Best Practices
The reports below outline the key steps that the Texas Department of Criminal Justice should take to run a more effective, cost-efficient, family-oriented criminal justice system.
2007 Texas' Criminal Justice Solutions
TCJC's 2007 Policy Primer is our first policy guide, which promotes criminal justice solutions that embody the principles of effective management, accountability, public safety, and human and civil rights. (2007, 43 pages)
Evidence-Based Adult Corrections Programs: What Works and What Does Not
Do you know what programs work to lower the criminal recidivism rates of adult offenders? Read this study for a comprehensive review of evidence-based programs, and learn which corrections programs have demonstrated the ability to reduce crime. (January 2006, 20 pages)