The School of Criminal Justice, through the Michigan Justice Statistics Center, serves as the Statistical Analysis Center (MI-SAC) for the State of Michigan. The mission of the Center is to advance knowledge about crime and justice issues in the state of Michigan while also informing policy and practice. As the nation’s pioneering land-grant university, this dual mission is reflective of Michigan State University’s commitment to advancing knowledge and transforming lives. The Center conducts policy-relevant research and analysis to advance data-driven processes and the adoption of evidence-based strategies. Ultimately, the goal is to promote safe Michigan communities and to support efforts to enhance the fairness, effectiveness, and efficiency of the criminal justice system through research, evaluation and the dissemination of information.
The Center works in partnership with the Michigan State Police, Michigan’s State Administering Agency (SAA), as well as with law enforcement and criminal justice agencies serving the citizens of Michigan. The Center also draws heavily on the rich faculty, staff and student resources of the School of Criminal Justice.
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In the State of Michigan, the School of Criminal Justice at Michigan State University (MSU) was designated to be the state Statistical Analysis Center (SAC) by executive order in 1993 and MSU has served in this capacity continuously since that time. The SAC works closely with the State Administering Agency (SAA) that is the Michigan State Police (MSP). The SAC and SAA have increased their collaboration in recent years by working with key criminal justice stakeholders in the development of the Michigan Byrne/JAG strategic plan. The Michigan Justice Statistics Center is a member of the Justice Research and Statistics Association (JRSA), a national nonprofit organization comprised of SAC directors, researchers, and practitioners dedicated to policy-oriented research and analysis.
The Center receives funding from the Bureau of Justice Statistics, Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice, through an annual proposal submission process.
Scott E. Wolfe - Director
Edmund F. McGarrell – Director Emeritus
Tim Bynum – Director Emeritus
Chris Melde – Research Associate
Jason Rydberg – Research Associate
Robyn Carter – Program Manager
Megan Gilliam – Graduate Research Fellow
Jed Knode - Graduate Research Fellow
Travis Carter - Graduate Research Fellow
Circo, G., E.F. McGarrell, J. Krupa, and A. De Biasi. 2019a. Detroit Ceasefire: Individual Re-Offending Analyses Supplemental Report. East Lansing, MI: Michigan Justice Statistics Center, School of Criminal Justice, Michigan State University.
Circo, G., Melde, C., & McGarrell, E.F. 2018. "Fear, Victimization, and Community Characteristics on Citizen Satisfaction with the Police" Policing: An International Journal.
Circo, G., E.F. McGarrell, J. Krupa, and A. De Biasi. 2018. Detroit Ceasefire: Final Evaluation Report. East Lansing, MI: Michigan Justice Statistics Center, School of Criminal Justice, Michigan State University.
Circo, G., J. Krupa, and E.F. McGarrell. 2018. Detroit TIPS: Final Evaluation Report. East Lansing, MI: Michigan Justice Statistics Center, School of Criminal Justice, Michigan State University.
Gilliam, M. & McGarrell, E.F. 2019b. Developing Performance Metrics for Drug Enforcement: Evaluating the Efficacy of the Multijurisdictional Task Forces Using a Tiered and Priority Scoring System. Fiscal Year 2014 through Fiscal Year 2019. Lansing, MI: Michigan State Police in Cooperation with Michigan Statistical Analysis Center.
Gilliam, M. & McGarrell, E.F. 2019a. Developing Performance Metrics for Drug Enforcement: Evaluating the Efficacy of the Multijurisdictional Task Forces Using a Tiered and Priority Scoring System. Fiscal Year 2014 through Fiscal Year 2018. Lansing, MI: Michigan State Police in Cooperation with Michigan Statistical Analysis Center.
Gilliam, M. & McGarrell, E.F. 2019. Fiscal Year 2015 through Fiscal Year 2017. Michigan’s Byrne Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Strategic Plan Report. Assessing the Fulfillment of Goals and Metrics in the Byrne JAG Funded Program Areas. Lansing, MI: Michigan State Police in Cooperation with Michigan Statistical Analysis Center.
Grommon, E., and Rydberg, J. - Desisters in the making? Exploring the capacity to desist during community transition among a longitudinal panel of releasees. Journal of Crime and Justice.
McGarrell, E.F. 2020. “Focused Deterrence Violence Prevention at Community and Individual Levels. Marquette Law Review 103(3): 963-981.
Ray, B., Grommon, E., & Rydberg, J. - Anticipated stigma and defensive individualism during post-incarceration job searching. Sociological Inquiry.
Rydberg, J., E.F. McGarrell, A. Norris, and G. Circo. (2018). “A Quasi-Experimental Synthetic Control Evaluation of a Place-Based Police Directed Patrol Intervention on Violent Crime.” Journal of Experimental Criminology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11292-018-9324-8
Rydberg, J., Stone, R., & C.C. Kwiatkowski. 2019 (August). Using Incident-Based Crime Data to Examine the Opioid Crisis in Michigan, 2013-2017. East Lansing, MI: Michigan Justice Statistics Center, School of Criminal Justice, Michigan State University.
Rydberg, J., Stone R., & McGarrell, E.F. 2019. Utilizing Incident-Based Crime Data to Inform Strategic Interventions: A Problem Analysis of Violence in Michigan. Justice Research and Policy.
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Director and Professor
Michigan Justice Statistics Center
Michigan State University
School of Criminal Justice
655 Auditorium Road, 560 Baker Hall
East Lansing, MI 48824
Phone: (517) 355-2192
Email: mcgarrel@msu.edu
Professor
Michigan Justice Statistics Center
Michigan State University
School of Criminal Justice
655 Auditorium Road, 433 Baker Hall
East Lansing, MI 48824
Phone: (517) 353-0850
Email: melde@msu.edu
Program Manager
Michigan Justice Statistics Center
Michigan State University
School of Criminal Justice
655 Auditorium Road, 560 Baker Hall
East Lansing, MI 48824
Phone: (904) 466-5888
Email: rcarter@msu.edu
Statistical Analysis Centers are units or agencies at the state government level that use information from all components of the criminal justice system to conduct objective analyses of statewide policy issues.
The SACs perform a variety of activities including collecting and distributing criminal justice data, conducting policy-relevant research, and designing and implementing automated information systems. The SAC's are represented by the Justice Research and Statistics Association.
There are currently 53 Statistical Analysis Centers (SACs) located in the United States and its Territories. The Michigan Justice Statistics Center is a member of the Justice Research and Statistics Association (JRSA), a national nonprofit organization comprised of SAC directors, researchers, and practitioners dedicated to policy-oriented research and analysis.