Literature

Download the following to learn more about JPASonline:

• JPASonline™ – Business Intelligence Solution for Jail and Court Management
  Printable brochure for JPASonline
  
• Washtenaw County Letter
  Customer reference letter
• Administration of Justice Consultant Letter
  National Institute of Corrections consultant Robert Cushman has written extensively on how counties apply their jail data to the problem of facility overcrowding.  This letter contains Mr. Cushman's thoughts on the concepts underlying JPASonline.

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Related reading:

• A Practical Guide to Jail Crowding
  JPASonline applies groundbreaking approaches to using data to address overcrowding. These approaches were developed by the National Institute of Corrections. This download, first published by the NIC, is an independent, easily-readable review of these approaches.
• Controlling Inmate Population Size: A Case Study of 20 Years of success
  By Marilyn Chandler Ford, Assistant Director, Volusia County Department of Corrections, Daytona Beach, Florida
• Jail Crowding: Understanding Jail Population Dynamics
  By Mark A. Cunniff, National Association of Criminal Justice Planners
• Guidelines for Developing a Criminal Justice Coordinating Committee
  By Robert C. Cushman
  
• Jail Population Reduction Strategies
  An Examination of Five Jurisdictions' Responses to Jail Crowding by the American Jail Association
• A Second Look at Alleviating Jail Crowding – A Systems Perspective
  By the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Bureau of Justice Assistance