A new report from the Indiana University Public Policy Institute shows that the total number of individuals experiencing homelessness has decreased in the last few years, returning to previous years’ levels. The report, Ten-Year Trend Shows Slight Decrease in Number of People Experiencing Homelessness, is an annual Point-in-Time Count that assesses the current needs of… Read more »
Entries by O'Neill at IUPUI
PPI researchers will work with Indiana Judicial Center to evaluate pretrial risk assessment program
By Brad Ray, Assistant Professor This summer, researchers at the IU Public Policy Institute will begin work with the Indiana Judicial Center on a three-year study of nine counties in Indiana that are implementing a pretrial risk assessment program. The use of pretrial risk assessments is part of a larger movement in the United States… Read more »
Researchers explore links between hate crimes and terrorism
By Jeff Gruenewald, Joshua D. Freilich, Steven Chermak and William Parkin Some are calling the mass shooting at an Orlando gay nightclub an act of terrorism. Others are calling it a hate crime against the LGBT community. President Obama declared it an “act of terror and an act of hate.” Can it be both? It’s… Read more »
SPEA study shows tax on plug-in vehicles is not answer to road-funding woes
Given declining revenues from gasoline and diesel fuel taxes and the need for new ways of funding road infrastructure, state and federal policymakers are considering or have enacted annual registration fees for plug-in vehicles. In a paper to be published in the August issue of Energy Policy, SPEA researchers say that approach is misguided. According… Read more »
Large reductions in prison population can be made without endangering public safety, SPEA study says
A paper published in the journal Criminology & Public Policy addresses one of the most important crime policy questions in America: Can prison populations be reduced without endangering the public? Jody Sundt That question was examined by researchers who tested the impact on public safety of California’s dramatic efforts to comply with court-mandated targets to… Read more »
