January 26, 2026Loveline Phillips never contemplated the academic path she found at the Schar School. But now that she鈥檚 discovered how her research skills can help others, there鈥檚 no stopping her.
May 22, 2024Health benefits for those in the correctional system need changes. A new study shows what that might look like.
August 31, 2022The Schar School鈥檚 Center for Advancing Correctional Excellence is working with officials in St. Louis to improve conditions at the county鈥檚 jail. The grant is $300,000.
August 25, 2022An important new study of 3,100 counties shows the relationship between a community鈥檚 mental health services and the local jail population. It also shows how to reduce that population.
December 3, 2021A discussion among practitioners in Virginia鈥檚 criminal justice system about major reforms is long overdue. So we had one.
October 6, 2021Three new studies funded by the national JCOIN program address addictions and disease in justice settings.
October 4, 2021The Schar School鈥檚 Center for Advancing Correctional Excellence! Lands an NIH grant to mentor a scientists studying opioid abuse in criminal justice settings.
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August 12, 2021
New guidelines co-created by the Schar School鈥檚 Faye Taxman for the National Institute of Justice examines the 鈥渞isk and needs assessment鈥 instruments that impact those in correctional settings.
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May 3, 2021
A new study by the Schar School鈥檚 Center for Advancing Correctional Excellence confirms the idea that a community needs to perceive changes in correctional systems as legitimate before being effective.
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A new Schar School program makes rapid grants available to improve practices affecting those in criminal justice settings. Speed is everything.
