January 26, 2026Loveline Phillips never contemplated the academic path she found at the Schar School. But now that shes discovered how her research skills can help others, theres 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 Schools Center for Advancing Correctional Excellence is working with officials in St. Louis to improve conditions at the countys jail. The grant is $300,000.
August 25, 2022An important new study of 3,100 counties shows the relationship between a communitys mental health services and the local jail population. It also shows how to reduce that population.
December 3, 2021A discussion among practitioners in Virginias 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 Schools 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 Schools Faye Taxman for the National Institute of Justice examines the risk and needs assessment instruments that impact those in correctional settings.
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May 3, 2021
A new study by the Schar Schools 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.
