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The Wisconsin Sentencing Commission seeks to be a state and national resource for data and research on adult felony sentencing. It regularly reports on basic sentencing data in the state and issues annual and special reports on statistics and topics of depth. It is currently partnering with the LaFollette Institute for Public Affairs at the University of Wisconsin to produce analyses of state sentencing and its impact. Below is a list of the publications produced by the Commission.

MANDATED REPORTS

Annual Report 2004 (1/2005)
Annual Report 2005 (1/2006)
Biannual Report #1 – Burglary (3/2005)
Biannual Report #2 – Robbery (7/2005)
Biannual Report #3 – Sexual Assault of a Child (2/2006)
Biannual Report #4 – Drug Trafficking (3/2007)
Race and Sentencing in Wisconsin (8/2007)
Addendum A: Senator Lena Taylor
Addendum B: Michael Tobin

SPECIAL REPORTS

Cost-Effective Criminal Justice: Issues and Trends (3/2005)
Judicial Focus Groups on Substance Abuse Treatment (4/2005)
Race and Sentencing in Wisconsin: Starting Points (11/2004)
Recidivism Research Abstracts (8/2005)
Recidivism, Robbers, and Sentencing in Wisconsin (4/2006)
Sentence Departures in Wisconsin: Frequencies and Causes (5/2007)
Sentencing Policy in Wisconsin: 1975-2005 (8/2005)
Survey on Guidelines Worksheet Submissions (2/2006)

SNAPSHOTS

2007

Guidelines Offenses: Worksheet Cases vs. Non-Worksheet Cases (Vol.4, No.1)

2006

Offender Ages by Race and; Crime (Vol.3, No.1)
Guidelines Worksheet Submissions Survey Results (Vol.3, No.2)
Offenders by Race and Crime (Vol.3, No.3)
Recidivism, Robbers, and Sentencing in Wisconsin (Vol.3, No.4)
Methodology of Extended Supervision Projections (Vol.3, No.5)
Effect of Prior Drug Treatment as a Risk Factor (Vol.3, No.6)

2005

Criminal History as a Sentencing Factor (Vol.2, No.1)
Victim Information in Wisconsin Courts (Vol.2, No.2)
Legal Status and Repeat Crime (Vol.2, No.3)
Repeat Crime and Offense Types (Vol.2, No.4)
Semi-Annual Worksheet Submissions Update (Vol.2, No.5)
Sentence Adjustment Factors (Vol.2, No.6)
Methamphetamine Cases in Wisconsin (Vol.2, No.7)
Methamphetamine Sentences in Wisconsin (Vol.2, No.8)
Sentence Lengths vs. Recommended Ranges (Vol.2, No.9)
Sentencing and Costs in Wisconsin (Vol.2, No.10)
Revised Sentencing Guidelines Worksheets (Vol.2, No.11)
Sentencing-Related Books, Part I (Vol.2, No.12)
Sentencing-Related Books, Part II (Vol.2, No.13)
Justice Data and Information Resources Online Tool (Vol.2, No.14)
Sentencing and Conventional Number Preferences (Vol.2, No.15)
Summary Statistics on Sentencing Guidelines Worksheet Grids (Vol.2, No.16)
Crime Mapping and Sentencing in Wisconsin (Vol.2, No.17)
Sentencing Data by Felony Classification Levels (Vol.2, No.18)
Semi-Annual Worksheet Submissions Update (Vol.2, No.19)

2004

Intro to the Wisconsin Sentencing Commission (Vol.1, No.1)
Sentencing Guidelines Worksheets - Preliminary Data Analysis (Vol.1, No.2)
Risk Assessment Factors Considered on the Worksheets (Vol.1, No.3)
Race and Sentencing - A Preliminary Look at the Data (Vol.1, No.4)
Race and Sentencing - The Role of Geography (Vol.1, No.5)
Prison Admissions under TIS II by Offense (Vol.1, No.6)
Age as a Worksheet Factor (Vol.1, No.7)
Semi-Annual Worksheet Submissions Update (Vol.1, No.8)
Gender and Sentencing (Vol.1, No.9)

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