Browsing Employment and Training Institute Publications by Subject "criminal justice"
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23,639 Milwaukee County Residents with Driver's License Suspensions Solely for Failure to Pay Fines and Civil Forfeitures
(2012-01-01)Thousands of adults in Milwaukee County have suspensions placed on their driver’s licenses solely for not paying fines and civil forfeitures. Younger teens may be issued license suspensions for failure to pay fines and ... -
Barriers to Employment: Prison Time
(2007-01-01)This paper was prepared at the request of Legal Action of Wisconsin and the Private Industry Council of Milwaukee County to assess the legal and employment needs of prisoners released from Wisconsin correctional facilities. ... -
Cited in Milwaukee: The Cost of Unpaid Municipal Citations
(2015-01-01)The Employment and Training Institute collaborated on a project with the Justice Initiatives Institute examining Branch A Milwaukee Municipal Court cases from 2008 to 2013 using records obtained from the Milwaukee Municipal ... -
Driver's License Issues and Recommendations
(2015-01-01)This presentation by the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Employment and Training Institute identifies public policies and practices creating obstacles for licensing of youth and workers in Wisconsin and examines racial/ethnic ... -
Drivers License Status Report for Milwaukee County
(2012-01-01)The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Employment and Training Institute reviewed the driving records of 629,222 Milwaukee County residents in the Department of Transportation files, including drivers with current licenses ... -
Drivers License Status Report for Milwaukee County Presentation
(2012-01-01)Presentation for the Center on Driver's License Recovery & Employability biennial meeting tracks changes in state suspension and revocation policies. -
First Year Evaluation of the Legal Action of Wisconsin Disabled Offenders Economic Security (DOES) Project Conducted for the Wisconsin Department of Corrections
(2012-01-01)Among the most challenging populations released from Wisconsin Department of Corrections institutions are offenders with serious mental and physical disabilities that impede their ability to hold gainful employment and ... -
Identifying Milwaukee Youth in Critical Need of Intervention: Lessons from the Past, Measures for the Future (1991)
(1991-01-01)n 1990 Milwaukee County created a “Youth Initiative” to improve the delivery of services to youth. The Youth Initiative Committee made significant recommendations for altering the delivery of county social services and ... -
Issues Related to Wisconsin "Failure to Pay Forfeitures" Driver's License Suspensions
(2014-01-01)This paper examines the compounding problems resulting from court-ordered removal of driving privileges for low-income residents in Milwaukee County and Wisconsin as a “tool” for spurring payments of municipal fines, ... -
Research Brief on ETI Driver's License Studies
(2017-01-01)A critical issue facing central city Milwaukee residents is access to jobs -- jobs that are increasingly beyond the Milwaukee County bus lines. The spatial mismatch between available jobs and job seekers is most acute in ... -
Research Brief on ETI Prison Studies
(2016-01-01)The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Employment and Training Institute worked with the Wisconsin Department of Corrections and state Department of Public Instruction in the 1980s to improve educational programs at state ... -
Research Brief on ETI Purchasing Power and Economic Drilldowns
(2016-01-01)To help identify the economic assets of central city neighborhoods and to further employment opportunities for city residents the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Employment and Training Institute prepared summary data ... -
Second Year Evaluation of the Center for Driver's License Recovery & Employability
(2009-01-01)The Center for Driver’s License Recovery & Employability (CDLRE) was established in March 2007 to increase the number of licensed drivers among low-income Milwaukee County residents. The CDLRE provides driver’s license ... -
State Imprisonment of Milwaukee County Women: 1990-2012
(2014-01-01)This research study by the Employment and Training Institute provides data on the 4,300 Milwaukee County women who were incarcerated in adult state correctional facilities from January 1990 to January 2012 using the Wisconsin ... -
Statewide Imprisonment of Black Men in Wisconsin
(2014-01-01)This report provides data on African American male incarceration for the state onf Wisconsin at the request of the NAACP Wisconsin Conference of Branches. For most ex-offenders, prison records remain public and impediments ... -
Suspension and Revocation Status Report for Milwaukee County
(2012-01-01)Driver’s license suspension and revocation records were analyzed for Milwaukee County residents using a series of data files from the Wisconsin Department of Transportation. Notable changes were observed in number and ... -
Third Year Evaluation of the Center for Driver's License Recovery and Employability
(2010-01-01)The third year evaluation of the Center for Driver’s License Recovery and Employability was conducted by the Employment and Training Institute. The CDLRE is serving an increasingly difficult population -- with higher ... -
Wisconsin's Mass Incarceration of African American Males, Summary
(2014-01-01)This two-page paper provides a summarizes the Employment and Training Institute research on mass incarceration of African American males in Wisconsin, the state’s ranking as having the highest percentage of black males in ... -
Wisconsin's Mass Incarceration of African American Males: A PowerPoint Summary
(2014-01-01)The Employment and Training Institute analysis of Wisconsin Department of Corrections public inmate files showed incarceration rates for African American men at unprecedented levels in Wisconsin. This presentation summarizes ... -
Wisconsin's Mass Incarceration of African American Males: Workforce Challenges for 2013
(2013-01-01)Among the most critical workforce issues facing Wisconsin are governmental policies and practices leading to mass incarceration of African Americans men and suspensions of driving privileges to low-income adults. The prison ...