Criminal Justice Modelling

• NCJ Number: 188360
• Author(s): Richard Harries
• Date Published: March 2000
• Length: 8 pages
• Sale Source: Australian Institute of Criminology
• Publication Format: Document
• Publication Type: Report (Technical Assistance)
• Language: English
• Country: Australia
• Note: Paper presented at the Australian Institute of Criminology, March 20, 2000. Downloaded May 11, 2001

Annotation

This paper summarizes approaches to criminal justice modeling developed by the United Kingdom Home Office, the Western Australia Ministry of Justice, and the Washington State Institute for Public Policy.

Abstract

The purpose of these models was to provide a greater understanding of the resource and planning implications of criminal justice policy. Most had been developed using widely available software packages that demonstrated the importance of innovative thinking over technical sophistication. The United Kingdom models and the software used to produce them were Flows & Costs model (Microsoft Excel with Visual Basic for Applications and Crystal Ball); Long-term Prison Population Projection model (Visual C++); and Trends in Property Crime (Eviews). Western Australia contributed Short-, Medium-, and Long-term Prison Population Projection models (Microsoft Excel with Visual Basic for Applications, Arena Business Additions, Microsoft Excel). The Washington State Institute designed a Criminal Justice Cost-Benefit model (Microsoft Excel with Visual Basic for Applications and @ Risk). Figures, references