Final Report 2022

Cohen, A., Bonnie, R., Taylor-Thompson, K., and Casey, BJ. (2016). When Does A Juvenile Become An Adult? Implications For Law And Policy. Temple Law Review. 88: 769-788.

Giedd, J. (2004). Structural Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Adolescent Brain. Annals New York Academy of Sciences 1021: 77-85.

Maroney, T. (2009). The False Promise of Adolescent Brain Science in Juvenile Justice. Notre Dame Law Review. 85(1): 89-176.

Monahan, K., Steinberg, L., and Piquero, A. (2015). Juvenile Justice Policy and Practice: A Developmental Perspective. Crime and Justice: A Review of Research. 44(1): 557-619. 

Scott, E., Bonnie, R., and Steinberg, L. (2016). Young Adulthood as a Transitional Legal Category: Science, Social Change, and Justice Policy. Fordham Law Review. 85(2): 641-666.

Horowitz, J., Williams, M., and Utada, C. (2020). Policy Reforms Can Strengthen Community Supervision. Report. The PEW Charitable Trusts. Washington, D.C.

Pevey, M. n.d. Program Update – iCoach. Presentation to the Washington State Criminal Sentencing Task Force. Washington State Department of Corrections. Olympia, WA.

Rhine, E., Petersilia, J., and Reitz, K. (2015). Improving Parole Release in America. Federal Sentencing Reporter. 28(2): 96-104.

Solomon, A., Jannetta, J., Elderbroom, B., Winterfield, L., Osborne, J., Burke, P., Stroker, R., Rhine, E., and Burrell, W. (2008). Putting Public Safety First: 13 Strategies for Successful Supervision and Reentry. Public Safety Policy Brief No. 7. The Pew Center on the States. Washington D.C.

The Council of State Governments Justice Center. (2019). Review of Sentencing and Supervision in Washington State. New York, NY.

Washington State Caseload Forecast Council. (2021). Consecutive and Concurrent Sentences. Washington State Adult Sentencing Guidelines Manual. Version 20211203.

Materials prepared by the Task Force Facilitation and Research Team:

• Concurrent – Consecutive Confinement Sentences: RCW 9.94A.589 (2022)
• Concurrent and Consecutive Sentencing Practices of Certain States, U.S. Government and Other Countries (Sentencing Guidelines Commission, 2020)
• History of Consecutive Sentencing. (Sentencing Guidelines Commission, 2021)

Washington State Legislature. (2007). Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill 6157. 

Revised Codes of Washington. (2022). Individual Reentry Plan. RCW 72.06.270

Materials prepared by the Facilitation and Research Team

• History of Exceptional Sentences – Aggravators and Mitigators (Sentencing Guidelines Commission, 2021)

Blagg, D., Brown, M., Buchanan, A., Ellis, B., Gee, O., Hewitt, A., Liebeskind, Z., Lowthorp, K., Lynch, A., Schwendeman, H., and Scott, N. (2015). Life Without Parole Sentences in Washington State. University of Washington, Law, Societies and Justice Program: Honors.

Nellis, A. (2013). Life Goes On: The Historic Rise in Life Sentences in America. The Sentencing Project.

Washington State Department of Corrections. (2022). Agency Fact Card. Research and Analytics: 100-RE005 (06/2022).

Materials prepared by the Facilitation and Research Team:

• Incarceration of Elderly Inmates: Research and Data Points (n.d.)

Duwe, G. (2017). The Use and Impact of Correctional Programming for Inmates on Pre- and Post-Release Outcomes. National Institute of Justice. Washington, D.C.

Lutze, F., Drapela, L., and Schaefer, C. (2015). Washington State Correctional Industries: An Outcome Evaluation of its Effect on Institutional Behavior, Employment, and Recidivism. Washington State University. Pullman, WA.

Solomon, A. and Scherer, J. (2021). Desistance From Crime: Implications for Research, Policy, and Practice. National Institute of Justice. Washington, D.C.

Wildeman, C. (2021). “The impact of Incarceration on the Desistance Process Among Individuals Who Chronically Engage in Criminal Activity,” NCJ301500, from Desistance From Crime: Implications for Research, Policy, and Practice. National Institute of Justice. Washington, D.C.

Materials prepared by the Facilitation and Research Team:

• Scoring Rules Examples (Sentencing Guidelines Commission, 2022)

Washington State Office of Financial Management. (2018). Comparison of ISRB, C&PB and Proposed Community Review Board. Sentencing Guidelines Commission. 

Washington State Office of Financial Management. (2018) Literature Review Related to Recidivism vs. Mandatory Parole Release. Sentencing Guidelines Commission. 

Washington State Office of Financial Management. (2018) Post-Conviction Review Bill Proposal. Sentencing Guidelines Commission.

Washington State Office of Financial Management. (n.d.). References for Sentencing Guidelines Commission by Prof. Beckett. Sentencing Guidelines Commission. 

Boerner, D. and Lieb R. (2001). Sentencing Reform in the Other Washington. Crime & Justice. 28: 71-136.

Caseload Forecast Council. (2019). Adult General Disproportionality Report: Fiscal Year 2019. Olympia, Washington State. 

Kauder, N. and Ostrom, B. (2008). State Sentencing Guidelines: Profiles and Continuum. National Center for State Courts. Williamsburg, VA.

Knoth, L. (2021. Examining Washington State’s sentencing guidelines: A report for the Criminal Sentencing Task Force (Document Number 21-05-1901). Washington State Institute for Public Policy. Olympia, WA.

Warren, R. (2009). Evidence-Based Sentencing: The Application of Principles of Evidence-Based Practice to State Sentencing Practice and Policy. 

Sentencing Guidelines Commission. (2001). A Comprehensive Review and Evaluation of Sentencing Policy in Washington State: 2000-2001. Washington State Office of Financial Management. Olympia, WA.

Sentencing Guidelines Commission. (2019). Review of the Sentencing Reform Act. Washington State Office of Financial Management. Olympia, WA.

Drug Offender Sentencing Alternative (DOSA)

Knoth-Peterson L., Kelley, K.M., and Mack, C. (2022). Washington State’s Drug Offender Sentencing Alternative: 2022 Outcome Evaluation (Document Number 22-11-1903). Olympia: Washington State Institute for Public Policy.

Knoth-Peterson, L. and Kelley, K.M. (2022). Washington State’s Drug Offender Sentencing Alternative: Introduction to the series (Document Number 22-11-1902). Olympia: Washington State Institute for Public Policy.

Washington State Department of Corrections. (2020). Drug Offender Sentencing Alternative (DOSA). 500-FS003 (R 1/2020).

First Time Offender Waiver (FTOW)

Materials prepared by the Facilitation and Research Team:

• First-Time Offender Waiver History (Sentencing Guidelines Commission, 2022)

Special Sex Offender Sentencing Alternative (SSOSA)

Hunt, W. (2022). Recommendations for SSOSA reforms; treatment alternatives for certain sex offenses; lifetime supervision; failure to register; washouts; and system improvements. Washington State Sex Offender Policy Board. Olympia, WA.

Kovandzic, T., Sloan, J., and Vieraitis, L. (2002). Unintended Consequences of Politically Popular Sentencing Policy: The Homicide Promoting Effects of “Three Strikes” in U.S. Cities (1980-1999). Criminology and Public Policy. 1(3): 399-424.

Kovandzic, T., Sloan, J., Vieraitis. (2004). “Striking out” as crime reduction policy: The impact of “three strikes” laws on crime rates in U.S. Cities. Justice Quarterly. 21(2): 207-239.

Marvell, T. and Moody, C. (2001). The Lethal Effects of Three-Strikes Laws. The Journal of Legal Studies. 10(1): 89-106.

National Conference of State Legislatures. (n.d.). Three-Strikes: Past and Present. The Bulletin.

Washington State Legislature. (1996). Senate Bill Report: Substitute House Bill 2320.

Washington State Caseload Forecast Council. (2020). Most Serious Offenses (Persistent Offender or “Three Strikes”) and Persistent Offender Offenses (“Two Strikes”). Washington State Adult Sentencing Guidelines Manual. Version 20201103.

Materials prepared by the Facilitation and Research Team:

• History of Two and Three Strike Laws in Washington (Sentencing Guidelines Commission, 2022)

District of Columbia Sentencing and Criminal Code Revision Commission. (2011). An Examination of Criminal History Decay Factors under the D.C. Voluntary Sentencing Guidelines. Issue Paper Number 3. Washington, D.C.

Frase, R., Roberts, J., Hester, R., and Mitchell, K. (2015). Criminal History Enhancements Sourcebook. University of Minnesota Robina Institute of Criminal Law and Criminal Justice. Minneapolis, MN.

Kurlychek, M., Brame, R., and Bushway, S. (2006). Enduring Risk? Old Criminal Records and Short-Term Predictions of Criminal Involvement. Crime and Delinquency. 52(1): 64-83

Materials prepared by the Facilitation and Research Team:

• Criminal History Score Wash-out Periods (Sentencing Guidelines Commission, 2022)