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Broward County Jail Forecast, Risk Assessment Evaluation, and Cost-Benefit Analysis

Funded through the Broward County Sheriff's Office, this project involves three components: developing a ten-year jail population forecast, evaluating the COMPAS risk assessment screening instrument used for pre-trial decisions, and conducting a cost/benefit analysis of pretrial services.

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Thomas Blomberg, Dean and Sheldon L. Messinger Professor of Criminology
Florida State University
College of Criminology and Criminal Justice
Center for Criminology and Public Policy Research
Hecht House, 634 W. Call Street
Tallahassee, FL 32306-1127
Phone: 850-644-7365
Fax: 850-644-9614
E-mail: tblomberg@fsu.edu

Staff

  • Principal Investigator: Thomas G. Blomberg, Dean and Sheldon L. Messinger Professor of Criminology, FSU College of Criminology and Criminal Justice
  • Project Researcher: William D. Bales, Associate Professor, FSU College of Criminology and Criminal Justice.
  • Project Researcher: Karen Mann, Director, Center for Criminology and Public Policy Research
  • Project Researcher: Alex Piquero, Gordon Waldo Professor of Criminology, FSU College of Criminology and Criminal Justice.
  • Graduate Research Assistants:
    Ryan Meldrum, FSU College of Criminology and Criminal Justice.
    Joseph Nedelec, FSU College of Criminology and Criminal Justice.