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Measuring Realignment: The Court Perspective

Measuring Realignment: The Court Perspective. Court Based Realignment Data Collection. Association of Criminal Justice Researchers, California October 24, 2013. Francine Byrne. Realignment Impact on the Courts. Changes in sentencing options New populations New procedures

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Measuring Realignment: The Court Perspective

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  1. Measuring Realignment: The Court Perspective Court Based Realignment Data Collection Association of Criminal Justice Researchers, California October 24, 2013 Francine Byrne

  2. Realignment Impact on the Courts • Changes in sentencing options • New populations • New procedures • Workload increases

  3. Court Realignment Data Legislatively mandated data collection • BSCC, DOF & JLBC • Focus on realignment outcomes • Split sentences • Petitions for revocation • Responses to petitions

  4. Court Realignment Data Workload data collection • Information to be used for resource allocation purposes • Increases in hearings • Increases in petitions • Challenges related to data variation and court collection capacity

  5. Court Realignment Data Challenges • Role of the AOC • No uniform data collection in place • Workload v.s. Outcomes: emphasis on process • Cases v.s. People

  6. Initial Sentencing

  7. Use of Split Sentences • Statewide average= 32% • 42% (without L.A.) • Range = 0%-100%

  8. Outcomes for MS and PRCS Violation Cases (Q3) • # of cases found in violation and reinstated • # of cases revoked and terminated • Cases terminated/Petitions (note: only to look for outliers or patterns) • PRCS = .88 • MS = .57

  9. Outcomes for Probation Violation Cases

  10. Court Realignment Data Workload measures • Petitions filed, calendar events: PRCS, MS, Parole (soon) • Data analytics-looking for outliers • # events per petition • # hearings per event • Triangulating other data sources

  11. Court Realignment Data Next steps • Work with internal group to translate workload for resource allocation • Individual court reports francine.byrne@jud.ca.gov

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