Racial disparity in federal pretrial detention recommendations: Trends over two decades and association with risk assessment implementation (2024)
Stephania L. Hayes1and Jennifer L. Skeem
Ale Hilbert
Understanding racial disparities in pretrial detention recommendations to shape policy reform. (2023)
Stephania L. Hayes1and Jennifer L. Skeem
Congratulations to Dr. Jennifer Skeem on Her IRLE Faculty Research Award!
Congratulations to Dr. Jennifer Skeem on Her IRLE Faculty Research Award! We’re proud to announce that Dr. Jennifer Skeem has been selected for a 2025–26 Faculty Research Award by UC Berkeley’s Institute for Research on Labor and Employment (IRLE). This…
Risk-Resilience Lab Receives Top-Cited Honor in Criminology & Public Policy
Top 10 Most-Cited in 2023: Recognizing Our Impact in Criminology & Public Policy We’re proud to announce that our article “Understanding racial disparities in pretrial detention recommendations to shape policy reform”—authored by Jennifer Skeem, Lina Montoya, and Christopher Lowenkamp—was recognized…
New Research: How Protective Factors Reduce Youth Reoffending
New Research: How Protective Factors Reduce Youth Reoffending The latest brief from the Youth Protective Factors Study—a partnership between the CSG Justice Center, UMass Chan Medical School’s Implementation Science and Practice Advances Research Center, and UC Berkeley’s Risk-Resilience Lab—examines how protective…
Explore How Protective Factors Reduce Youth Reoffending—Register for Our Webinar!
Explore How Protective Factors Reduce Youth Reoffending—Register for Our Webinar! Join the CSG Justice Center, UMass Chan Medical School’s Implementation Science and Practice Advances Research Center, and UC Berkeley’s Risk-Resilience Lab for a webinar on the latest findings from the…
Parole Decision-Making
Can structured tools improve the consistency and fairness of parole decisions? We are analyzing parole processes and outcomes in California to identify any disparities and explore whether data-driven frameworks could deliver fairer, more consistent releases. Why parole decision-making needs a…
Optimizing Probation
Can we better align officers’ decisions with policy to improve resource use, fairness, and safety? Focusing on two key decision points—supervision level assignments and technical violation reports—we identify gaps between policy and practice and help design targeted reforms to improve…
Pretrial Release
Can risk-based release policies improve pretrial outcomes, compared to unstructured judicial decisions? We analyze how officers and judges currently decide who to keep in jail before trial, then model the impact of a policy that would release defendants classified as…
Self-Perceptions of Risk
How accurately can people assess their own likelihood of future self-harm or violence? We are studying the value of psychiatric patients’ self-predictions of violence, compared to predictions made by clinicians or risk assessment instruments. Statement of the opportunity Most people…