Publications

​​Below are research reports and brief produced by the WV Office of Research and Strategic Planning and WV Statistical Analysis Center from 2010-Present.  Reports from 1999-2009 are located in the Publication​ Archive.  

Reports

• 2018 West Vi​rginia Recidivism Report (July 2024)
  
• An Analysis of Crime Rates in West Virginia, 2015-2019 (August 2021)
• Criminal Hi​story Records in West Virginia: A Statewide Data Quality Review (May 2018)​​
• An Evaluation of the Prevention Resource Officer Program in West Virginia Middle and High Schools (January 2018)
• The Correctional Program Quality Index: Measuring Adherence to Evidence-Based Practices (November 2016)
• Recidivism by Direct Sentence Clients Released from Day Report Centers in 2011: Predictors and Patterns over Time (January 2016)
• WV Correctional Population Forecast: 2014-2024 (December 2015)
• Evidence-Based Offender Assessment: A Comparative Analysis of West Virginia and U.S. Risk Scores (October 2015)
• Predicting Recidivism of Offenders Released from the West Virginia Division of Corrections: Validation of the Level of Service/Case Management Inventory (September 2015)
• Predictors of Client Success in Day Report Centers: Successful Program Completion and its Relationship to Recidivism (June 2014)
• Testing the Validity of Demonstrated Imputation Methods on Longitudinal NIBRS Data (June 2014)
• WV Correctional Population Forecast: 2012-2022 (January 2013)​
• Improving State Capacity for Crime Reporting: An Exploratory Analysis of Data Quality and Imputation Methods Using NIBRS Data (January 2013)
• Helping Others Pursue Excellence in Public Schools: Assessing the Impact of HOPE CDC's Mentoring Program (October 2011)
• Assessing the Validity of Hate Crime Reporting: An Analysis of NIBRS Data (July 2011)​​​
• WV Correctional Population Forecast: 2010-2020 (March 2011)

Research Briefs