Browsing: Reports

A majority of voters believe the state’s criminal justice system needs significant improvements, nearly three-quarters believe expungement law needs reform, among other findings.

Incarceration is rare for pot-only convictions; coupled with municipal policies, Wisconsin has, in effect, decriminalized marijuana.

The Wisconsin Criminal Justice Coalition, led by the Badger Institute, offers policy ideas for combating recidivism, fostering opportunity, saving taxpayer money and maintaining public safety in its second edition of Criminal Justice Reform Recommendations.

Review and recommendations

They’re working and should be made permanent

A trilogy of reports looking at police use of force, police discipline, and violent crime

Parents with disabilities or health limitations often time out of the program or end up on disability insurance

Disciplinary actions against police officers in Wisconsin’s largest cities, whether for use of force or anything else, are rare

A call for greater transparency

What we know thus far

Policies linked to work are critical to lifting people out of poverty

What is occupational licensing, how does it affect employment and consumer costs, and what options exist for reform?

An employer handbook

Wisconsin licensing boards are routinely in violation of law requiring public representation

Two studies look at Wisconsin’s complex community corrections system and why many on supervision are failing.

A better way to help the disabled get to work.

An analysis of the accelerating outbound migration across the border to the Badger State

The high cost of increasing the minimum wage in Wisconsin to $15

A primer on Wisconsin’s unsustainable transportation revenues

Context and Trends