please visit: www.wsipp.wa.gov. |
