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Research Projects

Institute research over the past few decades spans six major areas: Traffic Safety, Criminal Justice, Social Services, Economic Development, Education, and Training Effectiveness. Information on select projects is presented below. For most projects, brief synopses are provided, either as a single page of text or as a PowerPoint presentation. For other projects, the entire report is provided.

Traffic Safety

• Tool Kit
• ASUDS-RI
• ASUDS-RI Pilot Phase I - Statistical Summary
• Evaluating, Treating and Monitoring the Female DUI Offender (2007)
• Management of the High Risk Offender (2006)
• The Other Side of Burnout: An Ethnographic Study of Exemplary Performance and Health among Probation Officers Supervising High-Risk Offenders (2004)
• The Illinois DUI Risk Assessment Project (2003)
• Management of the High Risk Offender (2003)
• Omnibus DUI Project (DUI Sentencing Guidelines) (2003)

Criminal Justice

• Methamphetamine Protocol Project (2003)
• Youth in Community Policing (2001)
• Mandatory Court-Annexed Arbitration
• Juvenile Day Reporting, Phases I and II (1998)
• Role of Gender in Juvenile Processing
• Peoria Drug Court Program (1998)
• Evaluation of Illinois Department of Corrections Gang-Free Environment Program (1998)
• Juvenile Access to Counsel (1996)
• Evaluation of the Sheriff's Work Alternative Programs in Adams and Madison Counties Illinois (1996)
• Evaluation of Illinois' Cash Transaction Report Unit and Drug Conspiracy Task Forcerug Conspiracy Task Force (1996)
• Evaluation of the Madison and St. Clair Counties’ Homicide and Violent Crime Strike Force (1996)
• Class Four Felony Offenders (1995)
• Evaluation of Pretrial and Drug Intervention Programs in Macon and Peoria Counties in Illinois

Social Services

• The New Direct Certification Process for Approving Eligible Students for Free School Meal Benefits in the State of Illinois (2004)
• Child and Youth Care Certification (1995)

Economic Development

• State and Regional Economic Development Strategies (2000-2003)
• Illinois E-Government (2003)
• Knowledge Based Planning
• Grant Writing
• Planning Tools

Education

• Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs (GEAR UP) Presentation of "Parents, Kids, and Meatballs at the Lanphier High Cafe - A Successful Parent Engagement Program"

Training

• Impartial Due Process Hearing Officer Training and Evaluation Project