Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction Bureau of Research

About the Bureau

The Bureau of Research is organized to provide information to policy makers, within and outside the Department, that is intended to enhance the decision making process. The Bureau is unique to other areas within the Department due to the diverse nature of the activities assigned to staff. The Bureau gathers and summarizes information for special and routine monthly and annual reports about the Department's inmates and operations; supports government planning through legislative analysis and population projections; conducts extended studies for the Department, concentrating on management and policy analysis, parole and community services, and offender classification; and provides fast answers to numerous inquiries, internal and external to the Department, related to the Department's inmate population. The Bureau of Research is also unique in that it houses the Offender History Information Unit, which works to add offender social and criminal history data to the existing computerized inmate database, allowing its use for both classification and policy analyses.

Reports and Studies

Jail Reports

• Examining Ohio's Jails: A Comparison to Past Years and National Trends (5/97) - Download Report
  • This report describes the state of Ohio's jails in 1996 and draws comparisons between and within the primary jail classifications over the course of the past five years. In addition, the report compares Ohio nationally over the same period on a number of important factors related to capacity, cost, and staffing.
• Jail Administrator Assessment Survey Results (11/95) - Request Copy

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Census Reports

• DRC Alien Census, July 1, 2009 (11/09) - Download Report
• DRC Alien Census, July 1, 2007 (8/07) - Download Report
• DRC Alien Census, July 1, 2006 (9/06) - Download Report
• Ohio Parole and Probation Census: January 1, 1996 (2/97) - Request Copy
• Institutional Census Report: July 1, 1997 (10/97) - Download Report
  • The July 1, 1997 Census Report describes the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction's inmate population by various offender and offense characteristics (i.e., commitments by race/ethnicity, committing county, age, and offense category).

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Miscellaneous

• July 2009 Prison Populations Projections (10/09) - Download Report
• Truly Non-Violent Offenders Admitted to the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction in 2008 (9/09) - Download Report
• Overview of Offenders Serving One Year or Less (Drawn from Intake 2007 Sample) (4/09) - Download Report
• Releases in CY 07 by County of Admission (7/08) - Download Report
• 2006 Intake Study - Incarcerated Male Veterans and Non-Veterans (03/08) - Download Report
• This report presents basic data on newly committed male inmates entering the Ohio prison system during 2006 with prior military service in comparison with non-veteran males randomly selected from the same age groups as the veterans, and all male non-veterans in the intake sample.
  
• Overview of Offenders Serving One Year or Less (drawn from 2006 Intake Sample) (11/07) - Download Report
• June 2007 Population Projections (11/07) - Download Report
  • This report presents the latest ten-year prison population forecast for the period covering FY 2008 - FY 2016.
• Releases in CY 2006 by County of Admission (8/07) - Download Report
• Overview of Offenders Serving One Year or Less (Drawn from Intake 2005 Sample) (5/06) - Download Report
• 2002 TPV Intake Study (9/06) - Download Report
• Incarcerated Fathers: A Statistical Profile (2/06) - Download Report
• Fiscal Year 2005 Releases, by County of Commitment and Offense Category (2/06) - Download Report
• Truly Non-Violent Offenders Admitted to the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction in 2004 (2/06) - Download Report
• February 2006 Population Projections (4/06) - Download Report
  • This report presents the latest ten-year prison population forecast for the period covering July 2006 - July 2015.
• December 2003 Population Projections (9/04) - Download Report
  • This report presents the second set of calendar year 2003 Ohio prison population projections, forecasting population totals for the period July 2004 - July 2012.
• September 2003 Population Projections (9/04) - Download Report
  • This report presents the first set of calendar year 2003 Ohio prison population projections, forecasting population totals for the period January 2004 - July 2012.
• Incarcerated Fathers Profile - March 2004 (08/04) - Download Report
• December 2002 Population Projections (2/03) - Download Report
  • This report presents the second set of Calendar year 2002 Ohio prison population projections, forecasting population totals for the period July 2003 - July 2011.
• February 2002 Population Projections (8/02) - Download Report
  • This report presents the Department's official intake and population estimates for 2002-2011. The report includes a discussion of intake assumptions and methodology.
• Profile of ODRC Sex Offenders Assessed at the Sex Offender Risk Reduction Center (12/01) - Download Report
  • The purpose of this study is to provide a descriptive analysis of sex offenders assessed at SORRC between January 1, 1999, through May 31, 1999, on various demographic, criminal, and social variables, as well as information on the most recent sexual offense and the victim.
• Investigation of the Reclassification Instrument (3/97) - Download Report
• Institutional Inmate on Staff Assault Report: 1996 (2/97) - Request Copy
• Spring 1996 Population Projections (5/96) - Download Report
• The Changing Profile of Ohio Inmates: 1984 - 1994 (2/96) - Download Report
• Shock Incarceration Report: 1991 - 1993 (11/95) - Request Copy
• Validation of Parole Board Risk Assessment Instrument (11/95) - Request Copy
• Sex Offender Report: Intake 1992 (11/95) - Download Report
• Community Placements Due to Senate Bill 2, by County (10/95) - Request Copy

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