Office of Research

California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation
Office of Research
1515 S Street
Sacramento, CA 95811-7243
Phone: (916) 323-3593
FAX: (916) 323-2998

Dr. Steven Chapman, Assistant Secretary, Office of Research

The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) Office of Research is responsible for publishing a variety of reports ranging from statistical summaries of its adult and juvenile offender populations to evaluations of innovative rehabilitative treatment programs.  The Office of Research consists of the following three divisions:

• Adult Research Branch (ARB), Paula Agostini, Chief
• Juvenile Research Branch (JRB), Larry Carr, Chief
• Offender Information Services Branch (OISB), Jay Atkinson, Chief (A)

In addition, the Office of Research carries out short-term and long-term process and impact evaluations for programs within CDCR, conducts research projects to enhance the classification of offenders according to their treatment needs and risks, conducts research designed to assess facility program needs, and provides research-based information to CDCR administrators, staff, and facilitates external research requests to others (Governor, legislators, press, etc.).

Adult Research Branch provides evaluations of adult rehabilitative programs and conducts research designed to assess facility and parole program need for adult offenders.

Juvenile Research Branch provides projections, reports and statistics for DJJ’s youthful offenders as well evaluations of rehabilitative programs and research projects designed to assess facility program needs and offender treatment risks/needs.

Offender Information Services Branch provides adult population reports and statistics containing extensive data on characteristics of the facility and adult parole populations, historical trends, summaries of population movements, and parole outcome (including recidivism):

• Population Reports
• Offender Information and Demographics
• Population Projections
• California Prisoners and Parolees
• Historical Trends
• Recidivism Rate

Available reports for review and/or download

 

CDCR Annual Report

"Corrections – Moving Forward” Contains 20 Years of Data, Recidivism Rates, Summaries of Key Demographics for CDCR Population. Click the to open the report in PDF formate.