Research Reports

The Salt Lake County Division of Criminal Justice Services (CJS) asked UCJC to evaluate the CATS drug treatment program at Oxbow and Re-entry services through Criminal Justice Services (CJS). The Oxbow Jail, which re-opened in July 2009, provides a “therapeutic campus” to expand education and rehabilitation programs . . .

Since October 2009, the Humanitarian Center Program has provided daily jobs skills training (4 hours) and English language classes (4 hours) to refugees seeking to gain employment to help support themselves and their families. This partnership program between Utah’s Department of Workforce Services (DWS) and the LDS church seeks to “help participants improve their employable skills so that they will be job-ready and able to move into family-supporting paid employment at some time within approximately 12 months of program entry.”

The Utah Administrative Office of the Courts (AOC) requested that the Utah Criminal Justice Center (UCJC) study the implementation of the Carey Guides as an additional component of juvenile probation with moderate and high risk juvenile probationers in Utah. This study examines the Carey Guides . . .

The DMC Diversion Assessment examined issues related to the lower rate of diversion from juvenile court for minority youth in Utah. Key factors...

The DMC Diversion Assessment examined issues related to the lower rate of diversion from juvenile court for minority youth in Utah. Key factors...