Evaluation & Research Literature: The State of Knowledge on BJA-Funded Programs FY2016 June 1, 2016 This report was prepared by CSR, Incorporated, under contract number GS-10F-0114L from the Office of Justice Programs, Bureau of Justice Assistance. Overview The Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) is a leader in developing and implementing evidence-based criminal justice policy and practice. BJA’s mission is to provide leadership in services, grant administration, and criminal justice policy development to support local, state, and tribal justice strategies in achieving safer communities. This is accomplished in many criminal justice topic areas, including adjudication, corrections, counter-terrorism, crime prevention, justice information sharing, law enforcement, justice and mental health, substance abuse, and tribal justice. Under each topic area, BJA funds numerous programs and initiatives at the tribal, local, and state level. In collaboration with the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) and other federal and research partners, many of these programs have been evaluated. The Evaluation and Research Literature report has several goals: • To assess the state of knowledge on BJA-funded programs as determined by data collection, research, and evaluation; • To be a resource on evaluation and research literature related to BJA programs; • To identify U.S. Department of Justice-funded innovative programs and sound practices; • To highlight programs and practices that have a solid foundation of evidence; and • To identify programs that may benefit from further research and evaluation. In FY 2014, this report’s compilers conducted a systemic literature review to find appropriate process evaluations. The FY 2016 version builds upon the earlier version. Program evaluation is a systematic, objective process for determining the success of a policy or program. Evaluations assess whether and to what extent the program is achieving its goals and objectives. Strong data collection practices are critical for understanding the scope and nature of an issue. Consequently, where appropriate, the report compilers identified certain descriptive reports that are not evaluative in nature when there was limited evaluation literature on a program. The report’s compilers used the following methods to evaluate the 34 BJA programs detailed here. • Using keyword searches, they idenfied and summarized program and process evaluations from the National Criminal Justice Reference Services, federal websites (e.g., NIJ, BJS), Google Scholar, state websites, national associations, research institutions, and training and technical assistance provider websites. • They searched the Crimesolutions.gov website by topic area to include programs and practices that have already been evaluated. • When no evaluations on a certain program/initiative were identified, they widened the search criteria to include scholarly research (i.e., research published in scholarly journals). • They identified and referenced recent federal audits. This report includes a summary table highlighting the number of evaluations, Crimesolutions.gov ratings of programs and practices, and other related research. The summary table quantifies the number of reports, reviews, or articles in each topic area. It also includes a key that defines the terms used in the summary table and program sections. Although this report is as comprehensive as possible, it is not intended to be a complete accounting of all research and evaluations on a certain program or initiative. BJA will continue to update this report reguarly as new information is published. Table of Contents Evaluation Initiative Tracking Key ............................................................................................................... ii Bureau of Justice Assistance Evaluation Scan Initiative Tracking .............................................................. iii 1. Body-Worn Camera Pilot Implementation Program .............................................................................. 1 2. Border Prosecution Initiatives ................................................................................................................ 5 3. Bulletproof Vest Partnership .................................................................................................................. 7 4. Byrne Criminal Justice Innovation ....................................................................................................... 11 5. Capital Case Litigation Initiative Program ........................................................................................... 17 6. Coordinated Tribal Assistance Solicitation Programs .......................................................................... 19 7. Drug Court Programs: Including Specialized and Problem-Solving Courts ........................................ 28 8. Economic, High-Tech, and Cyber Crime Prevention ........................................................................... 41 9. Harold Rogers Prescription Drug Monitoring Program ....................................................................... 45 10. Enhanced Collaborative Model to Combat Human Trafficking........................................................... 55 11. Intellectual Property Theft Enforcement Program ............................................................................... 64 12. Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant .............................................................................. 67 13. Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program ............................................................................... 70 14. Justice Reinvestment Initiative ............................................................................................................. 82 15. Missing Alzheimer’s Disease Patient Alert Program ........................................................................... 92 16. The National Center for Campus Public Safety ................................................................................... 95 17. Pay for Success Program .................................................................................................................... 103 18. Prison Rape Elimination Act Program ............................................................................................... 108 19. Project Honest Opportunity Probation and Enforcement/Swift & Certain Sanctions ........................ 114 20. Project Safe Neighborhoods ............................................................................................................... 120 21. Public Safety Officers’ Benefits Program .......................................................................................... 131 22. Reentry Courts .................................................................................................................................... 134 23. Regional Information Sharing System ............................................................................................... 139 24. Residential Substance Abuse Treatment Program.............................................................................. 143 25. National Sexual Assault Kit Initiative ................................................................................................ 155 26. Second Chance Act ............................................................................................................................ 160 27. Smart Policing Initiative ..................................................................................................................... 180 28. Smart Prosecution Initiative Program ................................................................................................ 188 29. Smart Supervision Program ................................................................................................................ 191 30. State and Local Anti-Terrorism Training ........................................................................................... 196 31. Statewide Automated Victim Information and Notification .............................................................. 199 32. VALOR Program ............................................................................................................................... 204 33. Veterans Treatment Courts ................................................................................................................. 207 34. Wrongful Conviction Review Program (Justice for All Act) ............................................................. 213 i Evaluation Initiative Tracking Key Crime Solutions: The data in these columns indicate the number of ratings of the reviewed program on the CrimeSolutions.gov website. Each program with a rating has been provided by type for review, where available. Effective: The data in this column represent programs that have been rated as effective according to CrimeSolutions.gov. Promising: The data in this column represent programs that have been rated as promising according to CrimeSolutions.gov. No Effects: The data in this column represent programs that have been rated as having no effect according to CrimeSolutions.gov. Insufficient Evidence: The data in this column represent the total number of evaluations of the program that are found on the insufficient evidence list on the CrimeSolutions.gov website. These evaluations were found to not meet the minimum rating criteria and as a result were not used to determine a rating for the program. Highlighted