Cumberland County Jail 2005 Pre-Arraignments

This brief addresses the following questions: 1. What do we know about bookings of arrested persons at the Cumberland County Jail? 2. What do we know about pre-arraignment bookings by Cumberland County law enforcement agencies? In 2006, Cumberland County hired the Muskie School of Public Service to help provide information for county planning purposes. The Muskie School examined the rates of all bookings¹ (including pre-arraignment bookings) originated by all county law enforcement agencies to the jail in 2005. Over the last ten years the average population in county jails has increased dramatically in Maine. In 2003, the total in-house population in county jails averaged 1,450 inmates, nearly double the average in 1994. This increase is consistent with other state and national county jail population increases. In a time of enormous fiscal constraints, state and county prison and jail expenses are steadily escalating. The result is overcrowding, which adds more wear and tear on existing facilities, and limits the availability of adequate treatment programs

Maine Crime & Justice Data Book 2014

The 2014 Maine Crime and Justice Data Book presents a portrait of crime and justice indicators in the state, using the most recent public safety, corrections, and court data available for Maine. The reports looks at ten year trends in Maine, compares Maine figures with data from other northern New England states and the United States, and presents some county level findings as well

Characteristics of Repeat Offenders at the Cumberland County Jail in 2005

This brief addresses the following question: What are the characteristics of repeat offenders at the Cumberland County Jail? In 2006, Cumberland County hired the Muskie School of Public Service to help provide information for county planning purposes. The Muskie School examined the characteristics of individuals booked more than once at the Cumberland County Jail in 2005. Of the 10,260 bookings at the Cumberland County Jail in 2005, 4,617 (45%) were individuals with more than one booking. A booking, whether for someone being pre-arraigned, being held for trial, or sentenced, consumes limited jail resources. Clearly for public safety purposes, many crimes such as felonies necessitate the use of jail resources; however, many individuals who were repeatedly booked at the jail were there for lesser offenses with significantly reduced risk to public safety

Narrative Structures in Polybius' Histories

This thesis builds upon recent scholarship that has analyzed Polybius' Histories as a literary work both to offer an interpretation of the narrative structures that define the text and to analyze the implications of these structures for our reading of the text as a historical source. It investigates the challenges of narrative that Polybius encountered as he wrote the Histories, how he coped with these obstacles, and what effects his solutions to these problems imposed on his presentation of the real world. The relationship between the didactic purpose of the Histories and Polybius' selection and presentation of historical content is also examined. The primary conclusions drawn by this thesis is that the Histories is a literary presentation of the real world, and that readers must always approach the text as a subjective interpretation of the past--not as an authoritative narrative of events. The purpose of this investigation is not to discover what actually happened around the Mediterranean in the third and second centuries B.C.E., but to better understand the literary representation of this world that Polybius created

Recent Changes of Level on the Coast of Maine: with Reference to Their Origin and Relation to Other Similar Changes

A report of recorded changes in the sea level and observations from several summers along the coast of Maine as reported in 1874

School-Based Policing in Maine: A study on School Resource Officers in Maine’s public schools

Purpose Evaluation of the impacts of SROs is necessary to facilitate dialogue about whether school-based policing is a strategy that communities want to continue employing to achieve the results they are seeking. The purpose of this study is to begin examining how SRO programs are functioning in Maine public schools by offering: • A summary of national research on documented impacts of SROs and best practices for SRO programs; • A review of the training and policies that guide SROs’ and schools’ responses to students; and • A snapshot of school-based policing in Maine from the perspectives of stakeholders who participate in the model, including SROs and police chiefs, district and school administrators, special educators, school counselors and social workers, school- and community-based diversion programs, and juvenile community corrections officers. This study was commissioned by the Juvenile Justice Advisory Group (JJAG) to learn more about how SROs are deployed in Maine, and to understand if they are creating a culture of safety in Maine schools. This study collects existing national research on SROs, including deployment, effectiveness, impacts, and points of concern. A mixed method research design provides an overview of the program’s scope and various modes of deployment in Maine’s public schools. The methodology of this report was limited in time and scope to exploring how persons directly benefitting from the involvement of SROs (primarily SROs and school administrators, along with school social workers and guidance counselors, special educators, juvenile community corrections officers, police chiefs, and diversion program coordinators) describe the functioning of their SRO program and how they perceive its effectiveness. This report does not assess the impacts of SROs on students. To truly gauge the impacts of SROs, further research needs to focus on those most impacted: students, parents, and school personnel. Only with the inclusion of these voices, as well as empirical data from law enforcement, schools, and the juvenile justice system, can a fully informed public conversation begin to address the key questions regarding deployment of SROs