The IRE Resource Center is a major research library containing more than 23,250 investigative stories — both print and broadcast. Add to that more than 3,000 tipsheets from our national conferences on how to cover specific beats or do specific stories and you have a resource that no reporter or editor should be without. These stories and tipsheets are searchable online or by contacting the Resource Center directly (573-882-3364 or rescntr@ire.org) where a researcher can help you pinpoint what you need. Browse or search the tipsheet section of our library below. Logged-in members can view the tipsheets free online:
Search results for "incarceration" ...
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Who Is John Doe -- And How To Get The Paper On Him
Useful links for investigating individuals in areas such as living history, credit history, licensing, past or current incarceration, current occupation, etc. http://www.reporter.org/desktop/tips/johndoe.htm
Tags: person; search; credit; history; incarceration; occupation
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Prisons, Parole, and Sentencing
Crowder provides tips on how to look at incarceration rates, recidivism, aftercare, drug testing, and sentencing laws. She provides specific questions to ask when looking at these topics. The tipsheet has a list of resources for state-by-state data and comparisons.
Tags: incarceration rate; prison; parole violation; parole officer; drug test; halfway houses; aftercare; forensics experts; drug treatment centers; habitual offender laws; robbers; murder; Sentencing Commission; Criminal Justice Institute; U.S. Department of Justice
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Tipsheet No: 507
Green and Winter provide an excellent resource list for those covering criminal justice and prison issues. Categories of sources include the following: criminal justice policy issues, sentencing, alternatives to incarceration; death penalty; older prisoners; supermax prisons; juvenile justice; women prisoners and children of prisoners; current and former corrections officials; current and former prisoners; AIDS in prison; racism in criminal justice; and mental health issues. Audio tape available through the IRE Resource Center at (573) 882-3364 or rescntr@ ire.org. Ask for tape #IRE96-25.
Tags: None
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Information Sources on Criminal Justice and Prison Issues
Two-page tip sheet for information sources on criminal justice and prison issues. Several experts listed for any questions that may arise concerning criminal justice policy issues, sentencing, alternatives to incarceration, death penalty, women prisoners and children of prisoners, AIDS in prison, etc. Also four-page journal of the National Prison Project, Winter 1994/95.
Tags: Department of Corrections The Sentencing Project Human Rights 6 pages
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Researching Law
Three short articles raise separate legal questions: procedural fairness in nonbinding arbitration, financial efficacy of social intervention programs versus incarceration, and reforming products liability law.
Tags: Research