January 1, 2026
Habitual Offenders (SB213) Preliminary Evaluation: Community Supervision 2025
Overview: This report evaluates the characteristics and outcomes of individuals under AP&P supervision that are classified as habitual offenders, as defined by SB213. Senate Bill 213 (SB213) classifies individuals with six or more felony convictions within the past five years as habitual offenders. This report examines the characteristics and outcomes of habitual offenders under AP&P supervision using data from the
January 1, 2021
Research Brief: Jail Diversion Evaluation Summary 2021
Overview: Introduced in December of 2019, the Davis County jail diversion program aims to provide an alternative to traditional arrest or citation for adults who have engaged in certain lower-level drug crimes and misdemeanor offenses. Instead of traditional paths, the program allows referral to appropriate treatment services to avoid the stigmatizing and often costly criminal justice track. Critics of jail
January 1, 2021
Reports: Nonjudicial Adjustments Systematic Review & Internal Evaluation 2021
The work of the Utah Juvenile Justice Working Group laid the foundation for research-based, data-driven policy changes. Moving forward, the state could benefit from making efforts to: 1) understand and adopt research-based approaches to generate positive outcomes for youths diverted from a petition via an NJA, and 2) ensure that NJA practices are implemented with substantial fidelity and quality. As
January 1, 2021
Report: Improvements to Community Supervision—Housing and Employment Supports 2020
Purpose of this report: The four main goals of this report are to: Share findings from a targeted focus group with housing and employment specialists in Utah who have subject matter expertise in working with justice-involved clients; Connect the recommendations of these subject matter experts to existing data and research from the Commission on Criminal & Juvenile Justice (CCJJ) or
January 1, 2019
Report: Evaluation of Utah’s Mental Health Courts—Limited Findings and a Review of Research Challenges 2018
Phase II Study Description Individuals with mental health disorders are highly overrepresented within the United States correctional facilities (Prins, 2014). Since the Community Mental Health Act was passed in the 1960s, long-term, residential state hospitals for mental health treatment were shut down across the nation. These state hospitals were viewed as warehouses for individuals with mental illness, and frequently had